Smallspaces: Making the Most of the Space You Have

By Rebecca Tanqueray

Book Overview

Living space is a precious commodity -- very few of us have as much space as we would like. Whether you live in a tiny home with teeny rooms, a studio apartment, or have one key room, for example the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845973607
• ISBN13: 9781845973605
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Less is More

One of the best interior design books I enjoy over and over again is Smallspaces. Photograhs are good and interiors are very inspirational and interesting. This book shows you how you get most of your space even its small. After you have read this book you might wonder do i need bigger apartment (if you're dreaming about it) at all?

#4 out of 7 "small decor" books ranked

I ranked this 4th best of 7 "decorating small spaces" books I bought. One unit featured in it had enough useable ideas for me that it justified its price. Pros: great photos & blueprints; variety of sizes (300-1,000 sq ft) & tastes shown. Cons: European-NY exclusivity (more on this in my NOTE in review of "Small Apartments"); many featured homes shriek "interior designer," i.e., all about aesthetics rather than liveability (pebble floors, molded plastic chairs, etc.). Speaking of impractical: one of the 8 featured homes is a modernist London dwelling, 11-and-a-half ft. wide, seven stories high, with one room per floor. She should have decorated the owner's elevator, as that must be where he spends all his time.

Can't stop flipping through it

I live in a modest size condo, and my brother has recently purchased one as well. So I was more looking for some good books for my brother, but I couldn't put this one down, and ended up buy another copy for myself.Some great ideas, and good illustrations.

Inspiring and Practical

We are renovating our apartment and this is one of the most useful books I have found. I have returned to it many times for ideas and inspiration. The apartments featured are inspiring and are actually small -- unlike some of the apartments in other books I have read. Some of the ideas were fairly standard in the literature on small spaces, but others were quite innovative. Unlike the previous reader, I found there were lots of practical and comfortable ideas for families with children. I especially like the floor plans and detailing of hidden storage.

An inspiring and practical book

We are in the process of renovating our apartment, and I found this to be a very useful book. I have read it through several times and keep going back for ideas and inspiration. The apartments featured are inspiring and really are small -- not like those found in some other books. I especially appreciated the floor plans for the apartments and the detailing of hidden storage. While some of the suggestions are fairly standard, others are quite innovative. Unlike the previous reviewer, I found plenty of ideas that are useful for a family with children and lots of spaces that looked quite comfortable and cosy as well as some that were more inclined toward the minimal and funky.