Inside the Creative Studio: Inspiration and Ideas for Your Art and Craft Space

I honestly don’t understand the bad reviews. Artist spaces are typically “messy” but messy does not mean disorganized. This book not only showcases well used and organized artist spaces, but best of all, it illustrates floor plans in all different sizes! Really gives you a sense of what you can do with any space. Beautiful book, glad I ignored the negative reviews!

This book helped me clear up SO MUCH chaos in my head, which then allowed me to begin seeing things in my art space in a clear, different and more calming way. I honestly think I want to make giant post its with all my favorite ideas from the book and put them on the walls, etc, where I found they might work by reading this book. I will be dog earring this one for sure 😘

I really love this book, it has SO much to offer! I feel like I got to visit the artists in their studios and see how they put their spaces together first hand.The thing that I liked most about this book is the variety of artists that are shown. Everyone has a style that suits their medium and I found it really intriguing to be able to compare them side by side in the book (I'm *still* drooling over the Wendy Vecchi's collection of library card file cabinets - what an excellent and beautiful way to organize your space!)There are tips on how to organize and you can see how thrift store finds help you make a creative space for yourself that doesn't require building new construction.Its a very genuine book, shows everyday artists and professional artists side by side and that makes the book a winner in my, well, book. I plan to give it as holiday gifts, its very inspirational!

At first glance I was very disappointed in this book. Many of the rooms are so messy. It's hard to be inspired with so much...stuff piled all over. BUT after I got over the initial shock of some of the pictures I started to read and now I have changed my opinion on the worth of this purchase. While many of the creative rooms are not to my creative taste...the words of wisdom are. So now I will keep the book and not donate so quickly to Good Will.

When I purchased this book, I thought it would include only painter's studios- my main interest. In fact, it includes the studios of textile workers, craftspeople, weavers, designers, etc. I was not a bit disappointed. It was refreshing to see the variety of design solutions from all these different categories.

To help me figure out to make as my own art studio.

Wonderful book. Full so many creative idea.

It does offer some good advice. However it was too whimsical and messy for my liking.

I loved the book! So any pages of wonderful, colourful, creative ideas and designs! The opportunity to have a peak into the lives of so many talented artists was a bonus! Thank you!

Hoping to have a new studio space within the next few months I bought this book for inspiration. It covers every possible aspect of setting up and re-organizing your studio. There are many tips and tricks given by different types of artists, from jewellry making to heavy duty recycling of metals. Topics covered include light requirements, storage (obviously), colours to use, and everything possible to make life easier, and to lessen the time looking for things, when the creative muse strikes ! Excellent book, good photographs and to scale floor plans. Highly recommend it.

Just wasn't what I was looking for which makes me think the descriptor isn't giving the buyer an adequate description of the content. Very basic.