Not so big remodeling : tailoring your home for the way you really live

Susanka, Sarah (Author). Vassallo, Marc. (Added Author).

Summary: From the Publisher: More Big Ideas from Sarah Susanka including hundreds of Not So Big ideas that can beautifully and affordably transform any home. Sometimes small changes can have a big impact. But many homeowners looking for more living space still insist on building expensive additions or completely rebuilding their home. In the latest groundbreaking step in the Not So Big revolution, Sarah Susanka and Marc Vassallo demonstrate how carefully chosen tweaks and simple additions can make a home seem much larger and more inviting. They avoid high-end architectural solutions, focusing instead on how Not So Big ideas can dramatically improve even the most modest home. The authors show readers how to think like an architect, so they can accurately assess their homes shortcomings, apply Not So Big principles to their remodeling plan, and phase in their project incrementally over time.

Record details

ISBN: 156158827X
ISBN: 9781561588275
Physical Description: 329 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
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Publisher: Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- 1: My not so big remodeling -- Part 1: Look Of Your House -- 2: Exterior -- 3: Front entries -- 4: Back entries -- Part 2: Kitchens And Gathering Spaces -- 5: Working within the footprint -- 6: Kitchens: Borrowing space -- 7: Kitchens: Opening up -- 8: Kitchens: Bumping out -- 9: Relocating the kitchen -- 10: Kitchens: Adding on -- 11: Kitchens as catalyst -- 12: Living spaces -- 13: Basements -- Part 3: Baths And Personal Spaces -- 14: Powder rooms -- 15: Bathrooms -- 16: Home offices -- 17: Place of your own -- 18: Bedrooms -- 19: Master suites -- Part 4: Pulling It All Together -- 20: Too bigness -- 21: Whole house transformations -- 22: Green remodeling -- 23: My not so big addition -- Credits -- Index.