I'm sure this book would be a good investment for anyone who wants to upgrade their home on a do-it-yourself budget.

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Do not confuse illustrations with photographs.  Oct 21, 2005 By Philip Lipton
The only color photograph is on the cover. This is a big book with 500 pages, hundreds of drawings depicting many layouts and a clear list of cabinets needed along with additional materials required to complete each layout. Each of the twelve chapters focuses on a specific area such as bedrooms, baths, beverage centers, entertainment centers and utility areas. The author offers many design variations for each area.

The strength of this book is the huge variety of designs shown for each project area. The author illustrates many clever ways to use stock cabinets to create a variety of custom looks. The weakness for me is the lack of any color photographs to help visualize the results in a finished projects. This is a great resource of concepts for professional designers or decorators who have the imagination to know how drawings translate to finished results.

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5 stars plus!  Aug 18, 2002 By Diane Goodhart, CMG, Allied ASID
I am a designer and recently moved to a loft in Atlanta. Connie Edward's book will be such an asset to me in utilizing my space. Having a very small closet, her ideas and suggestions will be so valuable and easy to follow. This book is for everyone who likes to do projects themselves. Ms. Edwards is an expert in Cabinetry and her book should not be missed. It is an excellent book and tool for Interior Designers to illustrate different looks for their clients.

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Almost meaningless  Feb 13, 2007 By VaNG-eLiS "VTdG"
This book seemed meaningless to me. As others have noted, it is basically a very long sequence of rather poor line drawings and very little else. Very few low quality pictures are included; that is a pity because they could help provide some inspiration or guide your design. And fairly little know-how information is provided for do-it-yourself folks - the author recommends using professional installers. For most people, cabinet manufacturer websites and/or a visit to your local Home Depot or Lowe's kitchen design center will be much more useful than this book.


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This book should be free  Feb 27, 2007 By W. Reimers
It is my own fault for not reading the entire description of this book, but it is not what I first thought it was. This book simply has different layouts for stock cabinets your could buy (for example at Home Depot). I should think that manufacturers of these cabinets could give you a book like this for free to help you decide layouts. So, you have a book of hundreds of different arrangements of cabinets, and you'll probably find 1 or 2 that you actually like or need. It does seem to leave a lot of the figuring, ie measuring to fit, to you. If not free, this book should be like $9. I gave 3 stars because if you want lots of ideas on how to arrange cabinets for all areas of the house, this book serves its purpose. However, if I really rated its value to me, I'd say 1 star, maybe half. Can I return this??

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