Friday, April 23, 2010

LOVE this book!

I must be the last designer on earth to discover this little gem: "More not so big solutions for your home" by Sarah Susanka. Got it on amazon.com and I love the way she finds space for storage, or a few extra square feet (and I mean a FEW) which just make all the difference.

If you've ever worked on a condo, you'll know there is NEVER enough storage in a unit, which can be a real design challenge, and one always has to create space for dining, living, cooking etc where it never existed before to meet today's homeowners' desires.

Back to the book: just loved the truly simple solution of adding a tiny entryway... seems like nothing, right? But it enabled her to design a bigger kitchen, one could say a REAL kitchen, compared to what was there before. It's on page 13 if you have the book, or if you order it.

And let's be frank: smaller is often more sustainable, even if only in terms of reducing heating consumption. And it can be so CUTE! And of course there's less of everything to CLEAN...