The New Small House Kindle Edition

My copy of The New Small House is already filled with sticky notes--so many great ideas to tuck away for a (future) little house design. If you're even remotely interested in the current trend towards building smaller with smarter designs, you will love architect-writer Katie Hutchison's lucid and practical advice as well as the particular houses she chose to showcase. I love that many of the designs have a clean and contemporary feel, while many still incorporate traditional or regional architecture. I also love that each house not only has a design plan (floor plan drawing) with it, but enough beautiful photographs to really get a sense of how the design plays out. Additionally each of the photographs is tagged with an icon representing one of Hutchison's 10 key small-house design strategies, so again, the beautiful and the practical come together to inform you without overwhelming you.

Got a wonderful copy!Have a lot of Little House books - at least no duplicated projects in this one!Good photography and stories behind the designs.Have to laugh - all of these little house books show $200k plus priced build-outs of small, intriguing homes.Nothing for the more budget-restricted in this world.

Wasn’t what I was expecting due to the lack of plans.

This is a beautiful book and, though I had a moment of doubt, I'm keeping it. Why the hesitation? It's the only complaint I have with some of the books in this category ... what makes a "small" or "tiny" house? These beautiful pages and pictures show spacious and refined spaces. Well of course. Most of these houses are over 1200 square feet. Those are not small houses! And all of them address one or two people occupancy which makes the space to my thinking generous beyond small.I currently live in a 1250 square foot Craftsman. The house has two nice size bedrooms, one even has an additional walk-in closet. And of course I have a foyer, living room, formal dining room, a nursery or office, bathroom, mud room along with a kitchen with a breakfast nook and pantry. This house may not be a McMansion but it does not qualify as a small house. I live in a lot of space, wonderful space and for a long time felt overwhelmed by how little of the house I actually inhabited.In my mind and in the better books in this category, a small house does not exceed 1000 square feet. Then the challenge of space well used becomes real. Then the ideas and decorating often show ingenuity and resourcefulness. Then I find real and useful if not inspiring material. Especially when it comes to how much space I actually need.Having said that, this is an entertaining and beautiful book. Of course my favorite houses are the smaller ones, especially the several entitled 20k Houses. The incorporation of unexpected materials such as plywood with a metallic finish also is interesting and dramatic. Some of the window designs are also exceptional ways to make more use of light and views. But lofts aren't particularly well designed or original.So I'll keep the book but encourage you to look at other books in this category. I've reviewed all the ones I've purchased and will add here why my love of this category. It's quite simple. My house is larger than I need for the one of me and I wanted to use the space better before I went in search of a roommate. Add to this my attached 850 square foot cottage which I don't want to rent. Instead I learned from one book to consider it my "mountain cabin getaway" without the long drive to get out of the Bay Area. My success in accomplishment of all this is directly related to what I've learned from the better books on small and tiny houses. Perhaps you will find equal reward from the better books in this category while this book can provide a few ideas for extra polish.

Interesting book on how to make a small house feel bigger. some principles to organize one's thinking and beautiful pics of homes.

A great cross selection of house styles and sizes are covered in a well thought out way. Great inspiration and some very practical advice.

A book which is very thin on content and seems to make very little comment on energy efficiency or the use of space.

Nicely written with great ideas and color plates

I love looking at smaller house plans and this book didn't disappoint. Great photography and a good range of houses.

Interesting book! Great ideas!

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Livro com muito bom conteúdo e dicas. Plantas inteligentes e que podem dar inspiração para novos projetos.Vale muito a pena para arquitetos profissionais e até mesmo para aquelas pessoas mais autodidatas que querem iniciar seus projetos e talvez depois refiná-los com um arquiteto.

Nice advice for small layouts. Not as much modern architecture in here as I'd like but a few tips we're going to use when designing our new, small house.