Home Organizing & Closet Makeovers: A Sunset Design Guide: Inspiration + Expert Advice (Sunset Design Guides) [Paperback]

Bridget Biscotti Bradley (Author), Sunset (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sunset Design Guides | Publication Date: September 14, 2010

Designing a home where everything has its place and every closet makes
life easier for you.

• Take a room-by-room tour of the home and find great organizing and storagesolutions at every turn
• Discover practical, time-saving ideas that get you out the door without last-minute searching for the things you need
• Learn basic organizing principles, such as regularly thinning out your possessions and grouping similar items
• Guidance from experts on how to create attractive displays of your collections
• Tips on saving time and money when working with decorators and professional organizers

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Bridget Biscotti Bradley is a writer and editor specializing in home improvement and green building. She is the author of The Green Home: A Sunset Design Guide and Bathrooms: A Sunset Design Guide. She is the owner of Reclaim, a green home store in Menlo Park, California.

For more than half a century, Sunset has been helping readers remodel and improve their lives as a leading publisher of how-to books on gardening, home improvement, and outdoor living. Sunset Magazine has a readership of 5.5 million and a circ. of 1.2 million.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House; 1 edition (September 14, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0376005904
• ISBN-13: 978-0376005908
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 0.8 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #714,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book with plenty of photos and Ideas, November 3, 2010

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Caitlin Zielinsky "Caiti Z" (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Organizing & Closet Makeovers: A Sunset Design Guide: Inspiration + Expert Advice (Sunset Design Guides) (Paperback)

There are a lot, A LOT, of great tips, ideas and plans for getting your house under control and getting organized. There are photos on every page, each bright and colorful, and with captions for each one. The book offers a great breakdown of room by room and category chapters which gives you a great sense of theme and direction. My one complaint, only one, is that they banish stuff to the garage often. This is interesting because there is no garage chapter! And I am NOT allowed to go into my husband's space and store things in the garage so I found that to be interesting.
Over all, the book was fantastic and fun and very smart.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Author needs to brush up on her plant biology, August 22, 2011

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Trina Council "Trina" (chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Organizing & Closet Makeovers: A Sunset Design Guide: Inspiration + Expert Advice (Sunset Design Guides) (Paperback)

On page 89, the author offers a tip called, "Healthful Bedrooms." This is a direct quote from this:

"Plants can improve the air quality in your home, but it's best to keep them out of the bedroom because they absorb oxygen. You wind up competing with them for oxygen as you sleep."

Anyone who took a basic middle school science class knows that this is patently false. Plants absorb carbon dioxide, which is actually beneficial for us. How this blatant and astounding mistake made it through her editors is amazing.