Not So Big Solutions For Your Home
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Not So Big Solutions for Your Home
Design a home that fits the way you really live—without adding more square footage. In Not So Big Solutions for Your Home, architect and bestselling author Sarah Susanka offers a practical and inspiring guide to transforming your house into a space that feels just right. Building on the principles of the Not So Big House movement, this book focuses on thoughtful design over sheer size, helping homeowners create spaces that are functional, beautiful, and deeply personal. Inside, you’ll discover: Smart design strategies for every room, from entryways and kitchens to bedrooms and home offices. Over 150 sketches and photographs that illustrate real-world solutions to common layout and lifestyle challenges. Tips for remodeling, reconfiguring, and reimagining your existing space to better support how you live. Guidance on integrating personal touches that reflect your values, habits, and sense of comfort. Whether you're building new or reworking what you already have, this book empowers you to make design choices that prioritize quality, character, and livability over excess.
The Not So Big Life
Have you ever found yourself asking, “Is this all there is to life?” Or wondering if this bigger life you have created is actually a better life? And do you wonder how it all got so out of control? In her groundbreaking bestseller The Not So Big House, architect Sarah Susanka showed us a new way to inhabit our houses by creating homes that were better–not bigger. Now, in The Not So Big Life, Susanka takes her revolutionary philosophy to another dimension by showing us a new way to inhabit our lives. Most of us have lives that are as cluttered with unwanted obligations as our attics are cluttered with things. The bigger-is-better idea that triggered the explosion of McMansions has spilled over to give us McLives. For many of us, our ability to find the time to do what we want to do has come to a grinding halt. Now we barely have time to take a breath before making the next call on our cell phone, while at the same time messaging someone else on our Blackberry. Our schedules are chaotic and overcommitted, leaving us so stressed that we are numb, yet we wonder why we cannot fall asleep at night. In The Not So Big Life, Susanka shows us that it is possible to take our finger off the fast-forward button, and to our surprise we find how effortless and rewarding this change can be. We do not have to lead a monastic life or give up the things we love. In fact, the real joy of leading a not so big life is discovering that the life we love has been there the entire time. Through simple exercises and inspiring stories, Susanka shows us that all we need to do is make small shifts in our day–subtle movements that open our minds as if we were finally opening the windows to let in fresh air. The Not So Big Life reveals that form and function serve not only architectural aims but life goals as well. Just as we can tear down interior walls to reveal space, we can tear down our fears and assumptions to open up new possibilities. The result is that we quickly discover we have all the space and time we need for the things in our lives that really matter. But perhaps the greatest reward is the discovery that small changes can yield enormous results. In her elegant, clear style, Susanka convinces us that less truly is more–much more.
The American Idea of Home
Author: Bernard Friedman
language: en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date: 2017-05-02
Wide-ranging interviews with leading architectural thinkers, including Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, Robert Venturi, Paul Goldberger, Robert Ivy, Denise Scott Brown, Kenneth Frampton, and Robert A. M. Stern, spotlight some of the most significant issues in a