Minimum Space, Maximum Living

Name: Minimum Space, Maximum Living
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ISBN: 9781402738524

ISBN-10: 1402738528

ISBN-13: 9781402738524

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Authors: Barty Phillips

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Those who live in small houses and tiny apartments will welcome this treasury of ideas for using limited space elegantly and efficiently. The suggestions are ingenious and stylish, from commercially available solutions, such as folding chairs and tables, roll-away storage bins, and under-the-bed chests of drawers, to inexpensive built-ins, such as fold-away kitchen work surfaces, mini sleeping lofts, and under-the-stairs shelving. Along with ways to create more physical space, there are fascinating ideas for creating theillusionof space, making small areas look larger with the use of color, reflection, light, and trompe l’oeil effects. Small can be beautiful. It can also be convenient and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Introduction


Assessing Your Needs


Lifestyle: the way you'd like to live


Lifestyle: the way you live


All day at home


Out all day


Eating


Bathing


Sleeping


Clothes enthusiast


Homeworker/student


Entertaining


Assessing the Space


Antihoarding and decluttering


Measuring and documenting


Studio apartments


Dual-purpose rooms


Tall and narrow


Long, low, and narrow


Tiny spaces


Alcoves and other pocket spaces


Understairs-open


Understairs - enclosed


Halls and corridors


Landings and box rooms


Attics and basements


Using the Space


Creating a home


Living and entertaining


Cooking


Eating


Work space


Bathroom


Bedroom


Hobbies, toys, and games


Large appliances


Storage Solutions


Storage types


Everyday storage


Essential small storage


Long-term storage


Kitchen storage


Toy storage


Linen storage


Illusions of Space


How to create the illusion


Use of lighting


Use of mirrors


Use of color


Use of pattern


Curtains and blinds


Screens and dividers


Resources


Index