Shows consumers various inside tips on designing a custom closet, and how to install it using materials they can buy themselves.

There's almost nothing in the modern home that can delight us more than an intelligently organised, well-featured closet - a place where things are organised in pleasing geometry, where we can find and retrieve that perfect tie or that just-right sweater instantly. And there's nothing more disheartening and irritating than that murky closet from the netherworld, where boxes tumble down on our heads whenever the door opens, where the sheer clutter makes it impossible to identify what's inside, much less retrieve the item you need. Consumer desperation is why entire companies have sprung up devoted to closet organising - it's the reason homeowners sometimes spend literally thousands of dollars to have a custom closet organiser designed and installed. Or they can buy this book and do it themselves for a fraction of the cost. Today, virtually all the materials and hardware used by custom closet fabricators is available to consumers on the racks of home centres and hardware stores. "Build Your Own Custom Closet" is the first book to show consumers all the inside tips on designing a custom closet, and how to install it using materials they can buy themselves.;This is the book that will lift readers from closet purgatory into the heaven of the well-organised closet - without selling their souls.

Publisher:

Creative Publishing International

ISBN:

9781589233065

Publication date:

August 2007

Length:

277mm

Width:

210mm

Thickness:

9mm

Weight:

567g

Pages:

143

Illustrations:

Illustrated

Illustrated:

Illustrated

Cole, Gillett & Jim Myers. Black & Decker Build Your Own Custom Closet. Creative Pub: Quayside. 2007. c.144p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-58923-306-5. pap. $18.95.

DIY Every American family laments its lack of closet space. First-time authors Cole, a professional closet designer, and Myers present some alternatives for squeezing out more storage. They provide smart checklists and design instructions for determining what closet space you need and clearly explain how to take out existing closet shelving and fixtures and make minor repairs. Although the pictures adequately show details and instructions, they generally appear washed out. While not the most glamorous closet-design book, this does cover all the basics quite nicely. Recommended for most collections.

-- Library Journal, December 2007