Small Homes: The Right Size (The Shelter Library of Building Books)

Buy this book. I love it.

For anyone hungry for a home, Lloyd Kahn's Small Homes offers a feast of common sense, creativity and can-do spirit. By showcasing 65 small homes from around the world, Kahn shows that if you are willing to think seriously about what makes a good life and a happy home--and are willing to do some of the work yourself--you can live very well for a whole lot less. As a start, think outside the 2500 sq. ft. box that most Americans buy into, then consider this: in the 1950s, the average home for a family of four was 1100 sq.ft.Most of the structures in Small Homes range from 400 to 1200 sq.ft. and, judging from the obvious delight of the folks building and living in these homes, they're on to something good. From New Zealand to New Mexico, Brooklyn to British Columbia, San Francisco to Scotland, we see houses crafted from stone and earth and salvaged wood and straw bale, by people of every age, gender, hue and calling. The houses themselves are similarly diverse. Some are tidy urban bungalows built in the 1930s, while others have a wild freedom of design deep in the woods where the roads don't reach.I have been a fan of Lloyd Kahn's since the 1960s, when he was the shelter editor of the legendary Whole Earth Catolog, and he hasn't slowed down a bit. I have always kept an eye on what Lloyd was up to because he was always fresh and insightful. Small Homes, which builds on Lloyd's wildly successful Tiny Homes, is his best yet, informed, as always, by his gentle wit, his vivid photos, his eye for detail, his ear for a good yarn, and his great love for homes and the people in them.

Lloyd does it again! Just as good as his previous, no other author in the home genre has inspired as many people as Lloyd Kahn. As impressive is how his books can hold the interest of such a wide demographic. If they have blood pumping through their viens, they will enjoy thumbing through. Thank you for yet another incredible piece of work!

Love the content but the book pulled apart after 1 day. Had to re-glue the spine.

This is not the cover of the small homes book. I know because we have the book and our cabin should be showing on the front cover! Fun book if you are not into the traditional home look. Lots of great ideas.

a great book full of building ideas.

I liked the houses shown here but did not pay close attention to the publishing date. The pictures of the interiors are all decorated in old hippie mode which does nothing for me. The same houses with updated interiors would be of more interest to me.

This book is so inspiring! I love it and am happy to have it in my collection!

Super wie alle Bücher von Lloyd Kahn. Schöne Geschichten von den einzelnen Hausbauern.

Beautiful colour photos accompanied by stories of the builders. So much variety and tons of great ideas for off- grid and all!

Totally inspiring and nourishing as all Lloyd Kahn's books are..i still have the original Shelter book. am not a builder but live in a small home and feel united to others who want to live their own lives through reading books like these.

Sehr schöne Bilder und Portraits, sehr viel verschiedene Stile und Größen - eigentlich alles Bestens.Schade dennoch dass es nur eine handvoll Grundrisse zu den Häusern gibt - für mich ein eklatanter Nachteil

great book , wonderful pictures, nice stories , perfect to get ideas and be inspired!!