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Upscale Downsizing: Creating a Stylish, Elegant, Smaller Home
Less CAN be more!
Whether because of a change in circumstances, an empty nest, or simply an itch to start from scratch again, people are downsizing their space . . . while remaining upscale in taste. Decorating with style is crucial when every square inch counts, and fortunately downsizing elegantly is an art you can learn. Using examples that range from 600-square-foot apartments to a small cottage-style house, home-style guru Leslie Linsley shows you how to achieve maximum aesthetic results even in a minimal space. She offers solutions to every problem—storage tricks, entertaining in small spaces, flexible layouts, ideas for arranging art and collectibles, living with what you absolutely can’t live without, and more—all lavishly illustrated with over 200 full-color photographs.

In addition, inspirational real-life stories from downsizers reveal how others have successfully handled the challenges—so you can do the same.
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Upscale Downsizing: Creating a Stylish, Elegant, Smaller Home
Less CAN be more!
Whether because of a change in circumstances, an empty nest, or simply an itch to start from scratch again, people are downsizing their space . . . while remaining upscale in taste. Decorating with style is crucial when every square inch counts, and fortunately downsizing elegantly is an art you can learn. Using examples that range from 600-square-foot apartments to a small cottage-style house, home-style guru Leslie Linsley shows you how to achieve maximum aesthetic results even in a minimal space. She offers solutions to every problem—storage tricks, entertaining in small spaces, flexible layouts, ideas for arranging art and collectibles, living with what you absolutely can’t live without, and more—all lavishly illustrated with over 200 full-color photographs.

In addition, inspirational real-life stories from downsizers reveal how others have successfully handled the challenges—so you can do the same.
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Upscale Downsizing: Creating a Stylish, Elegant, Smaller Home

Upscale Downsizing: Creating a Stylish, Elegant, Smaller Home

by Leslie Linsley
Upscale Downsizing: Creating a Stylish, Elegant, Smaller Home

Upscale Downsizing: Creating a Stylish, Elegant, Smaller Home

by Leslie Linsley

Overview

Less CAN be more!
Whether because of a change in circumstances, an empty nest, or simply an itch to start from scratch again, people are downsizing their space . . . while remaining upscale in taste. Decorating with style is crucial when every square inch counts, and fortunately downsizing elegantly is an art you can learn. Using examples that range from 600-square-foot apartments to a small cottage-style house, home-style guru Leslie Linsley shows you how to achieve maximum aesthetic results even in a minimal space. She offers solutions to every problem—storage tricks, entertaining in small spaces, flexible layouts, ideas for arranging art and collectibles, living with what you absolutely can’t live without, and more—all lavishly illustrated with over 200 full-color photographs.

In addition, inspirational real-life stories from downsizers reveal how others have successfully handled the challenges—so you can do the same.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781454921974
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Publication date: 10/03/2017
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 1,050,804
Product dimensions: 8.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Leslie Linsley is one of this country’s best-known authors of crafts, decorating, and home-style books, which number over 60 titles, including Country Living Aged to Perfection and Country Living Salvage Style (both Hearst). Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines—including Family Circle (where she was contributing craft editor from 1990–2005), Woman’s Day, Country Living, Redbook, New York, House Beautiful, Elle Décor, Good Housekeeping, Martha Stewart Living, O, and HGTV online. Guest appearances include Oprah, Today, Good Morning America, HSN, QVC, and HGTV. Leslie's branded products are sold through her own department at the Marine Home Center in Nantucket. Leslie has also served as a media spokesperson for the following companies, among others: Lowe’s, 3M, Sherwin-Williams, Waverly Fabrics, and Hunter Douglas. Learn more about her at: leslielinsley.com and leslielinsley.com/blog. She lives on Nantucket Island, MA.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Part I Edit! Edit! Edit! 1

1 Love It or Lose It 3

2 Living in Style 13

3 Dining in Style 39

4 Kitchens and Baths Redesigned 51

5 Bedrooms You'll Never Want to Leave 75

6 Celebrating Collections 95

Part II Inspirational Living 108

7 Moving to a New Space 111

8 Downsizing Together 133

9 Rebuild, Renovate, Repurpose 149

10 Creative Designs 171

Acknowledgments 195

About The Author 195

Photo Credits 196

Index 198

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