Creating Space: Essential Home Organization [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Wilhide (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998

The author of the The Laura Ashley Book of Windows presents a thorough, interesting and lavishly illustrated guide to organizing storage in your living space. 85 color photos.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

When our homes feel cluttered and our lives seem overburdened with stuff, it's tempting to postpone change indefinitely because we think we need a bigger place to accommodate everything. Not so, declares this handsomely photographed, advice-filled volume. Beyond reassessing your possessions and getting rid of what you really don't need, clever storage strategies include installing above-bed shelving instead of nightstands, using decorative trunks to double as end tables, keeping the floor very clear to retain a sense of spaciousness even when the walls are packed with shelves and cupboards, or installing pull-out units to take advantage of every inch of space. Wilhide stylishly declutters every room in the house (even children's rooms) with great-looking and very doable schemes. --Amy Handy

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Soma Books (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579590012
• ISBN-13: 978-1579590017
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,722,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a Disappointment, January 21, 2001

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E. Kneidinger "emae" (Gibsonia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Space: Essential Home Organization (Hardcover)

A few helpful hints among 160 pages of wasted space. Not a solution in the book. Nice pictures, but not practical for the family looking for storage and orgainzation ideas. Even the choice of font and layout make this one difficult to read. If you are looking for a practical home orgainization book (I was looking for a home office organization book), skip this one.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Expected more..., January 15, 2001

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Eric Reinholdt (Coventry, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Space: Essential Home Organization (Hardcover)

I was anticipating more forward thinking solutions to the home organization problem. I was not, however, disappointed with the photographs. Having recently purchased the Lighting Design Sourcebook by Wilhide, I knew, at the very least I would be getting some beautiful photos. The book is broken down into areas of the home (kid's rooms, living spaces...)and attacks each one separately offering "stylish" storage solutions. This book is clearly aimed at the homeowner looking to throw out the cardboard closet organizer and add a built-in, not the professional designer looking to supplement a design library with novel storage design resolutions.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Suggests new ways to think about maximizing room space, April 11, 2003

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K. Corn "reviewer" (midwest, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Space: Essential Home Organization (Hardcover)

This is one of the first books I read which suggested truly individualized ways for home owners, office planners, etc..to think about the way they used their space - rather than suggesting a cookie cutter approach to room and storage function. I really liked that approach.
This point was driven home early in the book where one homeowner showcases a collection of lunchboxes - not something that just anyone would collect - and, obviously, requiring an innovative use of wall space to highlight them. In other, more traditional rooms, other storage ideas were suggested, along with floor plans to make the maximum use of space. There is a strong emphasis on form, function and aesthetics - in short, great ideas which also look good.