Product Description
Sarah Susanka’s The Not So Big House spoke to millions of disenchanted homeowners who want to downsize their dream home without diminishing the dream. By evaluating what makes them feel at home and letting their activities define their rooms, homeowners end up with cozy areas they like and use rather than oversize formal rooms they never enter. Creating the Not So Big House explains what homeowners and potential homeowners need to know to get the home that fits thei… More >>
Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home
#1 by Anonymous on June 9, 2010 - 3:45 am
This is packed with so many great ideas and principles. It’ll change everything you thing you want in a house. A must read.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by G. A. Smith on June 9, 2010 - 6:20 am
As far as I can see almost all of her ideas are based on the work of Christopher Alexander who wrote “A Pattern Language” and “The Timeless Way of Building” in the late 70’s. I suggest readers look up these titles. They will change the way you look at your environment forever.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by MotherLodeBeth on June 9, 2010 - 8:32 am
I keep buying copies of this book because its a book friends and new acquaintances pick up and fall in love with and I end up saying “Oh take it…let it be my gift”… The fact that it is so popular with all my friend who come from all walks of life tells me that its a book that just about anyone will like and a book that the reader will find something of interest and use in.
Beth
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by E. S. Noyes on June 9, 2010 - 10:15 am
A FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE NOT SO BIG PHILOSOPHY, QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE, GOOD COMMON SENSE.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Howard Bolling on June 9, 2010 - 11:30 am
Sarah Susanka continues the excellent job she started in The Not So Big House in this book, expanding on the explanations of how and why not so big houses can feel so luxurious and, well, sizable.
A wealth of additional case studies, beautifully photographed and illustrataed, clearly described and explained, make this book a valuable addition to your architectural library.
Rating: 4 / 5