Living in Small Spaces

by Lorrie Mack

All in color! Cramped apartment? Small rooms in a house? You can make the most of your space! With imagination, careful planning, and this treasure trove of stylish ideas, even the tiniest apartments will look fantastic and seem ever so much more spacious. Work out a decorating scheme that tricks the eye into thinking each room is bigger; find new ways to store and organize belongings; make small-scale alterations and extensions; and try super-compact versions of necessary furnishings. An astounding array of color photos and illustrations leads you, room by room, into dozens of homes to view the clever and beautiful ways people have solved space problems, such as fitting a bay window with box seating that doubles as extra storage or installing a bathroom in an attic. Turn a hallway into anything from a picture gallery to a tiny kitchen. Twenty simple but ingenious designs for customized furniture and accessories enable even those with minimal carpentry skills to work decorating wonders in the most cramped interiors. Trim 10 1/4 x 8 1/2.

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Lorrie Mack is a journalist and stylist specializing in home-interest subjects. She also writes for a number of consumer magazines, including Homes & Gardens, Period Living, Homes and Ideas, and Inspirations.

Reviews

[Michelle]

Brilliant decorating/storage tips for making tiny appartments/houses into spacious homes.