Conran's Living in Small Spaces

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Summary: Stylish and affordable solutions for organizing all spaces
Review: A book with a European flair. Very stylish, very cozy, yet affordable suggestions (a veritable miracle). Most applicable to city dwellings, but also simply beautiful for all aspects of interior design (color photographs throughout). It has sections with general comments on space organization (adding in addition to reorganizing existing space), then room-by-room suggestions, including a section on single-room living. Finally, the appendix has plans for building some simple useful pieces. It treats all aspects of a home--floors, walls (with windows and window treatments), furniture, room proportions, color, plants. I return to it often for ideas even now that I do not have a space crunch. If you want a single design book for your whole home, this is the book. I have yet to find another one as beautiful and as useful.