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Compact Living (Paperback)

by Jane Graining (Author), Dominic Blackmore (Photographer)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (13 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840006919
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840006919
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 22 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 439,962 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An inspirational and practical book for anyone setting up home, whether in a small country cottage, urban studio flat or anywhere where space is at a premium. It offers inventive ideas for increasing the amount of living space without the expense of moving house and includes town, country, family and solo living. Jane Graining reveals, room by room, how to achieve stylish results whatever your budget. With ideas on how to use your furniture, fixtures and fittings to best effect, this volume also contains case studies that offer solutions to cope with changing circumstances, such as the arrival of a child or a decision to work from home.

About the Author
Jane Graining is a freelance writer and stylist. She contributes to magazines such as Country Living, Country Homes & Interiors, FX, The Sunday Times Magazine and the Mail on Sunday.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Call that compact, 26 April 2002
By Neil Lewis (London) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: Compact Living (Hardcover)
Sadly, the author's idea of what constitutes compact living may not chime with your own. While there are some nice ideas in this, for alcoves, kitchens, etc, it concentrates on the sorts of spaces which lend themselves to mezzanines, spiral staircases, light wells and glass roofs. Not much use for your average flat dweller. Each of the projects was designed by a team of architects, for somebody who could have afforded to buy a house with the fees. There are a few wooly over-statements about design which are highly questionable, like the idea that using patterned materials always makes a space look smaller. And whoever did the conversions between sq feet and sq metres should find another job - the editing's sloppy. If you're going down this route, do what the people featured did, get yourself a good architect and let them sort it out...
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