diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fbd0ef3..4608302 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> std::str::FromStr for StackString<SIZE>
 	}
     }
 }
+
 impl<const SIZE: usize> TryFrom<String> for StackString<SIZE>
 {
     type Error = StrTooLargeError<SIZE>;
@@ -273,6 +274,19 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> TryFrom<String> for StackString<SIZE>
     }
 }
 
+
+impl<'a, const SIZE: usize> TryFrom<&'a str> for StackString<SIZE>
+{
+    type Error = StrTooLargeError<SIZE>;
+
+    #[inline] 
+    fn try_from(from: &'a str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>
+    {
+	from.parse()
+    }
+}
+
+
 impl<const SIZE: usize> TryFrom<[u8; SIZE]> for StackString<SIZE>
 {
     type Error = std::str::Utf8Error;
diff --git a/src/small.rs b/src/small.rs
index 3fd16cf..d1c8c9f 100644
--- a/src/small.rs
+++ b/src/small.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl HeapString {
 
 impl From<HeapString> for String
 {
-    #[inline] 
+    #[inline(always)] 
     fn from(from: HeapString) -> Self
     {
 	from.into_boxed_str().into()
@@ -148,13 +148,51 @@ impl From<HeapString> for String
 
 impl From<String> for HeapString
 {
-    #[inline] 
+    #[inline(always)] 
     fn from(from: String) -> Self
     {
 	Self::new(from.into_boxed_str())
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Box<str>> for HeapString
+{
+    #[inline(always)] 
+    fn from(from: Box<str>) -> Self
+    {
+	Self::new(from)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<HeapString> for Box<str>
+{
+    #[inline(always)] 
+    fn from(from: HeapString) -> Self
+    {
+	from.into_boxed_str()
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl From<HeapString> for Box<[u8]>
+{
+    #[inline(always)] 
+    fn from(from: HeapString) -> Self
+    {
+	from.into_boxed_bytes()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<&'a str> for HeapString
+{
+    #[inline(always)] 
+    fn from(from: &'a str) -> Self
+    {
+	Self::new(from.into())
+    }
+}
+
+
 
 impl ops::Drop for HeapString
 {
@@ -396,6 +434,69 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> ops::Deref for SmallString<SIZE>
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a, const SIZE: usize> From<&'a str> for SmallString<SIZE>
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    fn from(string: &'a str) -> Self {
+	if string.len() <= SIZE {
+	    match StackString::<SIZE>::try_from(string) {
+		Ok(ss) => return ss.into(),
+		_ => (),
+	    }
+	}	
+	// Too large, shunt to heap
+	HeapString::from(string).into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<const SIZE: usize> From<StackString<SIZE>> for SmallString<SIZE>
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    fn from(from: StackString<SIZE>) -> Self
+    {
+	Self {
+	    inner: SmallStringInner {
+		stack: ManuallyDrop::new(from),
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+impl<const SIZE: usize> From<HeapString> for SmallString<SIZE>
+{
+    #[inline(always)] 
+    fn from(from: HeapString) -> Self
+    {
+	Self {
+	    inner: SmallStringInner {
+		heap: ManuallyDrop::new(from),
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+impl<const SIZE: usize> From<SmallString<SIZE>> for HeapString
+{
+    #[inline(always)] 
+    fn from(mut from: SmallString<SIZE>) -> Self
+    {
+	let h = if from.is_allocated() {
+	    unsafe {
+		ManuallyDrop::take(&mut from.inner.heap)
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    unsafe {
+		from.inner.stack.as_str()
+	    }.into()
+	};
+	std::mem::forget(from);
+	h
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+
 impl<const SIZE: usize> From<String> for SmallString<SIZE>
 {
     #[inline] 
@@ -497,8 +598,8 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> fmt::Write for SmallString<SIZE>
 	    let mut buf = [0u8; mem::size_of::<char>()];
 	    
 	    unsafe { self.shunt_to_heap_with_unchecked(
-			 std::iter::once_with(|| c.encode_utf8(&mut buf[..])).map(|&mut ref x| x)
-		     );
+		std::iter::once_with(|| c.encode_utf8(&mut buf[..])).map(|&mut ref x| x)
+	    );
 	    }
 	} else {
 	    // Room in stack for `c`
@@ -511,4 +612,39 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> fmt::Write for SmallString<SIZE>
     }
 }
 
-//TODO: SmallString: io::Write impls when extending functions have been written 
+const _:() = {
+    use std::io::{
+	self,
+	Write,
+    };
+    
+    impl<const SIZE: usize> Write for SmallString<SIZE>
+    {
+	#[inline] 
+	fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+	    let buf = std::str::from_utf8(buf).map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
+	    Ok(self.extend_from_str(buf).len())
+	}
+	#[inline] 
+	fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+	    Ok(())
+	}
+	#[inline] 
+	fn write_all(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+	    let buf = std::str::from_utf8(buf).map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
+	    (self.extend_from_str(buf).len() == buf.len())
+		.then(|| ()).ok_or_else(|| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "failed to write entire buffer"))
+	}
+    }
+};
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests
+{
+    use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn extending()
+    {
+	let mut ss: SmallString<40> =  "Hello world".into();
+    }
+}