The houses -- Edmonds house -- New street house -- Madison passive -- Groundswell -- House on Walden Pond -- Morton house -- Skidmore Passivhaus -- Longleaf house -- Pinwheel ADU -- Maine camp reboot -- The beach cottage -- Heron rock cottage -- Carriage house -- Heron haus -- Lake superior house -- Wee barn -- Riverview house -- A home in Fletcher Place -- The cottage at Extown Farm -- Solterre concept house -- Live Oak house -- Cascade Mountain house -- Contemporary farmhouse -- City house on the river -- Passive Dacha -- Montrose Place bungalow -- Enable by northwestern -- The just right house -- Napa house -- The race residence -- Totem house -- Granny pad -- Erickson house

"The 25 small houses presented in Downsize are owned by people who have made a conscious decision to downsize from a larger home to a smaller home--or who just decided to build small in the first place. Some of the houses are new (site-built or prefab), others are remodels. All are 2,000 sq. ft. or less. The featured houses show how to use space efficiently through such strategies as: - creative storage space - multi-purpose rooms - pocket and barn doors - integrating smaller appliances"--