I’d heard about Marie Kondo, a Japanese organizing consultant, from friends who spoke evangelically about her methods and how they’d transformed their lives. In case you haven’t, here’s the gist: with her little turquoise book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, Kondo set off a decluttering craze across [...]

Small space decorating can be a big challenge. Steal these smart ideas to transform your cramped bedroom or home office and maximize your space. After successfully maximizing the modest 200-square-foot open concept plan of their Brooklyn loft's living room and kitchen, creative couple Briana and Buzz braved new waters to take on their first-floor bedroom [...]

A tiny 900-square-foot house on a steep hill in San Francisco offers a bevy of clever tips and tricks for small-space living. Built as an infill shack between two larger buildings at the turn of the last century, this 900-square-foot San Francisco house is a model of small-space living, thanks to a renovation by Holey [...]

WHEN most people picture their dream home it’s hard to go past the six bedroom McMansion with seven bathrooms, home cinema and an acre of bench space in the kitchen. While it’s easy to get caught up in the cycle of wanting that bigger place, with the spare bedroom, bigger yard, study or airy dining [...]

Living in a small home can make you creative in a hurry. If there’s barely a closet — let alone a spare room — organizing your space in an efficient way that still makes you feel at home can be quite a challenge. For many apartment dwellers, there isn’t the luxury of separate rooms and [...]