We love using design books to gather ideas, pictures, resources, inspiration - you name it! Flipping through the pages of these informational and inspiring books always proves for new ideas in our home and revising others that may not be working anymore...
As our collection is growing, we thought we’d share 25 design books that would fit nicely into any collection. And if you have some others you love, add them on to the list!
- Apartment Living: New Designs for Urban Living
- Decorating Small Spaces
- Small Space Decorating Workshop
- Little House On A Small Planet
- Small Interiors
- Big Ideas For Small Spaces
- How to Live in Small Spaces: Design, Furnishing, Decoration and Detail for the Smaller Home
- Small Urban Interiors: 500 Solutions for Living
- Small Spaces: Making the Most of the Space You Have
- Small Space: Good Ideas
- 500 Ideas for Small Spaces
- Living Large In Small Spaces
- Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Design Solutions
- 25 Houses Under 1500 Square Feet
- Space: Japanese Design Solutions for Compact Living
- The Smaller Home: Creating The Perfect Fit
- Mini House Now
- Compact Houses: Architecture for The Environment
- 150 Best Apartment Ideas
- Compact Living
- Storage: Get Organized
- Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure
- The Not So Big House
- A Little House of My Own: 47 Grand Designs for 47 Tiny Houses
- The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space
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Comments (4)
dont forget....
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Ugly-Restaurant-Concepts-Architecture/dp/006113693X
amazing work!!
I know you don't know about it because it is just out, but I have written a book called Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect. I would love it if you and/or some of your readers would check it out and let me know what you think.
The book covers house design from the overall philosophy of design through pre-design planning, etc. I talk a lot about why some houses work and others just don't.
You can learn more about my book (and me, the author) at www.designingyourperfecthouse.com.
I wasn't impressed by the not-so-big house books. Sarah Susanka definitely has a bigger idea about small than I do.
I'm surprised not to see Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House. Invaluable resource for us.
Living Large in Small Spaces is basically just (very good) photos of apartments and other spaces. More than half of the 33 homes are 600 ft and under; each one has a floor plan (most look drawn by the resident(s) themselves); and a large majority look like they are lived in by people of respectable but not very wealthy means. It is not an Architectural Digest porno for coffee tables.
I have returned to it many times--to show things to friends, to remind myself of how that hand-cranked pulley bed works, and just for inspiration.
It is a small-scale book, as well, so you can actually sit comfortably with it while you browse.
I really can't recommend it enough. (http://www.amazon.com/Living-Large-Small-Spaces-Expressing/dp/0810991055/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239336384&sr=8-1)