Customer Review: "The paradox we confront is that our productivity has given us the wealth to acquire whatever we desire materially, but we are finding that material alone is an insufficient vision. The qualities we long for have everything to do with taking time, building for the long term, crafting, and paying... more info
Customer Review: I bought this book because I am looking to renovate my house and I found it very useful. There are plenty of photos of the various details in the houses and a great explanation of how to achieve a similar look. It is an excellent source of ideas if you're looking to transform your home.
Customer Review: Sarah Susanka, an architect orginally based in Minnesota, has written an extremely valuable book about creating comfortable living space in a small house. Until the recent housing crisis (and yes, even despite it among the super-rich) residential housing in this country was guided by the principal... more info
Customer Review: I first became aware of Sarah Susanka through her books The Not So Big House, Inside the Not So Big House, Outside the Not So Big House and others. I have to admit, I read these with a grain if salt...I currently live in an 800 sq ft condo. The "small" houses in these books looked palatial. I... more info
Customer Review: My husband and I purchased this book to get ideas for a new home. We want to "bring the outdoors in," and this book is full of ideas to do just that.
Customer Review: The nice thing about this book is that it can be considered when you are thinking about building a new home, or considering remodeling your current home. And the remodel doesn't need to include a contractor. What if you have a window on a short wall, and think "Hey, I could put a bench seat there... more info
Customer Review: This series is really targeted at people in a position to buy their own lot and build a custom home. But there is a lot more to take away from the books if you are not in that situation. In the days of mcmansions everywhere, reading the books reminds us that we are really good a wasting space.... more info
Customer Review: Too often books like this one forget that architecture is about an experience--light, views room to room, walking within a designed space. Susanka illustrates the essentials of a three dimensional living space. This is a terrific book that forges beyond floorplans and elevations or even scale... more info
Customer Review: This is a well written book that is the product of lengthly research. I will begin setting modular homes in 2009 and this was a big help.
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