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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 1 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Do you have an ugly duckling kitchen? If so, take this book and learn how to transform it into the pretty and practical swan it was meant to be. Whether your kitchen is galley-shaped, U-shaped, L-shaped, or just plain small, this hands-on workbook offers ideas for kitchens that suit every lifestyle, from city singles to growing families. The kitchen is the heart of every home: the place where we gather with our families and friends; where we prepare and share food; where we work, entertain, and eat. But many kitchens were not designed with all these functions in mind. As a result, they are too small, too dark, and too cramped -- when what we want is spacious, light, and comfortable. With Small Spaces Beautiful Kitchens, you can change all that. In its pages, youÆll learn how to turn your kitchen -- no matter how small, how drab, how dysfunctional -- into the kitchen of your dreams.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Tara McLellan | | Hardcover: | 144 pages | | Publisher: | Rockport Publishers | | Publication Date: | March 01, 2003 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1564969568 | | Package Length: | 10.1 inches | | Package Width: | 8.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 7 reviews |
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56 of 56 found the following review helpful:
Lovely design, useful tips Jun 10, 2005
By Rena Longsworth
If you like contemporary, modern, eclectic, and retro styles, this book is great to look at. If not, borrow it from the library just for the text. I have made more practical moderations to my original ideas from this book than any of the dozens of other books and magazines that I own.
For instance, I originally was set on installing a microwave/range hood combination over our stove. This book points out that having a microwave in this position is inconvenient, even dangerous since it is very high up and over an area that is frequently hot. Also, it is difficult for children to reach. Instead, a built-in microwave shelf in a different location makes more sense. The suggestion may not be as space-saving as my original plan, but made sense nonetheless. This coming from a family of four with an 11'x 8' kitchen.
The photos presented an assortment of styles, sizes, and cost-ranges although it leaned more toward high-end, contemporary, and larger than my kitchen.
I would have liked to see more photos with large key ingredients like refrigerators. I would have preferred to see more floor plans and actual room dimensions. Unfortunately, I have not seen a book yet that was strong in this area. I think that any decorating book that has the word `small' on it's cover should strive to include those details.
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Helpful advice and ideas Jul 17, 2007
By Pennsylvania Reader
This book might be useful to more people than its title implies. The emphasis is on efficiency and small kitchens, but some of the kitchens in the book are not so small. Most of the advice will be helpful to anyone who is considering a kitchen renovation, regardless of the size of the room. Of course, a large kitchen gives one the option to create unused space that a small kitchen does not, so the book is especially helpful for people with space-limited kitchens. I use that term rather than "small" because the dimensions of my kitchen are largeish, but the layout of doors (all necessary) limits the cabinets and countertops in the room. I'm looking for creative ways to think about reconfiguring the space, and this book has been very helpful in terms of encouraging me to think about where to store things (items used less often can be outside the main kitchen space, for instance), what I typically do in the kitchen vs. sometimes do or rarely do, and how to plan a cohesive design style that works functionally and makes the kitchen a pleasant place for the cook. For example, I've been using wire shelving units as a temporary solution to my kitchen's lack of counters and storage space, but I wouldn't have considered this as a permanent design option before reading this book. That wouldn't be everyone's preference, but this book provides examples of several design styles to suit a variety of tastes. Other kitchen books provide more advice about the nitty-gritty of kitchen functions such as including enough electrical outlets, materials choices, etc. For that sort of information, I recommend "This Old House: Kitchens" (an oldie but still the best). To help you think about what you want and need in your kitchen in terms of function and visual appeal, especially if every inch counts or if the kitchen is part of another room, this book is a good investment.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Helpful Ideas For A Small Kitchen Jan 06, 2012
By DMF
We will soon be remodeling our small, inefficient kitchen. Reading every word of the text of this book was a great help in identifying the areas of most inefficiency in our current floor plan. The book has significantly helped me in planning how to maximize more fully every square foot that we have available.
I especially liked the "interview sections" with various notable kitchen designers and experts. Their observations (especially the European mindset) has caused me to take an honest inventory of my own habits. I feel as though I've gained the expertise of highly paid consultants at just the price of this book. I am much more prepared with ideas and space-conscious efficiencies that I can request and incorporate when I meet with my kitchen designer and cabinetmaker.
I echo other words written here that I was disappointed there weren't more floor plans nor a variety of styles in the actual pictures of kitchens used in the book. That being said, the author has chosen to use pictures that back up her points of emphasis in the text. The majority of the kitchens protrayed in the book are sleek and minimalistic. A few are rather funky.
Overall, the book did leave a strong impression on me of how to make the best use of my small space in the most effective manner possible. I have ordered six books from Amazon to study as we develop plans for our remodeling project. Thus far, the text from this book has been the most helpful to me out of these six books.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Very helpful Oct 09, 2010
By Aliki Papadaki
A very helpful book about kitchens.
Successfully covers everything that has to do with the kitchen (needs & wants, optimum organization and style/design). It provides us with well organized & described knowledge.
Very stylish case studies and high quality photos accompany the theory.
5 of 7 found the following review helpful:
small spaces, beautiful kitchens May 12, 2007
By Design dreamer
"Donna"
I am pleased with this book. It has a lot of ideas for the kitchen that I would have never thought of. If you are undecided and can't figure out just what you want this is a good book. I'm very pleased.
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