Posted by Harry
Books | 29 Jul 07 | Comments (1) | Stumble
"Make every inch in your home work harder!" and you won't have to buy a bigger one. That's both the stated and implicit premise of Convertible Houses, a book dedicated to illustrating the "principles of multipurpose living" with creative design, aggressive space planning and convertible devices. The book features 12 convertible projects in all, located in in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Toronto, Hong Kong, Brazil and more. The houses exemplify convertible living from foldaway kitchens to foldout offices, from swiveling walls to cantilevering lofts. Hardcover, 192 pages, well illustrated, $16.47 at Amazon.
I like the idea to "Make every inch in your home work harder!", but the time and energy used to make the converting itself, as well as the time and energy applied for realization, sometimes make us work harder. May be a balance between convertible and ready-to-use is the best if you cannot allow the luxury of enough space.