Manspace: A Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory

by Sam Martin

It's the book version of HGTV meets ESPN: For the millions of men around the world who have ceded their bachelor pad decor to laundry rooms and playrooms, ManSpace provides inspiration for men to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561588202
• ISBN13: 9781561588206
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Decorating Ideas for Men

This book makes a great gift for the man who has everything. Great ideas for men to carve out their own space in a home usually decorated by women.

ManSpace is a Winner

This book is filled with wonderful photographs of varios types of Man Spaces. It is well written and is easy reading. I purchased the book as a gift for my husband, but found it an appealing read for women, as well.

Your Own Special Place

What a great idea! This book celebrates special spaces in the home where a guy can hang out, show off his collection, or work on his hobby. Too often the wife dictates the decorating scheme for the house and the husband is left with only a bit of space in the garage that is HIS. This book will start you thinking. Do you want a poker room, a place to display your fishing tackle, or a media room? How about a painting studio, a pool room, or a media room that looks like the inside of Star Trek's Enterprise? The book also features a music recording studio, an observatory, and an office patterned after a cabin in Wyoming. There are lots of photos showing more than fifty manspaces.

This book really delivers!

Fabulous book. This was a present for someone in my family and they are enjoying it tremendously -- lots of inspiration and unique ideas, handsomely presented. Even if you're not handy around the house, it's still a wonderful book to read and look through.

It's About Damn Time

All I can say is that 'it's about damn time.' Let's face it, any man soon learns, right after marriage, that the house belongs to the womenfolk. And there's no place for your neon lighted beer sign, keep your feet off the coffee table, and take that awful picture down. My own thing was reloading ammunition. First you go shooting. Then you get some lead, melt it down, cast it into bullets, polish the brass, put in a new primer, power and crimp the bullet into place. Like any hobby, after a few years you wind up with all kinds of equipment to do each special task. And there's all kinds of different powder, bullets, cases, gun cleaning equipment and just plain stuff. Wife is welcome to visit, especially if she brings beer. My seven year old daughter is welcome to visit at any time for any length of time, especially to sit on my lap as we reload together. Time spent with your seven year old on your lap is time very well spent indeed. I don't want to do what most of the people in this book want to do, but that's OK. It's space away from the house. It's a little bit of the world where I can make a mess, I'll sweep it up eventually. You probably need a space like this also. Now, where can I find one of those table lamps shaped like a woman's leg, wearing a high heel shoe and fishnet stocking like the one shown on the cover?