The Small Spaces Issue

Forget the gimmicky ones you see on YouTube or HGTV: our Small Spaces issue packs in a range of thoughtful homes designed for real life. And they don’t waste an inch.

Some of today’s most ubiquitous appliances for compact living have rather unexpected backstories. Case in point: We can thank NASA for the Dustbuster.

We’ve collected some of the best new furniture to spruce up even the tightest of corners.

To kick off our celebration of Dwell’s 25th anniversary, tour-goers got the chance to check out three private homes on the city’s east side.

At its all-inclusive Punta Cana property, the fading TV network attempts to cultivate its own version of the Disney Adult with appeals to those who came of age during its heyday.

The designers of the 385-square-foot space turned a prefab structure into a one-of-a-kind guesthouse in the woods.

When a designer wanted a little space to relax with his family, he bought an old pontoon boat and got to work decking it out with a tiny, cedar-clad sauna.

The 538-square-foot space with an offset square floor plan acts as a playful place to post up for a digital nomad.

In the landmark Immeuble Clarté in Geneva by the pioneering modernist and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, a cosmopolitan couple revive a unit with an aging interior while honoring...

Maria Bottero has lived in an avant-garde Milan apartment designed by her former husband since 1969.

A self-described astrologer/amateur photographer and her husband made their 525-square-foot space in the Upper West Side’s storied Belnord Apartments feel bohemian but current.

On a petite parcel sandwiched between buildings in Osaka, Japan, a slender house with a series of split levels fits five people just fine.

A handful of smart reconfigurations to their beloved one-bedroom loft in a former piano factory let the designer couple create space for their children without having to move.

They saved upwards of $60,000 on a new shed by having dad contract and keeping the footprint small.

A couple with a love for renovating (and entertaining) reimagine their ’60s studio as a galleryesque pied-à-terre.

In the old fishing town of Termoli, a modest family summerhouse becomes a primary home with a coastal color scheme, a sunny stair, and lots of room to roam for its human and...

Anand Sheth says the spiritual object from his mother’s hometown shaped his understanding of rituals as a child, and reminds him to form new ones.

These wood-fired cedar hot tubs are obsessively engineered to let you be closer to nature.