Design Confidently, Live Comfortably



Issue #8, Jan/Feb 2005

Small & Spacious
Five ideas for making a pocket-size house feel like so much more
by Timothy Gordon

When Leslie Gordon decided she wanted to build a small retirement home, her wish list was a mile long. So she called an architect she knew would listen -- her son, Timothy. He used several strategies to make the resulting 1500-square foot house feel more spacious, including designing multi-use spaces, using a material palette to create visual continuity, and the importance of built-in storage.


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