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Not So Big Solutions for Your Home

Author: Sarah Susanka
Publisher: Taunton Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 25438

Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 8.4 x 0.5

ISBN: 1561586137
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.370222
EAN: 9781561586134
ASIN: 1561586137

Publication Date: August 27, 2002
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
"Do more with less space" is the key concept of this down-to-earth design guide for both new home builders and remodelers. Not So Big Solutions for Your Home provides simplified design principles in jargon-free language for the nonprofessional contemplating a residential building project. Architect and author Sarah Susanka, well-known for 1998's The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live, offers advice on how to redefine space to create happier living areas that function more efficiently. For example, analyzing the family's television habits and planning set placement in advance may avert future squabbles and smooth out daily living. Thinking of each exterior door as the location of a sequence of common events (such as hauling in the groceries or taking off muddy boots) will help the planner create a neater entryway adapted to the family's specific needs. Throughout, plentiful drawings and photos illustrate simple solutions to such common problems as unused living rooms, dark bedrooms, and crowded kitchens. Readers seeking to remodel on a budget will be heartened by Susanka's contention that it is often best to stay within existing walls and avoid building out. All in all, the book provides a lot of theoretical food for thought for lay people preparing to begin the daunting task of either building a new home or remodeling an old one. --Judy Fireman

Product Description
Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Solutions for Your Home explores practical design ideas that can transform any house into a great house that looks, works and feels right for the owner. Sarah Susanka, whose previous best-selling books showed homeowners how to appreciate and create a house that is beautiful, visually expansive and reflective of how families really live, now offers readers practical, everyday design ideas on everything from selecting a site for a new home to designing a mail-sorting space. 30 color photographs, along with over 150 drawings from Sarah Susanka's own sketchbook, illustrate practical home design ideas for everyday living. Not So Big Solutions for Your Home is a compilation of over 30 columns written by Sarah Susanka for Fine Homebuilding magazine.

Customer Reviews:

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Excellent source to design a home December 9, 2009
H. Le (Houston, TX USA)
I am in the process of building a new home. I have bought and read around 30 books on house design. They were really just eye candy. This book is so different in that it helped me understand why I like some features of a house. For example, I always liked the idea of a reading bench but now I understand why I like it (a protective alcove). There are a lot of PRACTICAL ideas in this book, so that you can actually sit down and discuss these functional concepts with your architect.

Very easy reading. Nice illustrations. Sometimes too repetitive. Would be great to see Sarah Susanka make a DVD. Overall the best book I have purchased for home design.

5 out of 5 stars

My house isn't so big. Where do I put everything? June 22, 2008
Michael P. Quinn (Lewisville, TX United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

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 with bookshelves on either side to create a window seat!"

Those are the kinds of ideas I got from this book.

4 out of 5 stars

Great Guide for Remodelers January 2, 2008
Burgundy Damsel (Albany, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book will be invaluable for anyone looking to build/remodel their home. The author provides creative suggestions for rethinking how we live and ways to reconfigure existing space rather than construct extensive (and expensive) additions to our homes. Susanka admirably supports her ideas with background information, diagrams and case studies. Ultimately, however, few ideas in the book are applicable to anyone not planning a large scale construction project of some kind. If you're interested in what you can do with your existing small space, check out one of the author's other books instead.

5 out of 5 stars

Everyone should read this book! October 15, 2007
M.J.
I think every person who owns or is considering buying a home should read this book first. The concepts presented here will make you rethink the idea that you need more...bigger is NOT better. Utilizing space effectively and making a house your own with personalized touches are much more likely to make one more satisfied than buying bigger. While I have been investigating going smaller for a while now, this book really helped me to focus on the details of actually making that change work in real life. A must read for anyone feeling cramped in their spaces.

5 out of 5 stars

Love this concept! July 25, 2007
g.mom (TX,USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I now am a HUGE fan of Sara Susanka. I went to the library and read ALL her books. The pictures are very helpful if planning a remodel or building new. Finding an architect that is in-tune is a challenge, most are men and do not think this way.

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