Remake it Home by Henrietta Thompson

Remake It: Home by Henrietta Thompson
Thames & Hudson (October 12, 2009) 
ISBN-10: 0500514844
ISBN-13: 978-0500514849
272 pages
All ages
My Rating: 2/5

Summary from GoodReads: Perfectly suited to the spirit of our times, this book is a spare yet stylish guide to living without wastefulness. It chimes with today’s consumer and design trends toward cost-consciousness and environmental awareness, and shows how to live stylishly by reusing and repurposing rather than buying new. This book aims to inspire a sophisticated audience not yet prepared to sacrifice great design or good style by showing both exceptional designs by leading product designers as well as offering ideas for projects we all could, and perhaps should, create. Remake It Homeblends inspiration and hands-on knowledge, containing a wealth of almost-forgotten skills for using found materials, left-overs, and trash. It is organized into six sections illustrated with designs by notable young talents such as Fritz Hansen, Ryan McElhinney, Alabama Chanin, Margaret Cusack, Junk+ion, and Studio Verissimo. Included are designs for furniture, lighting and accessories, storage, tools and appliances, textiles, and cleaning and laundry. Each section highlights resourcefulness in design, drawing on global trends, modern innovations, and traditional practices that are brought together in a harmonious, thrifty, ecologically sound, and life-enriching whole.
The Verdict: So this is a book I was able to pick up for a quarter several months ago at a yard sale. While the premise of it is interesting and their are some unique ideas, it didn't impress me. I think anyone who is an avid blog reader, won't find anything they haven't see before. But if you wait until things are featured in print magazines or on HGTV then this might be pretty inspirational to you!