Small House, Big Style

What a fantastic book....if you live in a small house as I do..1450 sq ft...you need to read this book. Paula so gracefully... & consistently encourages us throughout her book that small is beautiful... & you CAN have the gorgeous well decorated house you crave without letting size get in the way. Her creative ideas are astounding backed by multitudes of small house make-overs brimming with inspiration that's actually useful to those of us who are not rich..yet would like to have the nicest furnishings we can afford. She starts the book off with the premise that we need to STOP dreaming of a bigger house... & start getting bigger inspirations...which is exactly what this book accomplishes so successfully. I no longer long for a bigger house... & I'm in the process now.. of making my small house ...beautiful in every way. Hats off to you Paula for a job well done...wish more decorating books were as grass roots as yours... & delivered what they promise as yours does.

How refreshing this book is. It starts with an intriguing little house on a traffic island somewhere in California. I must have studied the pictures of that house a thousand times by now. But it has ideas, from storage to room arranging, for homes of somewhere around 2500 square feet or less. The square footage is listed with each house. Many are between 1000 and 2000 square feet. It's about time. McMansions in my neck of the woods are running 4,000, 5,000, 6,000 square feet.. Obscene. I wish more builders and architects would get on board with reasonable home sizes again. This book proves that a small house of 2500 square feet or less can live big.

Fantastic ideas, beautiful pictures and lots of different layouts. This is also a fabulous book if your thinking of remodeling or putting an addition on an existing home. Well worth the money!

You'll love the common sense ideas, gorgeous pictures and helpful decorating hints in this latest Better Homes and Garden book. They feature a good selection of decorating styles for most classic smaller homes (under 2500sq.ft.) in different areas of the country. I'm currently redecorating my livingroom and was inspired for fabric choices and colors. I like mixing several style of accessories and the book shows you how to do that without tackiness. It will remain a good reference.