Common Sense Storage Book Review

Common Sense Storage: Clever Solutions for an Organized Life by Editors of CPi was something that I found when I was surfing around the library website.  I reserved it and and it came in recently.  It was a really heavy book so it got put to the bottom of the pile becuase there is nothing worse than carrying a heavy book back and forth places in order to read it.  I finished all of the other books from the library so I was determined that I would sit down and read this one too!!

The great part of this book is that there are really large, detailed color pictures.  There are also lots of ideas and solutions to fit in big spaces.  I don't think that there was a single idea in the book that I could do in my house.  The problem with storage is that you have to spend a lot of money on custom cabinets and have a big room.  No matter how I rearrange my kitchen, there isn't room for a island.  The more the book talks about that as a storage option, the more it makes me want to return the book before finishing it.  Then, the bathroom section talks about fitting extra storage cabinets between the sink and the tub...okay, that is where I have my toliet.  I just know that they aren't talking about my room because I had to get an extra small towel bar because it is the only one that fit in the room.

After reading the book, I read the two reviews on Amazon and for the first time ever, I think that they really hit the nail on the head.  This is not a great book unless you are interested in looking at pictures and getting useless advice.  There is no reason to tell me to get this really cool gadet if you don't tell me where to get it.  I don't think that it is even worth picking up (especially taking in to consideration the weight to carry it home).  I am going to tell you if you really are interested, look at the library before even bothering to bring it home.