Ironically, this book by Marisa Bartolucci and Radek Kurzaj about making do in small homes is astonishingly big: nearly 400 pages, to be exact. Living Large in Small Spaces: Expressing Personal Style in 100 to 1,000 Square Feet ($23.10) takes it name quite literally. Each chapter showcases a different living space, starting with a 100-square-foot dorm room and moving up in 50- or 100-foot increments until 1000 square feet never looked roomier.
The book is a must-have for anyone making creative use of limited space, but the homes contained within are so beautifully decorated, they could provide inspiration to anyone. You'll tour a tiny shotgun house in Houston, a 300-square-foot Manhattan apartment that manages to look classy despite being drenched in reddish orange, and designer Lotta Jansdotter's Victorian one-bedroom in San Francisco.
There are also countless ideas I've never seen before, and some I'll probably never see again, like a wet bar turned into a diaper-changing station and an old-timey boudoir with a bathroom sink. The trade-style paperback is also beautifully laid out and a joy to flip through.
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oh this looks like an interesting book to get for my possible, also small apartment. might check it out.
1Sounds like a great book to have to capitalize on small spaces in a BIG way...most decorating/design books are not written for the spatially challenged!
2yes, this book is a must for me!
3My apartment is 700 square feet - not too much room at all!
Looks very helpful. Adding to my favorites!!
4WHO WON THE WEST ELM ROOM? I HOPE IT WAS ME
5I just saw pictures in a magazine on a similar subject and it's amazing what ppl with imagination and good designer skills can do in small spaces.
6I have this book- great!
7oooh - i SO want this book. my hubby and i just bought our first home - it's a 1000 sq foot loft, so it's literally just big enough for the two of us and we're always having trouble trying to make our space look less cluttery.
8Now this looks like a interesting & helpful magazine. Live in a trailer & it is small spaces as well.
9Good ideas for those of us who live in small spaces.
10I don't live in a small space but I would love to have it too. It looks useful.
11NICE
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