Small Homes 92 Ideabooks

Michelle de la Vega's friends call her an "ant person" — a fitting description for a woman who can carry a heavy load despite her petite stature. "The biggest challenge by far with the minihouse was being a single woman who at the time knew nothing... more »

The owner of this 400-square-foot Manhattan apartment loves to host dinner parties and house guests, so he needed to fit the essentials of a larger apartment into his small living area. As Michael... more »

Seattle artists Jethaniel Peterka and Yvette Endrijautzki were looking for a rental where they could live and work when they came across an empty storage space above a pet store in the heart of the city's Georgetown arts district. The space had potential,... more »

When your budget's tight, you get creative when searching for a new home. French photographer Jérémie Buchholtz wanted a modern house but didn't want to break the bank. When he found an old garage for sale near downtown Bordeaux, France, Buchholtz... more »

Homeowner Hal David conceived and constructed a tiny guesthouse and grotto as a space-efficient and creative solution for his underutilized backyard. David wanted to reclaim his steeply sloped backyard, which was covered in fennel and weeds. He initially... more »

Wife and husband Lauren and Kyle Zerbey know their way around a renovation: The two architects have been in the process of one for the past 4 years! Needless to say, their 800 square-foot Seattle fixer-upper, built in 1910, was in need of lots of work... more »

Architect Torsten Ottesjö is making a statement with this house: If you design a space well, it doesn't need to be large — or angular, for... more »

Life partners Joseph Rogers and Felix Lopez have lived in their tidy and well-appointed Dallas studio for four years. While short on space, their home is a vibrant expression of their relationship. However, it hasn't always been that way. The two admit... more »

What do you get when fashion literally marries design? Not surprisingly, a whole lot of hip style. That's what Lygia Navarro, a journalist, an interior designer and the owner of Lust Found Vintage,... more »

When you think of a home with a striking view of lower Manhattan, two concepts are likely to come to mind: small and cramped shoebox or gold-splashed penthouse. That’s why it’s so refreshing to find real estate broker Zelda Josephs soaking up... more »

Lawrence Herman bought this 700-square-foot Manhattan bachelor pad as an escape from his work life. Determined to create a hotel ambience, the budding art collector and design aficionado started out making small tweaks to the decor. But the tweaks quickly... more »

Working with a tight budget, limited space and an anything-goes attitude, Martha Harms decorated her Dallas apartment with an eclectic mix of bold textiles, quirky hand-me-downs and vintage furniture. "I'm incapable of picking a color theme," she says.... more »

With a simple black and white color palette and a good eye for custom furniture pieces and flea market finds, artists Sarah Reynolds and Charlie Nesi transformed their blank-canvas studio into a stylish and... more »

Although it's a piece of Irish history, this 280-square-foot cottage was rotting away in Ireland's coastal town of Bray. Built in the 1880s as a primitive fisherman's cottage, it had been decaying and uninhabited since a poor remodel in the 1960s. The... more »

Inspired by the sleek and sophisticated style of New York high-rises, Carolyn Cobb's downtown apartment in St. John's, a city in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is a chic working and living space that shows efficient space planning... more »