Small Spaces : Making the Most of the Space You Have

As real estate costs go ever higher, many of us are living in smaller spaces than we would like. In Small Spaces, interiors author Rebecca Tanqueray presents a wide variety of solutions to make even a studio apartment feel more spacious and comfortable. Many spaces can be expanded visually through color or lighting, in others, Tanqueray explores the organization of space, storage and the use of multi-functional furniture. The inspirational spaces showcased in Small Spaces are documented thoroughly with beautiful photographs and floor plans, to inspire you in the process of enlarging your own space.

Starting with Making the Most of your Space, Rebecca shows how clever use of color, lighting or other elements makes for a coherent home with a feeling of space. The Zones explores the organization of space, including areas for living, cooking and eating, working, bathing and sleeping. A Space Savers page at the end of each section captures key points. Finally, Solutions, tackles the elements to the compact home - including dividing space, using color, lighting and texture and clever storage and furniture.

Small Spaces will help you create a more uncluttered and serene home that works.

Rebecca Tanqueray was deputy editor of Elle Decoration, where she worked for five years before becoming a full-time writer. She now contributes to a number of leading design and style magazines and newspaper supplements including ES Magazine, the Style section of the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, Homes and Gardens, and Livingetc. She has written three previous books' Lofts' Living in Space' Eco Chic' and Get the Look' How to be a stylist in your own home.

Chris Everard is a leading interiors photographer. His work appears regularly in magazines such as Elle Decoration andRed. For Ryland Peters and Small he has photographed Architectural Fixtures and Hardware, Bathrooms, Apartment, and The Light.