Across the pages of House & Garden, you will find houses of all shapes and sizes, built in different periods and in different styles. There are sprawling country manors, handsome London townhouses, stylish city apartments, and everything in between. We’ve featured houses with too many rooms to show (deciding which ones to feature is always cause for much deliberation), spacious apartments set across multiple floors and country homes with myriad outbuildings. In other words, most of them tend to be at the more enviable end of the size spectrum.
Yet alongside these come shining examples of small but perfectly formed houses and flats that are packed full of inspiration – and showcase some very clever tricks for maximising the space you have. As some of the most relatable homes in our archives, these are often the ones we find ourselves returning to time and again, especially when tackling decorating projects in our own rented homes and modest flats. Knowing just how enlightening it can be to peruse such projects, we decided to gather some of the smallest and mightiest homes in our archive in one place. Below you will find charming storybook cottages, heavenly holiday homes and a handful of very smart London flats, each one unique and full of creativity and character.