The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space Format:Hardcover Over the past five years

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The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space Format:Hardcover Over the past five yearsThe Very Small Home is an inspiring new book that surveys the creative design innovations of small houses in Japan. Eighteen recently built and unusual houses from ultramodern to Japanese rustic are presented in depth. Particular emphasis is given to what the author calls the big idea for each housethe thing that does the most to make the home feel more spacious than it actually is. Big ideas include ingenious sources of natural light well thought out