Living Large

Have any of you been following Apartment Therapy's Small Cool 2010 contest?  It's a treasure trove of inspiration.  Readers (and they have many) are sending in pics of their small decor; all entries are divided into five categories ranging from teeny-tiny (400 sq feet and under) to small (1,000 sq feet and under).  I would have been getting heart palpatations over this four years ago (not that I'm not now) - I remember devouring everything I could get my hands on about small space living; this would have kept me fed for a month! So often books on "small" space living include 2,000 and 3,000 sq ft houses (!!?), so I really appreciate the focus on truly small living. I haven't had a chance to really delve, yet, but here's some of what I noticed with one glance. Go check it out  - and don't forget to vote!

Love the books spilling over everywhere! I can live without furniture as long as I have books, photos, and art.  I'm so sad our library system has started charging overdue fees - I've had to ban myself from checking out books because I am notoriously slow about returning them.  I've joked that if anyone ever wants to track me down they just have to check every city library's Most Wanted list.

I am totally going to steal that sign for our bedroom.  There's not enough positive verbage in the world.

This is called Pong's Restraint and that's what I appreciate about it - love that simple note of the clouds high in the corner.