Taunton's Home Storage Idea Book

Taunton's Idea Books

by Joanne Kellar Bouknight, Stephanie Ramp (Editor), Christine Erikson (Illustrator)

The newest addition to the enormously successful Taunton's Idea Book Series, this book provides hundreds of ideas for creating effective and attractive storage spaces throughout the home. Taunton's Home Storage Idea Book bridges the gap between ordinary how-to books and coffee table books with practical, proven design solutions, detailed drawings and inspiring color photography. There isn't a house out there that couldn't do with a little more storage space. This book shows you all the options.
-- Over 400 color photographs in Taunton's proven Idea Book format
-- Room-by-room approach to making the most of your storage space
-- Breadth of ideas will appeal to a broad range of styles and needs

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 9, 2002

Reviews

[Lauren Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is worth every is worth every second of effort to find and worth every penny to buy. M. Bouknight is FUNNY, creative, practical. I found myself wishing I could review this book just by pulling out all the amusing bits and saying "See!?" And many many pretty pictures.  And while styles may change and refrigerators start to talk, the concepts in this book are timeless.

Lauren Williams, Owner, Casual Uncluttering LLC, Woodinville, WA USA

[wueasa · Rating 3 out of 5]

HEDGE END - U/LINED
Chapter 1 on storage basics breaks down into storage design with further headings on storing like with like, active and dead storage, concealed and open storage types of storage, ie, shelves, hooks, etc. After this comes reconfigure, replace or add on. Chapter 2 looks at entryway storage. Chapter 4 looks at Living spaces, which is subdivided into freestanding storage, modular storage, built-in storage, the entertainment system, etc. Chapter 5 looks at Workspace storage, which is a particularly good chapter. American bias. Lots of text. Some pics don't relate to text. Most pics not practical as too complicated and/or expensive. Big chapters. Only looked at intro. hall and lounge. Some good pics and illustrations. Good 'Further reading' sec.

[Michelle Moses · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is definitely a great book for ideas. Each two sheet spread had anywhere from 2 to 6 great pictures of real people's houses and their solutions to storage. Mostly all of the examples given within the book are custom made pieces, some fitting to the contour of the house. That was my one disappointment. If I liked something in the book I couldn't just go out and buy it, I'd have to figure out how it could work in my house and how I could most closely copy it.

The examples are mostly all museum quality houses, which I don't think I'll ever attain, but there were little nuggets given throughout the book that really had some helpful info. It's worth taking a look at.