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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice Idea/Wish Book, April 12, 1999
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This review is from: Designing for Small Homes (Hardcover)
This book's primary appeal to me is the large quantity of very nice photos for ideas of how to design for small spaces. Think of it as the equivalent of a dozen very good "home" magazines all focused on small spaces. Unfortuantely, this is not the type of book that's easy to buy online. You need to browse. I can tell you that I spent over an hour at a bookstore and this was the one I walked away with. Most of the others were horribly technical books about how to build and use all these storage containers to hide/organize your stuff. Frankly, if you have a tiny space, you should throw away most of the stuff you don't use regularly. I'm more interterested in lighting and arrangement and color to give the illusion of more space... not organizing all my junk in neat tupperware containers.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Showy but lacks substance, March 26, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Designing for Small Homes (Hardcover)
At first glance the bright photos of this book look promising, but the text is so small it is painful (for me, at least) to read without a magnifying glass, plus once you do read it, it's not very helpful. Some of the book is oriented toward building the space, as opposed to working with the small space you've already got. I now own 4 decorating/design books, and this is the one I use the least often, if at all. Not recommended if you want guidelines on "how to" or if you are a reader. Text is poorly laid out--sometimes not clear which caption goes with which photo.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nice pictures, but uninformative, February 8, 1999
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This review is from: Designing for Small Homes (Hardcover)
I was looking for a book that would give me specific ideas about designing for small living spaces. This book only has photographs of peoples homes and their fancy furniture. If these are small homes, then my apartment is tiny. I found the title to be misleading. Don't bother with this book unless you want another coffee table book.
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