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Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Susanka designs houses for living: comfortable, compact, uncrowded space for, often, multiple functions. Contrast her inviting, manageable houses with the vulgar, wasteful, show-off monuments to consumption containing specialized rooms that are rarely used (often because they are icy, sterile, forbidding). Taunton's usual splendid photography is evident in some 200 color plates. Floor plans show how traffic and life will flow.
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
This sequel to "The Not So Big House" thoughtfully considers 20 new homes and five remodels that span a broad range of styles, climates, and landscape considerations to show how the not-so-big ideal can work in any setting. Photos. Illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Live in less space but have more room to enjoy it. Does that sound like a contradiction? Smart readers will discover that, on the contrary, living small can free up your mind, your wallet, and your soul. With the cost of living rising, and the environment suffering from excessive building, now is the time to scale back. Join the movement. Little House on a Small Planet is a guidebook and an invitation. With floor plans, photographs, advice, and anecdotes,...
Author
Publisher
Helios Press
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
If you haven't refreshed your home's decor since the year you moved in, this may be representative of your fear of change. ... [The author] draws parallels between the state of your home and that of your body, mind, and spirit ... The secrets Laura shares ... will help you transform your decor, arrangements, relationships, and life as a whole.
Author
Publisher
Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
- Features a wide range of housing types--apartments, week-end retreats, beach houses, from 475 to 2,100 square feet.- Unlike similar books on the market today, The New American Dream includes architects' plans.- The work of James Gauer and Catherine Tighe has been featured in numerous magazine articles.