Apartment therapy’s big book of small, cool spaces PDF
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Copyright © 2010 by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com www.clarksonpotter.com CLARKSON POTTER is a trademark and POTTER with colophon is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gillingham-Ryan, Maxwell. Apartment therapy’s big book of small, cool spaces / Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan. — 1st ed. p. cm. Big book of small, cool spaces Includes index. 1. Small rooms—Decoration. I. Title. NK2117.S59G56 2010 747—dc22 2009028199 eBook ISBN: 978-0-30798506-4 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-307-46460-6 Hardcover Design by Jennifer K. Beal Davis Photographs by Jim Franco v3.1 With the parents’ bedroom in the loft upstairs, the childrens’ room glows with warmth below in this very modern renovation. For the people in this book who welcomed me into their homes and for Sara Kate and Ursula who help me make mine Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication INTRODUCTION QUICK ENTRANCES A Few More Fast Entrances COZY KITCHENS & DINING ROOMS Thoughts on Small Dining Rooms Thoughts on Cabinet Decor Thoughts on Open Storage COMPACT LIVING ROOMS Thoughts on Bookshelves Thoughts on Televisions and Stereos MINIATURE BEDROOMS Thoughts on Bedroom Colors Thoughts on Bathrooms SMART HOME OFFICES A Few More Quick Offices Thoughts on Desk Organization PETITE CHILDREN’S ROOMS Thoughts on Storage Thoughts on Nursery Lighting RESOURCES THE LISTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE HOMEOWNERS INDEX introduction NOTHING YOU DO FOR YOUR HOME IS EVER WASTED. I love figuring out how to make a room work. I have always been obsessed with beautiful and comfortable homes, with trying to figure obsessed with beautiful and comfortable homes, with trying to figure out what makes them tick and helping to create them. When I was about twelve, my mother told me I could do anything I wanted with my room, and I spent months drawing elaborate plans on paper. My bed was going to sit at the bottom of a smooth bowl (early skate-park influence), at the top of a set of stairs; it was all going to be made of plywood, covered with padding and carpeting. As soon as my plans were done, I began working on improvements, and my vision got more complicated and more fabulous with each iteration. While my room didn’t actually change that much in the end, my research had definitely begun. Now I decorate and reenvision rooms for a living, and the more spaces I’ve seen, the more I’ve become convinced that there are basic lessons and common elements that make a room great— lessons that are not hard to learn and that don’t require a substantial amount of money to implement.
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