Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.
Information is a substitute for time, space, capital, and labor.
If I designed a computer with 200 chips, I tried to design it with 150. And then I would try to design it with 100. I just tried to find every trick I could in life to design things real tiny.
Dresses that don't wrinkle are key. They don't take up a whole lot of space and you can throw four into a suitcase.
It's really fun to have a convection oven, even it if it's a little convection toaster oven. It really changes the way you bake.
I really like keeping my kitchen counters as clear as possible. I tend to function better when there's less clutter.
I have always had a separate walk-in wardrobe, so I have the luxury of a fairly sparse bedroom.
The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
I hate clutter.
Why on earth declutter when you can just shrinkwrap?
Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
I always carry multipurpose products in my handbag.
I don't need to have three feather pillows in my trailer. I just don't work that way.
I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
I have a storage unit, as I moved out of a bigger house into a smaller house in L.A. I put all my stuff in a storage unit, where I have the most amazing collection of bad paintings, which took me 10 years to put together.
The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.
The best way to maximize storage in a small space is with custom cabinets.
I've only ever seen a couple tiny home spaces that are actually a clever use of space.
A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.
As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves!
I like gifts that provide a dual purpose.
I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep books.
In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
For me, it's about taking things that do not take a lot of space. Don't take a lot of shoes. I tend to pack a lot of dresses, for instance, because they take up less space.
I love all of my shoes! It is a must to have them color coordinated, and to be able to see each and every one of them. I know exactly where each one lives and I can tell if one has even been moved! It definitely helps to put one shoe facing front, and the other to the back. It saves space, but it is also nice to be able to see the back-side of the shoe. I am an organization freak!
