Making the Most of Small Spaces

by Anoop Parikh

This practical guide shows how to make the most of small living areas, from city apartments to country cottages, including up-to-the-minute design ideas for kitchen equipment, galleried living-spaces and storage solutions. This book is divided into chapters focusing on different rooms, each one containing a floor plan, practical check-lists and inventive examples.

Genres: Nonfiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 1994

Reviews

[Juliana · Rating 1 out of 5]

I bought this book 10 years ago when I was living in an itty bitty studio in Seattle's University District. I should have looked through it more before making my purchase. Most of the suggestions were completely infeasible (such as adding a staircase to create a loft in my studio) or were against my lease (such as painting). If I'd had the money to do all of that, I wouldn't have been living in such a small space! This might work for homeowners, but not renters.

[Albert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought a lot of the rooms were either ugly (not to my taste) or completely infeasible (WAY too many tchotchkes), but respectable. (I respect the people who keep up with that sort of uptake to satisfy their artistic vision.) Some interesting takeaways on paint and large furniture.

[boredroom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many ideas that are not practical for the Singaporean Urban lifestyle in a HDB flat. However I get the inspirations from the ideas revealed in the book and it allows me to express myself, resulting in me loving my room in my simple existence of life in Singapore.

[Jonathan McWilliams · Rating 1 out of 5]

I give this one star but "I did not like it" doesn't exactly fit the situation. It was ok, but it doesn't belong with the other two star ok's if that makes sense. There may be a picture or two you find interesting in this book--I wouldn't spend any money on it ( got it from library ).

[Niloy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tons of good tips.