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Kaufmann House, Palm Springs

Kaufmann House, Palm Springs

By Julius Shulman

Located in New York, NY

Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Architect: Richard Neutra Kodak digital color print Print size: 20" x

Category

1940s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Kaufmann House
Kaufmann House

Nick HoldsworthKaufmann House, 2024

$5,843

H 32 in W 41 in D 2 in

Kaufmann House

Located in Nottingham, GB

Original artwork, acrylic and mixed media on board. Pixelated images, hand painted over each individual cube, artist Nick Holdsworth recreates incredible imagery. Nick's artistic p...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House

Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Slim Aarons Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann Desert House 1970 C Print Estate stamped and numbered edition

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House

Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House 1970 C Print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 January

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa

Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa by Slim Aarons This

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Poolside Gathering, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
Poolside Gathering, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs

Poolside Gathering, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Poolside Gathering, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16

Category

20th Century American Modern Nude Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Poolside Host, 1970 - Poolside Gathering by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House
Poolside Host, 1970 - Poolside Gathering by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House

Poolside Host, 1970 - Poolside Gathering by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Poolside Host, 1970 - Poolside Gathering by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House by Slim Aarons 16 x 20

Category

20th Century American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

'Desert Kaufmann House' A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

'Desert Kaufmann House' A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

'Desert Kaufmann House' A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Poolside Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
Poolside Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs

Poolside Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Poolside Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16 x

Category

20th Century American Modern Nude Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Poolside Interruption, 1970 - Poolside Palm Springs Kaufmann House Architecture

Poolside Interruption, 1970 - Poolside Palm Springs Kaufmann House Architecture

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Poolside Interruption, 1970 - Poolside Palm Springs Kaufmann House Architecture by Slim Aarons 16

Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Desert House Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
Desert House Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs

Desert House Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Desert House Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16

Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Poolside Style, 1970 - Poolside Party at Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Photograph
Poolside Style, 1970 - Poolside Party at Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Photograph

Poolside Style, 1970 - Poolside Party at Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Poolside Style, 1970 - Poolside Party at Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Photograph by Slim Aarons 16

Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs
Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs

Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Catch Up by the Pool, 1970 - Poolside Conversation, Kaufmann House Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16

Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Poolside in Palm Springs, Kaufmann House Photograph
Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Poolside in Palm Springs, Kaufmann House Photograph

Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Poolside in Palm Springs, Kaufmann House Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Poolside in Palm Springs, Kaufmann House Photograph by Slim Aarons 16 x

Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Poolside Chat, 1970 - Poolside Conversation at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
Poolside Chat, 1970 - Poolside Conversation at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs

Poolside Chat, 1970 - Poolside Conversation at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Poolside Chat, 1970 - Poolside Conversation at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16 x

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, 1970 - Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House
Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, 1970 - Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House

Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, 1970 - Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, 1970 - Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House by Slim Aarons 16 x 20

Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Poolside Social, 1970 - Social by Swimming Pool of Kaufmann House Palm Springs

Poolside Social, 1970 - Social by Swimming Pool of Kaufmann House Palm Springs

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Poolside Social, 1970 - Social by Swimming Pool of Kaufmann House Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16 x

Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Poolside Dreams, 1970 - Poolside Gossip Poolside Glamor Palm Springs Poolside
Poolside Dreams, 1970 - Poolside Gossip Poolside Glamor Palm Springs Poolside

Poolside Dreams, 1970 - Poolside Gossip Poolside Glamor Palm Springs Poolside

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Century photographer Slim Aarons. A unique photograph by Slim Aarons, taken at Kaufmann House in Palm

Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House

Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

'Kaufmann Desert House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
'Kaufmann Desert House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

'Kaufmann Desert House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

'Kaufmann Desert House' Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm's. January

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Kaufmann Desert House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
'Kaufmann Desert House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

'Kaufmann Desert House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

'Kaufmann Desert House' Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 20" inches / ca 76 x 51 cm's. January 1970

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kaufmann Desert House - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Kaufmann Desert House - Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Kaufmann Desert House - Slim Aarons Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

'Kaufmann Desert House Set to become another true Slim Aarons Classic - it's better known cousins

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Kaufmann Desert House January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Kaufmann Desert House Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Kaufmann Desert House January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

Kaufmann Desert House Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Kaufmann Desert House January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Kaufmann Desert House 1970
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Kaufmann Desert House 1970

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Kaufmann Desert House 1970

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Kaufmann Desert House The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard

Category

1970s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House

Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House 1970 C Print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 January

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House

Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House 1970 C Print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 January

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Kaufmann Desert House, Palm Springs

Kaufmann Desert House, Palm Springs

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House
Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House

Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

1970: A desert house in Palm Springs designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman. Lita Baron

Category

1970s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Kaufmann Desert House (Aarons Estate Edition)

Kaufmann Desert House (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in

Category

1970s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Kaufmann Desert House (Aarons Estate Edition)

Kaufmann Desert House (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

'Kaufmann Desert House'  Slim Aarons Estate Edition

'Kaufmann Desert House' Slim Aarons Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition C print 30x20" inches unframed. ' Kaufmann Desert House

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Aarons Triptych

Slim AaronsAarons Triptych

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H 20 in W 30 in

Aarons Triptych

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Slim Aarons Triptych (Kaufmann Desert House, Montecarlo Boats, Il Canille) 20 x 30 inches each C

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Poolside Glamour

Poolside Glamour

By Slim Aarons

Located in Austin, TX

Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons, Helen Dzo Dzo Poolside (Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons, Helen Dzo Dzo Poolside (Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar

Category

1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Positano Beach'
Slim Aarons 'Positano Beach'

Slim Aarons 'Positano Beach'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

, at the Richard Neutra's designed Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, arguably the most

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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

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Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

and Nelda Linsk, and art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Richard Neutra's designed Kaufmann Desert House

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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Kaufmann House For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact kaufmann house you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. If you’re looking for a kaufmann house from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a kaufmann house to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, black, purple and more. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in digital print, lambda print and laser print can add an especially memorable touch. If space is limited, you can find a small kaufmann house measuring 10 high and 12 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 72 across to better suit those in the market for a large kaufmann house.

How Much is a Kaufmann House?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a kaufmann house in our inventory may begin at $1,320 and can go as high as $6,100, while the average can fetch as much as $3,350.

Slim Aarons for sale on 1stDibs

American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.

Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.

Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.

In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.

In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.

Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.

Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.

Find a collection of vintage Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.

A Close Look at Modern Art

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Color-photography for You

Color photography evokes emotion that can bring a viewer into the scene. It can transport one to faraway places or back into the past.

The first color photograph, taken in 1861, was more of an exercise in science than art. Photographer Thomas Sutton and physicist James Clerk Maxwell used three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon — filtered through red, green and blue — and composited them into a single image, resulting in the first multicolor representation of an object.

Before this innovation, photographs were often tinted by hand. By the 1890s, color photography processes were introduced based on that 1860s experiment. In the early 20th century, autochromes brought color photography to a commercial audience.

Now color photography is widely available, with these historic photographs documenting moments and scenes that are still vivid generations later. Photographers in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered new perspectives in the evolving field of modern color photography with gripping portraiture, snow-capped landscapes, stunning architecture and lots more.

In the voluminous collection of photography on 1stDibs, find vibrant full-color images by Slim Aarons, Helen Levitt, Gordon Parks, Stefanie Schneider, Steve McCurry and other artists. Bring visual interest to any corner of your home with color photography — introduce a salon-style gallery hang or another arrangement that best fits your space.