| Customer Reviews
Practical and innovative ideas I sent these two books as gifts to our son in Seattle, and our daughter and her husband in Cambridge, Mass. and Portland, Maine. They are planning remodel projects in two older "not large" houses and a third floor flat. I had ordered one set to send to our daughter who is close to redoing an old kitchen, but made a mistake in getting them sent as gifts so they came to me first. I had ordered the books based on a newspapepr review. That gave me a chance to read them, and I liked the ideas so much I ordered the second set for our son. Both books have excellent illustrations and approaches to making a home comfortable and attractive. Lots of information, and our daughter and son-in-law say they are very useful. Our son has been traveling and I don't have his assessment yet.
Beautiful and useful I think the previous reviewer missed the point of this book. The authors are not trying to show "how to place landscaping for the greatest impact" but how to connect the house to its surrounding landscape, and how to use the concepts outlined in the other Not So Big books to shape the garden and landscape. The examples used ARE beautiful, as they should be - they inspire me to do something equally beautiful and extraordinary with my own space, with or without spending a large chunk of cash.^M
A book for people with lots of money This book was really quite disappointing. The idea presented is quite simple (how to place landscaping for the greatest impact), but the illustrations and landscapes presented are very unusual. Do you live in a desert? They have a desert landscape in there, just in case you do. Mountain views? Probably not! Mountain stream running through? Most of the yards in this book are extraordinary before someone even begins to put in bushes and flowers. This is not a book for the average person with an average-to-smallish yard and a budget. | 
