Organizing Idea Book

Taunton's Idea Books

by John Loecke

Organizing is a process and not one that requires you to tackle the entire house in one sweeping session. As such, youll find that this book is arranged according to the various hot spots in the home, starting with the area inside the front door and continuing through to the garage. Chapter by chapter, room by room, youll find helpful and practical techniques for creating (and maintaining) order.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Emily Barton · Rating 1 out of 5]

Great if you are interested in remodeling or custom cabinetry as a solution. Not so great if you are trying to organize within the space you have.

[Lauren Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Organized decorating!

This is a beautiful book. An interior decorator’s book. Because Mr. Loecke is an interior decorator who understands organizing principles and who employs them creatively, playfully and with great care. AND, best of all, he understands budgets, and is as comfortable with repurposing a big-box-store laundry hamper to hold sports equipment as he is hunting up an antique library card catalog file cabinet for paper clips and rubber bands. This is an excellent book for inspiration and practical suggestions.

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

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this book was probably good enough when it was published, but now it comes across as very dated.

[Mycala · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay. I think a better title may have been "Let's see how many different ways we can fit shelves into an environment." I know not everyone lives in a 300 square foot apartment, but I thought I might find at least one idea for creative storage. You want to talk about organized -- I have to be in order to keep my place tidy and find what I'm looking for at a moment's notice.

This book is more geared towards the suburban homeowner who has the spare cash to install custom bookcases or create pantries out of seldom-used corners so obviously it didn't speak to me. I found it fun to look at even if it is impractical.

[Marissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

After looking at many storage/organizing books I was very glad to find this one. I has a bunch of great ideas that I hadn't thought of. I only had one negative about this book and that was that all the rooms in the book were so large it did really have that many ideas that would fit into my tiny house.

[Bookwyrmgyrl]

More photos than text - great to page through and look at. Covers areas such as entryways, spice storage, storing media, closets, and laundry rooms - among others.

This included lots of special carpentry projects.

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is accurately titled: it's more like a collection of magazine photos with short captions than a detailed, process oriented organizing book. Taunton magazines have lovely ideas and photography, so I enjoyed leafing through.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of great pics and ideas of how to organize small things around your home. Really good visual ideas.

[Cindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loving visuals and good organizing ideas although more for new installations than revisions to existing spaces. Lot's of major purchases too.

[judy weaver]

use when redoing laundry room p16, 19 (cubbies) 21,

[Dora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great visuals!

[Dinah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Full of very unsafe ideas for earthquake country, alas.