This book exceeded my expectations. The illustrations are delightful and practical. The photos add clarity. The stories about the author’s life are entertaining and illustrative of her life’s journey, and explain how she made use of her own clever ideas. Anyone who lives in a small space and wants to maximize their use of their space will find the suggestions in this book extremely helpful. The writing and drawings are easy to read and entertaining. You will be inspired to try many of these simple ideas.

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“Matter is mostly empty space” my physics professor used to say.

Believe it or not, so is your home! This lively, well organized and beautifully illustrated book will guide you through it.
This is not some aseptic, picture-perfect journey into Scandinavian home aesthetics and pricey minimalism. Au contraire. Small Space Living offers real interior design solutions, directly from the occupant’s imagination. The book features over one hundred tips and ideas – most of them tested and lived-through by the author – for saving space and making room. Roberta Sandenbergh is a New York architect with an obvious (and communicative) passion for exploring and revealing the space potential of every living area you could possibly think of: from closets to walls, from floors to ceilings and the windows in between. Not a corner is left unturned. Storage is reinvented, partitions re-imagined, small is stretched and tiny becomes livable.

This half-transformative, half-biographical volume will make you reconsider the design potential of all unused and overlooked spaces in your home. You most certainly will discover that you are more space-rich than you ever suspected. Reclaim what's yours - just get it!

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Provided a bit of useful information, no Ahha moments in the book for me.

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Thoroughly enjoyed the book and all the ideas. Author gave an excellent idea for a loft bed with an office beneath that I'm thinking of doing for a tiny cottage. It's hard for me to envision myself being able to do many of the ideas as I lack the author's creativity, and am doubtful about obtaining city approval for some ideas. Everyone says my kitchen should be bigger, however reading the book made me realize it's unnecessary -- definitely appreciated gaining that awareness.

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This book definitely has some great ideas, but I found many of them aren't workable for renters. The majority of ideas involve some kind of construction, whether it's converting a closet, putting up partition walls/dividers, building custom fit desks or similar construction. Some landlords in larger cities don't mind or will work with tenants if they want to make what can be permanent changes. But I haven't found suburban landlords to be quite so understanding or accommodating. I also can't afford to renovate a space -- installing a bathroom in a closet, putting up divider or partition walls, or build a secure, sturdy loft space, and then tear it all out and restore space to original condition when I move. But there are definitely some ideas I can make work in a rented space. I just wish the publisher's description indicated that most ideas are more suitable for homeowners or renters with flexible landlords.
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I am anticipating the possibility of moving across the country to a smaller house, and thus I need to downsize. The thought of downsizing overwhelms me, but Roberta Sandenbergh's book gives me incentive to tackle the job. This book persuades me that there is advantage to living clean and unburdened. It is full of helpful tips for fitting my most prized possessions into smaller spaces. I highly recommend it.

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Author has spent a lifetime it appears in turning small and overlooked spaces into usable real estate. We have a camp with a small spare bedroom and bath. We're desperate to find more usable space in them...this book appears to have solutions. We're diyers and hgtv fans, so.have some carpentry skills.
There is also instructions on repurposing things. A good example we want to try is a sofa turned into bunkbeds. I know, I'm not much for such things -but it is very cool. (Prob best for children) The table of contents is part of the free preview.

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I'm remodeling and above-garage apartment. This book has lots of great ideas. Many of the small space products talked about are very expensive but are good ideas.

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Very useful

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The author has lots of ideas to make even a tiny space useful and sone of her designs are gorgeous.