Small Houses

By Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Book Overview

Small Houses celebrates the resurgence of small homes as a smart, stylish alternative to sprawling McMansions.

This insightful collection from the editors of Fine Homebuilding magazine showcases an inspiring range of small houses that are redefining modern living.

Whether you're considering downsizing, building a new home, or simply seeking design inspiration, Small Houses serves as a comprehensive guide to the advantages of small living. Join the movement towards thoughtful, efficient, and beautiful homes that enhance your lifestyle without overwhelming your space.

Key Features:

A Shift in Trends: As the housing market embraces smaller living spaces, this book captures the essence of contemporary small house design. It offers a refreshing perspective on how less can indeed be more, providing homeowners with affordable and easier-to-maintain options during challenging economic times.

Diverse Inspirations: Small Houses features a curated selection of homes that are new and remodeled, urban and rural, traditional and modern. You'll discover:

Charming Interiors: Each home is big on character and creativity, showcasing innovative layouts and designs that maximize every square foot. Quality Craftsmanship: The houses featured exemplify superior construction and thoughtful design, ensuring that small living spaces do not compromise on quality.

Sustainable Living: Many of the showcased homes incorporate energy-efficient features and sustainable practices, making them a perfect fit for environmentally conscious homeowners seeking to minimize their carbon footprint.

Expert Insights: The contributing writers, respected authorities in architecture and home design, provide valuable insights into the possibilities that small houses offer. Their expertise will inspire you to think outside the box and explore the potential of compact living.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600857655
• ISBN13: 9781600857652
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Big Plans for Small Homes

I should have paid more attention to this as I built my home! Next home I build will be smaller, greener. This book helps you design a small home that feels big and live-able.

Inspiration

My wife and i were looking for a new house to accomodate us and our son. We went to a number of open houses of typical contractor built houses and only got sick. The houses were big, inefficient and ill-designed. They lacked character and imagination. Therefore, we are now considering designing and building a house. This book, with its numerous examples of small, well-designed houses, is both helping us find features and designs we like and providing us with inspiration. The houses in this book have character. The book is well-illustrated. My only critique of this book is that it does not always provide square footage and cost per square foot as Taunton's annual house edition does.

A lot of book for the money.

This book is compilation of articles from the magazine. There are 37 different projects covering a wide variety of styles and locations of houses. The articles are often written by the owner / designer and are quite thorough. Many include presentation style: sections, details, and floor plans.I found this book to be very interesting to read. There is a lot of content for the size and price of the book. The articles are all from the early 80's to early 90's. Which makes me look forward to the next edition.Anybody interested in purchasing, renovating, or designing a small house will definitely like this book.