16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
IF you like Pottery Barn, you will like this book, April 2 2006
By closet cleaner "closet_cleaner" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pottery Barn Workspaces (Hardcover)
This book uses many of the retail stores' and catalog's current and (unfortunately) discontinued products. If you have often looked through the catalog or the store and thought you wanted your office to look like it does in the book, there are inspiring ideas here. For example, the designers show us new uses for old items (candy jars used to store binder clips, for example).
The downside of the book(s) is(are) that some of the items featured are older Pottery Barn items that are now discontinued. Perhaps you can find some on eBay, but some are several years old and probably can't be found. However, it still gives the reader new ideas.
The reviewer who said that it is all "junky looking old things" may not appreciate Pottery Barn's sense of whimsy and incorporating new with old. This book does plenty of that.
The one gripe I have with the book (any decorating book) is that it appears that computers, monitors, and phones do not have wires. It's very easy to arrange these staged offices and never have to plug in the cables and power cords. This book therefore makes it look a little easier than it really is.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
great!, Mar 3 2010
By Courtney L. Lively "design girl" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pottery Barn Workspaces (Hardcover)
love the book, love the images, love that it got to my house on time!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love these books, Dec 31 2008
By Potato - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pottery Barn Workspaces (Hardcover)
This is a great book. I love all the pottery barn style series. This one isn't as good as PB Living Rooms or PB Bedrooms, but its great to leaf through for ideas. Also check out Martha Stewart's Good Things for Organizing. I bought this book at Home Depot and it's the best reference I've found.