5 comments about Moving.kit.

1. Great tool! It helped me make sure I didn't lose track of any of the details of our move. The checklists were the best! Since I am a visual person, I loved the fold out calendar! I could see at a glance what I needed to do and the new home/old home comparison helped me to remember everything - including voter registration! This book is so thorough! I never thought of tracking my change of addresses before! If we ever move again I'll use the Moving Kit again! Highly recommend it!



2. "I'm never moving again," I told my husband as we unpacked the last box after our international move from Boston to Munich. That is, until I saw the Moving.Kit. The fresh, clean pages, the stickers, the dazzling organization and the address change Web sites they suggest! I had stars in my eyes as I shared it with my husband over dinner.
   
   "Let's move again!" I suggested. He didn't stop chewing. Did he hear me? I tried a more direct tactic. I placed the book under his nose.
   
   "And HERE's how we're going to do it!"
   
   Seriously, the Moving.Kit is one of the best things on the market for those of us who fear the "whip-chit" sound of packing tape. It organizes your move into months, weeks and days. For people like me who lose track of the essentials, it keeps you focused when the stress gets you down. They even offer off-beat stress-relievers to keep your sense of humor.
   
   I am actually looking forward to my husband coming home one day (soon) and saying, "Remember that company I visited in San Diego last month...?"
   
   California, here I come!
   
   
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3. As we were preparing to move, we were looking for a product just like this to help us stay organized. As the other reviewers have mentioned, it does this well. Calendars, lists, tips are all provided. But when it came to organizing our receipts, the moving documents, our lease, and all that paper that one has to keep track of, the Moving.kit fell short.
   The whole thing is based on a small 3 ring binder. This means that the pockets provided for storing documents are too small to fit an 81/2 x 11 sheet of paper. We had to fold everything in half, which cause things to slip out and made the whole package too thick to close properly.
   As I said, a good idea, poorly executed.
   I see that the company makes two other similar products. I would assume that the have the same defects.
   Think twice before you buy.



4. Being in the military and having to move with my famliy and pets every three years I find this kit to be indispensable. I highly recommend it :)



5. I'm still not sure about this kit. I read through the whole thing and feel like half of it did not pertain to me, and therefore, feel like I wasted $25. I had also found some free worksheets online that I could have just printed out and worked just as well. Maybe if I had a big house, a few kids, and was moving out of state. It might have been worth it for $10.
   
   The good: Good ideas and tips. I do like the fact that it makes you think about all the different things you'll need to do while moving and keeps it all in one spot. Again, just could have found all this info. online...for free.

3 comments about Molesworth.

1. Beautiful pictures. A must-have for anyone interested in this underrated artist, though the kitchiness of many of Molesworth's pieces has been ignored, and rightly so. Wonderful book.



2. This is the best book ever on Molesworth. If you like Molesworth furniture and Native American art, this is a beautiful large colorful book. Dont miss out on this one. I think it will soon be out of print. Don't pass up a chance to visit Fighting Bear Antiques if you are ever in Jackson Hole.



3. The book certainly did not look used - like brand new. I received the book in only a couple of days! Very impressed with the service and I emailed them with a thank you.

5 comments about The New Curtain Book: Master Classes with Today's Top Designers.

1. This book contains many ideas for curtains and drapes grouped in a logical order. As a drapery maker, I found it useful as an idea book for clients, but not as useful for the do-it-yourself at home sewer. I agreed with most points in the book, but there were some ideas that I did not agree with, as if it were written by someone who had not actually sewn the draperies. It had many examples of different fabrics, and, thus, was very colorful. Great for some one in my line of work, but probably not as practical for someone who wishes to sew some drapes for her/himself.



2. I was looking for a book that had some practical ideas for the average home. The ideas in this book were pretty elaborate and very pricy. There was not one picture in this book that remotely resembled a room in my house. If you have degree in interior design and live on Park Ave you will probably like this book. But if you fit that description you probably have a designer on speed dial and would not need the book at all.



3. It's true--"Master Classes" could throw you off. It isn't a how-to book. Sunset's Curtains and Draperies book is the best at that--very nitty gritty. This is a book of gorgeous photos from brilliant designers that talks about what your window treatments should do for your home. I've gotten it from the library and am planning to purchase it bc the quality and taste is superior (and my house is small and pretty plain).



4. This is an inspirational book that is tailored to a decorator, designer or design enthusiast. It contains the views and insights from some of the worlds leading international designers. As the cover states, this is a MASTER CLASS, it is more about the philosophy of decoration and how window treatments compliment good design rather then a step by step guide for the do-it-yourselfer. Which I personally found very, very refreshing. Fabulous photogaphy and styling, with a broad cross-section of styles and a wonderful eye for detail.



5. Really enjoyed this book, as we are renovating our old home and I needed some window decor ideas. The photos are beautiful and I actually found a curtain arrangement I could sew on my machine. Highly recommend if you are looking for window arrangements that are a bit out of the ordinary.

1 comments about Metric Pattern Cutting for Children's Wear and Babywear: From Birth to 14 Years.

1. Babywear & children's clothing will no longer have any secrets after you have used Winifreds' book. It explains how to make all styles for all ages and then some. It's easy to use and written in plain english! The best I've ever come across and I would highly recommend it for both beginners and advanced patterns makers.

2 comments about Glass Tile Inspirations for Kitchens And Baths.

1. Pat McMillan has done a great job of showing in her book -- probably in unprecedented manner -- different applications of the great variety of glass tiles currently on the market. Inspirational, indeed!



2. First of all, this is a beautiful book. The 200 plus photographs of glass tile works of art in kitchen, bathroom, and flooring are alone worth more than the price of the book, even if you have no plan to install glass tile. But you will be inspired to consider it. Add to that the informative and perspicuous exposition, the creative and imaginative sensibility, and the developed professional design judgment of Katharine Kaye McMillan, and you have a work of excellence.

5 comments about New Cottage Style (Better Homes & Gardens).

1. Not my favorite cottage book, and I own many. There was just nothing special about it. It didn't inspire me as I had expected. I didn't enjoy the reading - didn't hold my interest. It does have some nice pictures.



2. I truely enjoy this book. The photography and ideas are very current and create a mix of style, comfort & ideas I personally delight in. However, I was so disappointed there was no resource guide...at all. :(
   I have spent days trying resource the botanical prints and have come up empty.
   oh, well.



3. I loved this book, and keep going back to it again and again, for comfy and yet clean looks for a more modern interpretation of cottage. I'm not that much into white, and like a spare but not modern look, and this book had enough examples of ways to do that to be really helpful. yarrow_m



4. This is a terrific book! It is the perfect companion to the original Cottage Book by Better Homes and Gardens. I highly recommend it!



5. I found this book very inspiration in helping me decorate my home. It helped define my love for the new cottage style.

1 comments about The Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft.

1. Any of Roy's books are awesome for woodworkers who know how to read. Oh sure, you love Norm and his $8000 drum sander, but if you truly want to learn how to work with wood with nothing more than the bare essentials, then pick up this book as well as all the other books Roy has written. Otherwise, just buy all the garbage books about "How to Master a Biscuit Joiner" or "Setting up a Leigh Dovetail Jig". Just make sure you add a box of 80 grit sandpaper for your random orbital sander to your order.

5 comments about Confessions of a Slacker Mom.

1. The low reviews I've read for this book crack me up! Definitely people who need to lighten up a bit. Defensive, are we? I thought this book was funny and refreshing. A quick little read, nothing to get all worked up about, anyway -- whether you agree with her or not. For example, I love scrapbooking. She makes fun of it. No need for me to whine about that, or fluff up defensively, she was being funny!
   
   If you simply don't think she is funny, I can understand that. We all have different tastes in humor. But I'm referring to those reviews that just reek of defensiveness...
   
   Who cares if she has a nanny? What does that have to do with anything? If I had a dollar for every mom that bristled at the mere mention of the word "nanny", well let's just say I'd be buying a beach house right about now. Why get all bent out of shape at how other parents manage things? Life is too short.
   
   If you want to make parenting hard, go ahead, knock yourself out. Some of us prefer to do things slacker mom way (and some people need to simmer down on the "proper" way to define 'slacker' -- talk about silly!). Happy, relaxed mom = happy marriage = happy kids.
   
   Not for fans of "Baby Einstein", Gymboree classes, or anything with the term "Mommy-N-Me".



2. When I first found out I was pregnant, one of my best friends sent me all the books she had read when she was pregnant with her first. Of all that she sent--and many were good--this one has helped me to keep my sanity. I'm due in 3 weeks and anytime I start to panic about silly things like having the right "stuff," I think about this book and relax. The baby-sleeping-in-a-crab-cage story has been the best at getting to take everything a little less seriously and to enjoy this process a bit more.
   
   Yes, the author has some benefits that others don't. Certainly, she makes more than I do, but it's nice to know that it doesn't have to be all-consuming and that a person can be a good mom even if she doesn't cease to exist except to carpool children around and be a toy-buyer/picker-upper. I know that sounds like common sense, but sometimes the other books, articles (and posts), friends, family members, and strangers can lay a lot of guilt at a mother's feet.
   
   And for the record, the scrap-booking section is a hoot. My mother scrapbooks like a fiend and each book is really a work of art, so I don't have any problem with others doing it. What is funny is the author's reaction to the scrap-booking party itself. I have a good friend who is a college instructor, and I remember her coming to me at the beginning of a semester saying, "About ten of my students have posted scrap-booking as a hobby," (she teaches online courses)"and I don't even understand what that means." I explained and she said, "And that's a hobby? Lots of people do that? I don't get it." So the author's behavior made me think of that. I didn't think my friend was condemning all scrap-bookers. It just wasn't an activity that she understood.



3. I'm sorry, I can't take seriously anything that a woman named Muffy with a nanny has to say.
   
   What's wrong with moderation here? Why does everything have to be win/lose in this society...working moms vs. stay-at-home moms, slacker moms vs. Type A moms? Nothing is that black and white. I am sick of the media spinning every possible subject re parenting and women into an all-out war. Somewhere in the middle, in my opinion, is the best path.
   
   Work if you have to or want to, but be there and show up for your kids. Let them know you love them and support them, but carve out a little time for yourself, too, whether it's a chair massage once a week or a weekend trip with the girls!
   
   Some days I am a slacker mom, some days I am a type-A stressed-out mom on deadline, some days I am stay-at-home domestic scrapbooking mom, some days I am overprotective mom, and some days I am "I don't feel good today, you're just going to have to figure it out yourself" mom. And you know what? I think I'm a great mom. I have a happy kid who does great in school and is learning that life is not perfect and people are multi-dimensional and ever-evolving, not one-note characters in a book! That's good enough for me.



4. I just read this book and it was a breath of fresh air. It doesn't bother me that she has a nanny, lucky for her is what I say. I love the basic premise of the book and realize that it has a lot of good points in it! Our kids are wonderful and I love mine dearly but they don't need EVERYTHING and do need boundaries. The current age thinking is not on track IMO and I think a little throw back to the "good ole days" would do us some good. I am not advocating child labor or anything like that but just wishing a little more common sense would come back into style besides hoping that someone else would tell you how to raise your kids right!



5. If you want a quick little read, this book will do the trick. If you want a book to make you feel better and a little less guilty about all of the things you should be doing but aren't, this book falls flat. I found some light humor in it but only because I didn't stop and think too much. I was expecting something different from the word "slacker". I was thinking about how I have to step over and around all of the toys, dirty clothes, and general stuff in my house any day except for the days I spend cleaning and screaming "don't just leave that there!" I don't really think that not showing up to watch my daughter's riding lesson is being a slacker, I think that it is showing her how much I don't give a crap about what she is doing. I also don't think slacker means watching while one of my children get hurt. I have another word for that and it is too harsh for this thread. I am a firm believer in showing your children how to treat others. With that in mind, I don't want to be in some nursing home in 40 years while my kids don't ever come to visit because they don't want to let me think I am the center of the universe.

2 comments about Modern Real Estate Practice Audio CDs.

1. I find these CDs to be a great learning tool in ccmbination with the book. This product is exactly as described, it reviews the highlights the chapters in the book. I am in the habit of listening to the current chapter on the way to class for preparation and quick review. I will often start at chapter 1 and listen to all the chapters, through to the actual chapter of study. I am determined to pass the State Exam! Great learning tool to refresh the memory.



2. While in no way you can get the entire view of the real estate exam in a book, this audio series provides a good intro to the topic. If you're starting to study real-estate or looking at getting your exam, this is a great book (audio book) to get started with.

5 comments about Sitcom Style: Inside America's Favorite TV Homes.

1. Sitcom Style provides an in-depth look at the process, styles and techniques utilized by set designers to make the unknown television character immediately familiar to the television audience. The book strikes a perfect balance between trivia on some of the most famous pieces of furniture ever seen on television, such as Archie Bunker's chair, and close ups of the actual technical diagrams used by television producers.
   
   Ms. Friedman's lucid explanations on the relationship between a television character's projected personality and a set designers choice of furniture and layout, provides valuable insight into the design of any living space. Detailed deconstructions of various sets, such as the open layout of Frasier's sophisticated living room or the use of a club chair to project the assured confidence of Murphy Brown, end up being valuable guides in how to project your own sense of character in your personal living space. The inclusion of a buying guide at the end of the book with accompanying websites and phone numbers is helpful as well.
   
   While the book already does a great job of providing decorative insight along with television history, one would hope the author would do another book with even more home decoration tips. My only detraction would be the failure to examine some of the more popular canine abodes on television.
   
   Strongly suggested as a holiday gift to anyone who enjoys television history and trivia, home decoration and style, or both!



2. I absolutely love this book!! If you are a TV fanatic like me you will like this book too. It shows you different sitcom homes and the decor and talks about how they are decorated and gives you pointers if you want to decorate the same way.



3. This book was well stocked with information on not only how these imaginative places were decorated but also where to purchase them in reality. I have sometimes saw an item on TV and wondered where it could be found and this book tells you. It is definately a read more than once book. I thouroughly enjoyed this book.



4. Overall, the book is good and gives access to information and pictures you cannot find anywhere else. However, I expected more pictures and less text. Pity that some of sitcoms mentioned were not illustrated at all. I bought this book specifically to get decent pictures of Frasier's filming set but was disappointed - the set is so fabulous it almost deserves a separate book on itself, and all it got was a couple of less than perfect photos.



5. This book provides a ton of images from the sets of our favorite sitcoms. I was surprised to find some of the sets from shows I'd completely forgotten about (Murphy Brown) that had gorgeous sets.
   
   My one complaint would be that some of the articles reference items on the set that aren't pictured. The Will & Grace designer refers to a painting that isn't shown in the book, but is featured on the set.
   
   That aside--this is a great buy. I keep it on my coffee table by the remotes as a conversation piece.