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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5
EAN num: 9781400081073
ISBN number: 1400081076
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 208
Printing Date: December 06, 2005
Publishing house: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: December 06, 2005
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HOW TO MAKE {ALMOST} EVERYTHING
A Do-It-Yourself Primer
You need this book. As the stuff of life piles up and things spin out of control, we could all use a little help. These never-before-seen designs and how-tos are full of surprise and wonder. Learn how to turn everyday objects into spellbinding inventions to give away to friends or keep for yourself. Our simple self-improvement techniques will make you smarter, better-looking, and more well-adjusted.
(RE) MAKE IT!
This is the “sales copy” section. Here we will talk about how useful, delight-inducing, and excellently well put together this book is. If things have gone a little flat and you’re searching for inspiration, look no further. ReadyMade is full of fun projects for the whole family. It solves problems, cures dizzy spells, and holds open the door. It has a collegial, ’50s garage tinkerer sensibility. It read Popular Science as a kid and dreamt of building rockets. It launches with fiery trails. It soars. When it falls, it brushes itself off and starts over. It is the Captain of Creativity. Resistance is futile. This book is 100% hope.
First project: Personalize this book and protect it from theft by cutting out this portion of the cover and replacing it with your own photo. (See page 16)
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This book is not a how to book. The beginning of the book tells you more that it is a way to get YOU to think about how to reuse materials. It has sections for each type of material, paper, plastic, metals.
So if you are looking for a huge how to do-something, this book is not for you. But if you want to see some ways to reuse stuff and stimulate your own creative mind, this book definitely would be interesting to you.
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As a reader of ReadyMade magazine, I was expecting similar projects in this book. I borrowed this from the library instead of buying it. I'm glad I did. I won't bother mentioning the same things other reviewers did, most statements I agree with.
If I were still in college living in that dorm room or even in my very first apartment, I do not doubt this book would provide endless ideas for my decor. I can guarantee the beer can wall divider would've amused me and my roommate to no end had we thought of making one for our dorm room.
Aesthetically speaking, the book design and layout are perfect, but the contents... are kind of "ghetto". If your dorm/ apartment/ home has that edgy, rebel, ultra modern, youthful look, the items would probably fit in just fine.
The projects are relatively inexpensive and most parts can be acquired by cruising down the streets or at the thrift store to pick up homeless furniture and materials.
For those of use with slightly more permanent, quasi-furnished dwellings, the projects might not blend in as well. I don't see a TIDE bottle coat rack looking great subsequent to... well.... any of my furniture.
Since Amazon didn't list the projects, I will. They are as follows:
Hardcover photo frame
FedEx (triangular) Cardboard Mailer CD rack
Poster-Tube Magazine tree
Phone Book coffee table
Shopping Bag woven rug
Shoe box Shoji Screen
Jewel Case wall mural (this is a pretty nifty idea for those pesky cases)
Take-out Chandelier (colander plus clear plastic silverware)
Water bottle chaise lounger
No-sew messenger bag (featured everywhere)
Stacked TIDE bottle coat rack
Clothespin Doormat
Pallet Bike Rack
Chopstick Clock
Drawer unit storage
Door Mirror
Veneer Lampshade
Hubcap fountain
Coat hanger wine rack
Wall of beer cans room divider
Ladder shelving
Water bottle chandelier (glass bottles)
Plexi Post-it board
Window Frame light box
Martini glass bird feeder
Lampshade from old sweaters
Denim dog bed
Lace doily fruit bowl,
Carpet kid chair
And loads of other small projects...
Any of those sound appealing to you? I'd suggest borrowing the book from your library very first if you're not 100% sure the projects are for you.
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This book appears to provoke profound ambivalence. However, for me, it was pee-in-your-pants funny and extremely inspiring, in the creative sense. In my review of the magazine by the same name, I said that it leads one to view the built environment in new and wonderful ways. The same holds in this case. In the reduce-reuse-recycle scheme, it makes an absolutely compelling case for creative reuse. This has two major benefits: (1) it helps overcome mindless consumerism and (2) it makes one a more appreciative and thoughtful person. Excellent outcomes. I recommend it highly.
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I've purchased a few copies of ReadyMade magazine at the newsstand and enjoyed some of the ideas in those issues, so I went ahead and ordered this book, thinking it would contain more of the same. Big mistake.
I feel confident advising everyone reading this review that there is nothing (yes, I mean not one thing) in this book that you will want to display in your home. A stack of empty laundry detergent bottles (totally undisguised) as a coat rack, anyone? When you picture your dream home, does it have cardboard FedEx shipping boxes (again, totally undisguised) hanging on the wall to hold your CD collection? Didn't think so.
I will say that the book's copy is quirky and entertaining, and there's a lot of great trivia in here about the history of various materials, but I didn't buy the book because I wanted to know the history of paper-making; I bought it thinking it contained good project ideas.
Bottom line: If you're living in a homeless encampment, there are things in here that will look great in your place. If not, don't waste your money on this dog!
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I'd never read their magazine before, but I was hoping to find some serious projects. The only decent content was the history of the materials (paper, wood, metal, glass, plastic) examined. And that was far from worth the price.
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