Small Space Organizing
January 18th, 2012. Filed under: Wednesday's Wonders.Dwell Well in a Small Space
Whether you’re downsizing your home or just starting out, professional organizing and decorating author Kathryn Bechen will show you how to create a space where you can live well regardless of the size. Dedicated to helping small space dwellers thrive in their home for over 20 years, Bechen wants everyone to feel proud of their comfortable and welcoming living space regardless of the square footage.
A room-by-room ‘small space bible’ to maximize living in minimum space
In Small Space Organizing: A Room-by-Room Guide to Maximizing Your Space (Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8007-2028-5, 240 pages, January 2012, $12.99), Bechen compiles 20 years of real life organizational tips and tricks. This ‘small space bible’ will help anyone transform cramped space into a perfectly petite living space as Bechen goes room-by-room giving design and organizational advice as well as taking on the extremely small spaces of studio and basement apartments, loft and high-rise spaces and even tips for RV living.
“A true home is really about the size of your heart, not about the size of your space,” says Bechen. She encourages readers to embrace living in a small space and assures them that even the most teeny-tiny space can be transformed into a welcoming environment to maximize the space – and more importantly, maximize living. Bechen tells clients to “always remember that it’s far more important to have a spirit of hospitality and friendship as the emphasis of your home, rather than neglecting to invite others to visit you there just because you lack large rooms or expensive furniture.”
After reading Small Space Organizing readers will be able to:
– Create a non-traditional entryway space
– Find a creative space for a home office
– Craft a spa atmosphere in a teeny-tiny bathroom
– Design a nursery space to nurture a newborn
– Find storage space that’s hiding in their kitchen
– Downsize their living space successfully
Small Space Organizing will help readers at every stage of life create an inviting home and maximize living. Everyone from the newlyweds struggling to fit all their wedding presents into a small apartment to empty-nesters with years-worth of sentimental possessions moving to a smaller home can benefit from Bechen’s expert advice.
For the reluctant downsizer faced with the daunting task of moving into a smaller living space, Bechen offers encouragement and practical tips for the emotional process. “It’s normal to go through an array of emotions during your downsizing process,” says Bechen. “It helps to get through it by keeping your mind’s eye focused on the end results of a lovely new right-sized home, decorated in a style you love, in a neighborhood that’s just right for you at this new stage of your life.”
ISLAND BREEZES
This book makes sense. It’s one of the best organizing books I’ve read. If you’re living in a small place, being organized is important.
This lady has lived a great deal of her life in small spaces and has discovered many ways to make it work. You’ll find lots of very clever ideas to make your small home a very pleasant place.
I’ve learned from experience that a person needs to get rid of all the clutter. It just can’t be organized. Then with Ms Bechen’s guidance, you can work to create a beautifully organized small home.
***Thank you to Donna Hausler for providing a review copy,***
Kathryn Bechen?is an award-winning professional writer whose articles have appeared in popular national and regional magazines and newspapers. She specializes in lifestyle feature articles and has also published several organizing and decorating e-books. The lifestyle companies she founded, Organized with Ease and Kathryn Bechen Designs, have served clients worldwide. Bechen has organized and decorated 13 personal small space residences together with her husband Steve. They currently live in their favorite small space ever: a 1,200-square-foot high-rise apartment in beautiful San Diego, California. She blogs about timely lifestyle topics at www.KathrynBechenINK.com.
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Available January 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
January 31st, 2012 at 23:05
Thanks for reviewing my book and I hope it helps your blog readers!
February 1st, 2012 at 01:18
I hope so, too. It was a very well organized and easy to use book. Thanks for the work you put into this book.