Sarah Susanka quotes:

With all the challenges in the housing market, it's clear we need a new vision for the way we design our homes, our communities-and even our lives.

The only way to change the world is to change yourself.

James Hardie(R) siding is a sustainable and marvelous substitute for wood. It's available pre-colored and the finish truly looks like high-grade wood siding. I've used this product line for years, and have been delighted with the results. It's the only product I will consider substituting for wood, and in many climates it's significantly preferable because of its stability.

Once you make the unequivocal internal commitment to do something - when you absolutely know this is the time and the place to act - the world around you will shift in all sorts of apparently miraculous ways to make it happen.

A Not So Big House feels more spacious than many of its oversized neighbors because it is space with substance, all of it in use every day.