Little apartments don't have to be dingy dumps. Anyone downsizing or starting out in a tiny condo or basement suite can learn a lot about making the most of limited space from 200 Small Apartment Ideas, edited by Cristina Paredes Benitez (Firefly Books; $49.95).
It contains almost 800 pages of colour photographs, diagrams and explanations of how to create an elegant home in an astonishingly small space. There are suggestions to suit budgets from basic to extravagant, some so attractive, they make downsizing seem like a bright thing to do.
