The Storage Book: Over 250 Ideas for Stylish Home Storage [Hardcover]

Cynthia Inions (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1997

Many glossy interiors seen in books and magazines appear to be occupied by owners with no everyday possessions, but no real-life room scheme can be effective without taking into account the occupant's storage needs. So where do you keep your clutter in a stylish room? The Storage Book provides the answer, revealing innovative storage designs in over 250 inspirational photographs.

This invaluable storage sourcebook provides inspiration for every part of the home: hallways, living areas, bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, study, and garden. It includes ten projects for original storage ideas with clear step-by-step instructions, as well as an illustrated techniques section that includes practical information on, for example, putting up shelves, floor plans, and storage facts and figures. The book also features a comprehensive directory of specialist suppliers.

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Banishing clutter is a noble objective, but far easier said than done. If your possessions are overflowing, your space is limited, and your imagination is stymied, turn to The Storage Book for clever ideas on neatening up every room in the house, plus the yard and garage. Stylish photos and sensible text provide countless hints on finding, adapting, and/or making interesting containers, shelving, cabinets, and other items to organize, camouflage, or highlight all kinds of stuff. An array of handwoven baskets on open shelves, a rustic pine peg rail, a compartmentalized display platform, a stack of decorative hatboxes, a series of neatly tailored canvas sacks hung on a dowel--there are plenty of ways to sort things attractively in the open, as well as many more that utilize store-bought or custom-built storage items. There are also 12 step-by-step projects, from fabric-covered boxes to a roll-around bin to a pocketed shower curtain. --Amy Handy

Review

Artful color photographs make this book fun to leaf through. -- Allied News, Grove City, PA, September 16, 1998

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 175 pages
• Publisher: Abbeville Press; 1st edition (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789204002
• ISBN-13: 978-0789204004
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 9.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,017,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots and Lots of storage ideas, March 20, 2001

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Teri "photogeek" (Ramona, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Storage Book: Over 250 Inspirational Ideas for Creating Stylish Home Storage (Hardcover)

I liked the book, but was a little disappointed with it. When I saw that it had "over 250 inspirational ideas" I thought, "WOW I have to get this book." And after reviewing it, there are many good ideas, but most of them you could see in a home and house magazine or from watching Martha Stewart. There are ideas for planning the storage ideas for closet space or shelving systems and instructions on how to make a laundry bag in a basket or a shower curtain pocket thing. The photography is beautiful and there are small tips and hints in the book, but for the most part it's just pictures of how it should look. This is not a book for anyone looking for ideas on how to shelve books. I was hoping that there would be an excellent section and I was very upset to only find 3 pages worth of information. All in all it's a good but, definately not the best storage book for your money.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars tries to cover too much ground, April 16, 2002

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Justus Pendleton (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Storage Book: Over 250 Inspirational Ideas for Creating Stylish Home Storage (Hardcover)

The book delivers everything it says it is going to: 250 ideas for stylish home storage. The problem is that the scope of the book is far too large. You'll get storage ideas for every room in the house, for your garage, your garden, everything. This means when you really get down to it and want some stylish storage ideas for, say, your bathroom, there are really only 10 or 15 of them. I think it is more likely that most people are going to be interested in storage ideas for a particular room and thus a book that offered 250 ideas for stylish storage in the kitchen. Feel free to browse through this book in the bookstore but you'll probably want something a little more focused.

3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Many uses for this book., December 26, 2001

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dtrossga "dtrossga" (Jonesboro, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Storage Book: Over 250 Ideas for Stylish Home Storage (Hardcover)

Uses: Hide a burn on table, no one will move it, use when you run out of Sear catalog pages, burn to get a fire started, hit your spouse, and the main reason to build outdated storage that didn't even look good in the 50's. This book is a zero for ideas. What do I have to pay you to take my book? Not even the generous one star I gave it.