Inside the Not So Big House: Discovering the Details that Bring a Home to Life

by Sarah Susanka, Marc Vassallo

Overview

Best-selling author of The Not So Big House Sarah Susanka teams up with architectural design writer Marc Vassallo to expand upon the message that has resonated with over a million homeowners and builders across the country: opting for personalized, well-crafted, thoughtfully designed spaces over superfluous square footage results in a home that comforts and nourishes those who live there. Susanka and Vassallo focus their lens on the tangible and sometimes intangible details that bring an otherwise ordinary home to life. Incorporating such details as dropped ceilings, built-in shelves, pocket doors, window seats, and well-placed alcoves infuses a home with the character of its owners and conveys a uniqueness that's mising in many homes built or remodeled today. From Rhode Island to San Diego, the 23 homes featured here illustrate exceptional attention to detail. Each offers inspiration for those building or remodeling to transform their home into an expression of all that is important to them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781561589845
Publisher:	Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/02/2007
Series:	Sarah Susanka Series
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	324,396
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Sarah Susanka is one of the leading residential architects in the United States. Her first book, "The Not So Big House," topped best-seller charts in Home & Garden categories in its first year of publication. Susanka has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Charlie Rose Show, and NPR's Diane Rehm Show. She is a former principal and founding partner of Mulfinger, Susanka, Mahady & Partners, Inc., the firm chosen by LIFE magazine to design its 1999 Dream House.

Marc Vassallo has spent over two decades in publishing and is former Editorial Director of The Taunton Press. His book The Barefoot Home was named Best Home & Garden Book of 2006 by Amazon.com. Vassallo has written for numerous magazines and literary journals and received a Fellowship in Fiction from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Seattle with his wife and son. He is an avid backpacker, sea kayaker, and urban gardener.

Editorial Reviews

"Sarah Susanka has teamed up with design writer Marc Vassallo to help her readers incorporate the details of not-so-big living into their decorating schemes...As the 25 homes featured in the book demonstrate, such additions combine good looks with function to unify and enhance interior spaces."- Boston Globe"
"Susanka has become the poster girl for an architectural movement that worships scale and simplicity. Here she and Vassallo go inside 23 not-so-big houses to illustrate the details — built-in storage, diverse ceiling heights and materials, color, simplicity, tricks of the eye — that not only give a house personality but also make it more livable.
- Lynette Evans, San Francisco Chronicle

From the Publisher

Sarah Susanka's Not So Big House books have caused a revolution in residential architecture and convinced thousands of homeowners to personalize their home with well-crafted details, not oversize scale. Her phrase "Attention to the small gives character to the whole" has become a national motto. In Inside the Not So Big House, Susanka explains how even remodeled homes can be transformed by focusing on design elements. A great resource for new or prospective homeowners.