![]() I got tired, though, of trying to change one mind at a time. But when we asked them how they lived, most said they didn’t actually use those rooms but needed them for resale, should they ever move. This seemed crazy to me, and I did my best to express my observations to anyone who would listen.įor years, I spoke at local Home & Garden Shows. This strategy worked amazingly well. It not only brought us clients who started to understand the possibilities of building better rather than bigger, but it also started to change the culture of the city where I lived at the time-Minneapolis/St. What prompted you to write “The Not So Big House” and why do you think it became such a trend-setting bestseller?īack in the 1980s and ‘90s, as a founding partner of a 45-person residential architecture firm, I became acutely aware of a disconnect between what people planned to build and what they really wanted. Our new house clients would come into our office asking for the typical floor plan, including formal living and dining rooms. ![]() We caught up with Susanka, author of eight other books, including The Not So Big Life, to get a sneak peek at her Summer Study address. ![]()
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