Good Housekeeping's Book on the Business of Housekeeping: A Manual of Method Review

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(More customer reviews)An entertaining look at the business of keeping house back in the early 1920's. An enjoyable read.

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New ways of handling the familiar routine of housework. For some sixteen years, the Good Housekeeping Institute tested out new appliances and new housekeeping methods. This volume represents the results of some of this research work. It has had the further proof of actual operation in the home of the writer, an average home with all of the every day problems that the average American home must meet.

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The Ultimate Accidental Housewife: Your Guide to a Clean-Enough House Review

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(More customer reviews)The Ultimate Accidental Housewife was absolutely fabulous. Thank goodness I read this book! I am a busy woman and cleaning is not one of my favorite things to do. I learned many helpful and simple tasks that can make my house look cleaner and more organized in minutes. The author even included products and techniques to be more eco-friendly, which is certainly a bonus. She was definitely thinking about mothers when she wrote this book. There are solutions to everyday jobs included in the text that my children can help me with. They don't even know they're cleaning! I would recommend this book to any housewife, accidental or not.

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Bestselling author Julie Edelman returns with an essential guide about how to get your house clean--or, even better, just clean enough!Accessible, easy to read, and entertaining, The Ultimate Accidental Housewife(tm) gives you fun, simple solutions to all kinds of common household problems, from scrubbing the stove to spotting those stubborn laundry stains. With plenty of useful tips and tricks for cleaning your house just enough, this accidentally domestic diva offers practical advice you'll use every day--without ever spoiling your manicure.
Find out how to:
Limit your daily workload with defensive cleaning and organizing
Handle "toxic zones" like the bathroom and kitchen
"Fix" problems until the repairman comes
Remove aggressive stains

This must-have little volume splits housekeeping into two categories: Toxic Zones include the bathrooms and kitchen, since they have the greatest chance of housing living organisms that multiply or smell. Not So Toxic Zones include the bedrooms, living room, and family rooms, where dust bunnies are your biggest foe. In addition, helpful sections like I Never Knew You Could Do That! include myriad uses for ordinary household products, and The United Stains Across America, an Accidental favorite, is the most patriotic stain guide you'll ever see.
With Julie's trademark inventiveness and good humor, The Ultimate Accidental Housewife is a sanity-saver for overextended women everywhere.

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Haley's Hints Review

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(More customer reviews)I hate cleaning, and must admit I'm not very good at it. Part of my dislike is wrought out of ignorance. I simply do not know what I'm doing. Cooking is also not a skill I have. I need help.
Haley's Hints teaches me to cheat my way though a lot of household problems. He covers cleaning and cooking tips, but that's just the beginning.
Like the old "Hints from Heloise" I read in the newspaper as a kid, Haley presents very do-able solutions to everyday problems. Unlike Martha Stewart's ideas, which seem unreasonable in the average income family, Haley seems to have considered the practicality of his hints quite aptly.
Whether is it is hiding food odors, discouraging ants or his various methods of removing gum from things, he has a trick to it here in his well organized book.
The guy is thorough. The sheer number of pages will provide plenty of ideas for your home. Besides making a great read for extended bathroom visits, it serves best as a reference. HThe index is impressive and easy to use.
I fully recommend "Haley's Hints: A Compilation" by Graham Haley.
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com

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The extraordinary guide to ordinary items and products with time- and money-saving uses. Over 2,000 of them!In Haley's Hints readers will find:€ Environment-friendly tips on cleaning and stain removal€ Money-saving advice on pest control and pet care€ Practical pointers for children, seniors, and gardeners € Recipe tricks€ Laundry tips€ Sewing hints€ Workplace wonders€ Plumbing, painting, carpentry, and electrical shortcuts € Plus a whole chapter on pampering themselvesAll topped off with a comprehensive easy-find index to help readers find the exact solution they need-fast.

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Clean Your House Safely & Effectively: Without Harmful Chemicals Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great book - not a new one - published some time ago, but it has great, simple to follow "recipes" for making non-toxic cleaners for your home.

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A guide for non-toxic and safe housecleaning using from-the-cupboard ingredients: baking soda, salt, white vinegar, cornstarach, vegetable oil, and lemon juice. Using these safer ingredients can help you avoid: respiratory distress, allergies, rashes, headaches, and fatigue that can come from using dangerous chemicals.

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Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes and Linens Review

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(More customer reviews)"Home Comforts" has been so helpful and authoritative that I preordered "Laundry" as soon as it was announced. I was very disappointed to find that it consisted almost entirely of material taken from her previous book. If Cheryl Mendelson feels that she needs to revise "Home Comforts", she should go over the entire book and bring out a second edition.
If you already have "Home Comforts", you don't need to buy "Laundry"; and if you don't have "Home Comforts", you need to buy it. But I see little reason to buy "Laundry". I am returning my copy.

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For Cheryl Mendelson laundering is the best part of housekeeping. It's full of physical pleasures -- the look of favorite clothes restored to freshness and beauty, the tactile satisfaction of crisp linens in beautifully folded stacks. Good laundering preserves things you love and protects your pocket book. It doesn't take much time or effort. What it takes is knowledge, and Laundry is the comprehensive, entertaining, and inspiring new book on the art of laundering. Culled from the bestselling Home Comforts, with revised and updated information and a new introduction, Laundry is an indispensable guide to caring for all the cloth in one's home: from kitchen rags to bedding, hand-washables, and baby clothes to vintage linens. Mendelson offers detailed guidance on when to disregard labels, removing stains, making environmentally informed choices, sewing, and storing clothing and fabrics. A much-needed antidote to the standard-issue how-to manual, Laundry celebrates the satisfactions of ironing, folding, and caring for clothes and linens. Both pragmatic and eloquent, Mendelson provides beginning and veteran homemakers with a seamless combination of reliable instruction, time-tested advice, and fascinating personal narrative. As a farm girl in Pennsylvania, Mendelson -- who is a philosopher, lawyer, and professor, as well as a homemaker, wife, and mother -- received a classic domestic education from her grandmothers, aunts, and mother. Laundry combines the best of the traditional lore they taught her with the latest in technical and scientific information. Writing with infectious love and respect for her subject, Mendelson is sure to instill in readers a newfound affection and appreciation for the art of laundering.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Talking Dirty Laundry With The Queen Of Clean Review

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(More customer reviews)By now many of us are familiar with the "Queen of Clean," the duchess of the dustmop, the princess of pressing problems - she's frank, funny, down to earth Linda Cobb, author of "Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean." Who can forget Tang in your toilet?
This foe of all that dulls the sparkle of our homes is evidently also a bundle of inexhaustible energy as she is a regular on morning television, and publishes a bi-monthly newsletter.
Now, she's come to cure our Monday blues - laundry! If your T-shirts shrink, your socks are unpaired, your drip dries don't, the iron spews instead of steaming, give a listen to "Talking Dirty Laundry with the Queen of Clean." In addition, she has more remedies for spot removal than linen has wrinkles. These cures for grape juice on gingham or jelly on jumpers are all inexpensive, effective, and surprising!

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How the Queen Cleans Everything : Handy Advice for a Clean House, Cleaner Laundry, and a Year of Timely Tips Review

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(More customer reviews)Wow - Straightforward info from spot cleaning laundry to cleaning your house with basic (and less expensive) ingredients you have around the house. No more expensive cleaners! Plus a guide on how to clean everything and how often - and even advice on cleaning things you probably never thought of cleaning or wondered how to clean properly (like rust spots on your concrete driveway). For a mom with a toddler, this was a big help. Also look for Linda Cobb on the DIY channel.

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A how-to manual for housekeeping amateurs and pros alike, How the Queen Cleans Everything is a collection of fast and ingenious tips from #1 New York Times bestselling author -- and housekeeping's royal lady -- Linda Cobb, the Queen of Clean®. It's all here. All of the Queen's miraculous tips and surprising shortcuts on how to solve hundreds of cleaning challenges -- inside and out. Let the Queen show you how to turn your home into a sparkling palace in no time at all. Learn how to put an end to washday drudgery with her collection of nifty and natural solutions for stress-free washing and ironing -- and enjoy a year's worth of tips, tricks, and picks for a cleaner house and a more organized life. But most of all, discover how the Queen's no-nonsense "tips and hints" method of housekeeping means less time cleaning your home, and more time enjoying it! Let the Queen show you:the best way to clean your kitchen and bathroom the multitude of natural stain removers that are hiding in your cupboard how to garden the natural waywhat to do for spots, stains, scorch marks, and odorswhy you shouldn't clean your windows with newspaper how to clean your carpet and bare floors the right way to allergy-proof your home what those care labels really mean how to treat troublesome stains and delicate fabrics...and much more! At last...all the Queen of Clean's® famous advice for a clean house, cleaner laundry, and a year of timely tips -- right at your fingertips! Don't be home without it!

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Repair and Maintenance Illustrated Review

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(More customer reviews)i don't think i learned anything new - it's a very simplistic and basic "guide" - well it didn't cost much but wasn't worth much either

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Go beyond duct tape. This guide goes step-by-step through the most common repairs around the house, saving the reader a bundle on expensive subcontractors. After a brief tutorial on tools and safety, the guide plunges into relatively simple interior and exterior repairs to windows, doors, floors, tile, drywall/plaster, molding, painting, steps and decks, electricity, plumbing, HVAC, roofing, and siding.

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Cleaning & Stain Removal for Dummies Review

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(More customer reviews)This book has changed the way I perform house cleaning. It has helped me streamline the process and definitely improved the results of my efforts. I used to feel like I couldn't keep up with the work and the results were not that great. Now I've learned more efficient ways to clean and get better results.

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Whether you're a devout neatnik or a free spirit who likes to draw designs in dust, Cleaning & Stain Removal For Dummies is for you. It helps you make quick work of dirty work with all kinds of practical tips and techniques, plus trade secrets used by the pros. You'll learn how to use the proper equipment and tackle specific cleaning challenges, including
Floors, walls, and ceilings
The kitchen and bathrooms
Furniture and furnishings
Appliances and equipment
Windows
Bicycles and cars
Clothes and laundry
Decks, driveways, and patios

There are whole sections on removing stains and tackling 101 common problems that you'll use as a reference when faced with life's inevitable spills and mishaps. Author Gill Chilton, a columnist who writes home tips for Family Circle, doesn't just give tips to make cleaning easier, but provides tips to make life easier, including:
A room-by-room guide to what needs to be done, and how often
Daily and weekly lists so you can stay on top of things
Quick fixes before unexpected guests arrive
How to get the most results in the least time

A perfect gift for young people going off to school or setting up a house for the first time, for adults suddenly forced to take responsibility for a modicum of cleanliness, or for experienced housekeepers who want to learn short-cuts and money-savers, this is the book that helps people get off to a clean start!

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Housekeeping Secrets My Mother Never Taught Me Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a lifesaver for me. Growing up, my family did the picking up and putting away around the house on a daily basis, and I washed dishes daily, but a housekeeper came in once a week to do the heavy cleaning. My mother ran a successful business, and didn't do much cooking or cleaning at home. Therefore, I didn't learn the way most women do - watching their mothers. Fast forward to my first apartment - hovering over my very own toilet, I wasn't exactly sure how to clean it. Joni Hilton works the house from top to bottom, room by room, explaining exactly what kind of dirt can build up in which places and how to most efficiently get rid of it. She even tells you her favorite cleaing products. Other housekeeping books are such boring Martha Stewart manuals that not only are they a drag to read, but they leave you feeling completely incapable of ever having a clean house. Joni Hilton's book is a quick, funny, light read, and her clean house is very attainable.

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Master the Art of Keeping House—the Easy Way!Everyone loves a clean and well-kept house. But these days most people don't have time to clean thoroughly, keep up with laundry, decorate properly, and actually enjoy their home. Caught in the vacuum of life, our home skills are lacking—and it shows!This lifesaver of a book provides all the essential secrets, basic instructions, and creative tricks on the best ways to keep house, from laundry and housecleaning to floor and carpet care and minor home repairs. Whether you are single, married, a house owner or apartment dweller, you will discover how to efficiently take care of your home, as well as yourself! Mom's favorite housekeeping secrets include: ·How to clean, room-by-room ·Must-have supplies and how to make them yourself ·Speedy tips and tricks to prepare the house for unexpected guests ·Decorating secrets for a stunning presentation ·And many more!"I have been housekeeping for 31 years and I learned something new on every page!" —Deniece Schofield, author, Confessions of an Organized Homemaker

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Too Busy to Clean?: Over 500 Tips & Techniques to Make Housecleaning Easier Review

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(More customer reviews)When I check out this book at the local library I thought, "Gee, why am I doing this...." because I don't like how-to books. However, this book turned out to be a great teacher to me and now I'm ordering it to own.The author shows many options in cleaning depending how far you want to go, so I can clean my house anytime... even when I have only 10 minutes before my guests come. You may not need this book if you consider yourself a good housekeeper, but this book will help so many people like me, who don't prefer filthy house but at the same time don't know how to clean and organize it fast, easily, and effectively. Thank you, Patti! Your writing is so funny I enjoyed this guidebook as a book to read, too.

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This witty handbook is filled with shortcuts and tricks for making cleaning more tolerable and efficient. The updated edition features a new trim size plus tips for getting organized and cleaning just about anything. 279,000 copies in print.

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The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide Review

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(More customer reviews)The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide by Kathy Peel
What a wonderfully refreshing resource Ms. Peel's book is! The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide is not only filled with useful, practical effective tips for managing your home, but the author's philosophy is so REAL. She immediately provides the reader with "10 Reasons to Get Organized", followed by "10 Reasons Why You'll Never Get Organized and Stay That Way Forever" - how true to life! So many books on organizing and time management teach just one way of doing things, and when this style does not match the reader's personal style, a sense of failure is created; but not so with Everday Survival Guide.
This book is well written, easy to follow, and (dare I say it) well organized. It is a guide, reference book, and primer all in one. Reading one of the basic principles in organizing early in the book is a big plus for the reader: "Organization is an ongoing art, a process, not an end product." This is exactly what organizing professionals teach their clients, and a lesson not to be dismissed lightly. By stating this right up front, Kathy Peel has tuned the reader in to the fact that there is nothing wrong with them, and the quest for finding balance in their life is shared by all women.
I particularly enjoyed the home management exercises, such as looking through rooms in your home for "secret" storage space, and not taking anything for granted in uncluttering your home. Using checklists as a time-saver is a wonderful idea, avoiding being disorganized on trips, for parties, etc.
I've added The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide to my recommended reading list for my workshops and teleclasses, and encourage readers to buy two copies: one for themselves, and one for a friend. Happy organizing!

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"Whoever you are, and however you operate as a family manager, this book can help. Use it as a yearly planner, a reminder, and a good friend with good ideas."--Kathy PeelThroughout the year, life is full of surprises. A sudden rainy day confines your kids to home. Wouldn't it be nice to give them fifty fun ways to combat cabin fever? Your husband calls: he's bringing home some important business associates for dinner. Imagine whipping up a delicious meal on a half hour's notice. A sudden visit from family? Learn to clean your entire house in a weekend. You can do it--and family manager expert Kathy Peel shows you how in this indispensable year-round planner. ¸ Outline monthly and seasonal goals and strategies ¸ Develop your best management style ¸ Apply the seven survival strategies ¸ Simplify finances and record keeping ¸ Anticipate and plan for the big changesPlus ideas for shortcuts in the kitchen, speed cleaning, smart shopping, and hundreds of other ways to make every day easier and your life much happier.

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Home Improvement for Dummies Review

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(More customer reviews)Having just entered into home-owning (versus apartment-dwelling) I've embarked on a crash course in home improvement. So far, this book has been a good resource, especially in terms of =illustrating= what I'm supposed to do. I need the visual cues to understand how part A is supposed to fit into part B and so on. This is one book I think I will be referring to often.

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All home improvements don't require a contractor. Installing a smoke detector, painting a room, and unclogging a sink are all home improvements. In fact, doing the job yourself is often cheaper and always more rewarding. There's no mystery to home repair. The most important tool you need to make home repairs is know-how—to fix the problem at hand and to buy the other tools and hardware you'll need!
Home Improvement For Dummies is a whole-house repair manual for everyone from fledgling do-it-yourselfers to seasoned handymen and women. This anybody-can-do-it approach will help you with a repair that needs fixing right away or get you started on a project you've been planning. This book is for you if you need advice on these topics and more:
Painting and decorating
Carpentry
Plumbing and electrical
Outside repairs
Building shelves
Tiling
Insulating
Calculate how much a repair will cost you, and know when to hire a pro. With clear illustrations that walk you, step by step, through projects, Home Improvement For Dummies helps you:
Refinish and stain wood
Repair squeaky stairs
Install floor tiles
Improve your home's energy efficiency
Maintain and upgrade plumbing
Install an outdoor sprinkler system
Install a ceiling fan
Maintain central air conditioning and heating

Whether you just have a few pesky projects you want to fix quickly or you want to become a home-improvement expert, this easy-to-follow guide gives you everything you will ever need to know. A helpful appendix is packed with online resources that let you network with other do-it-yourselfers.

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A Queen for All Seasons: A Year of Tips, Tricks, and Picks for a Cleaner House and a More Organized Life Review

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(More customer reviews)Another great book from the Queen of Clean. Now i can plan my cleaning the way it should be done. Each month is packed with great ideas on how to keep my house clean. I love the recipies you added during each month for my famliy to enjoy. I have all of your books and enjoy each of them very much. Thanks Queen!!!
Patrick

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The Queen of Clean with her royal tips for every season, an untidy home would almost be treason! Winter Make snow shoveling a breeze...store holiday decorations with no tangles...humidify dry indoor air...care for flannel sheets...make those Valentine's gems sparkle Spring Garden the natural way...allergy-proof your home...banish grass stains...color your Easter eggs Summer Prepare for family road trips...care for your camping equipment...keep bugs away without chemicals...clean your sports gear Fall Get organized for back to school...store your summer clothes properly...put away your air conditioner...prepare for stress-free holidays!

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The Cleaning Bible: Kim and Aggie's Complete Guide to Modern Household Management Review

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(More customer reviews)I love their tv show--and this book! It was amazing to learn how much dirt and bacteria can lurk in an uncleaned house!
The "Cleaning Bible" is full of how-tos for easy cleaning, and recipes for making your own inexpensive, organic, & non-toxic cleaning supplies. I've actually tried lots of their ideas and they've all worked well. The only drawback to the book is the rather inefficient indexing. You have to take the time to familiarize yourself with what's in the book if you hope to be able to find information when you REALLY need it.
This book will become my new standard wedding or housewarming gift for new house-keepers! The Cleaning Bible: Kim and Aggie's Complete Guide to Modern Household Management

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You watched the TV programme and you bought the book but is your house still a bit dull round the edges? It is time to get Kim and Aggie round to do the spring cleaning - their ultimate "Cleaning Bible" is the only helping hand you need for all tasks of a domestic nature. Every tip and trick from their combined cleaning experience of about half a century is included, and they always use natural products where possible so even your conscience will be clean. Make a space next to Delia and Jamie and welcome Kim and Aggie to your domestic bookshelf!

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Miserly Moms: Living Well on Less in a Tough Economy Review

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(More customer reviews)I was kind of leery when I first began reading Miserly Moms Living Well on Less in a Tough Economy by Jonni McCoy and published by Bethany House because I wasn't sure if a family who has two children and who has a lot of other differences compared to our family would be able to help me with ideas on living frugally. I was proven wrong and again taught not to assume or judge a book or an author by it's cover. This book is indeed a great help no matter the size of your family.
As gas prices go back up, food prices continue to climb and trying to make sure we have enough money for a house payment, one van payment, electricity, water, food, etc I try to find ways to cut corners. For my family, food is one way we look to cut corners and I have been already been doing a lot of scratch baking and freezing. It's amazing how one can stretch a $1.55 (on 'sale' at Aldi's) bag of flour! So that was one thing I concentrated on this book, the food. Also by cutting out cable and satellite *GASP* and not having a cell phone *GASP AGAIN** we don't live like most Americans.
Jonni McCoy offers Eleven Miserly Guidelines that are easy to implement and keep with it. Some of these I had already been doing such as not shopping at the same store, making and freezing food, making meals from scratch, etc but she offers other ideas for taking it further. She gives idea for baby care including whether to use disposable or cloth diapers, making your own baby food (we save on this by my nursing for however long the baby wants and not starting solids until 7 or 8 months when the baby can generally some of the foods I make for everyone else). There is also a section for working moms, although she does advocate for mom's who stay home she knows this isn't always a possibility for all moms.
The section on clothing was the one section I disagreed with as she said she she figures out how many outfits her family needs each month or two and tries to find the best deals for the items needed. I couldn't imagine being able to buy new clothing or even buying clothing at thrift stores every couple months - it's not in our budget. So that to me was a bit much, but I don't have an issue with my clothes not being the latest fashion either.
Overall, I was very impressed with the ideas in the book and she has included several recipes. I made the taco seasoning, I hate buying the store bought seasoning with all the MSG and other junk, so I made the recipe in her book and it was GREAT! My husband said he liked it better than the store bought as well. It had more taste and definitely more healthy and cost effective (it makes 12 servings). There are many more recipes and ideas for "pre-packaged" convenience foods to make at home - like baking mixes you can use for biscuits and pancakes. If you'd like to learn how to save money I would definitely suggest you get this book!

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With gas and food prices soaring, there's more need than ever before for Jonni McCoy's Miserly Moms. Jonni shares the money-saving strategies that allowed her family to transition from two incomes to one. These practical, proven strategies, tips, and recipes will help anyone live frugally without feeling deprived. Real-life examples show how anyone can learn to live more carefully and reach their financial goals. Now in its fourth edition, Miserly Moms is packed with even more ways to reduce a family's expenses and expose hidden living costs.

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The Septic System Owner's Manual Review

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(More customer reviews)The basics of septic systems, from underground systems and failures to what the owner can do to promote and maintain a healthy system, is revealed in an excellent guide essential for any who reside on a septic system. Rural residents receive a primer on not only the basics; but how to conduct period inspections and what to do when things go wrong. History also figures into the fine coverage.

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More than 28 million households have septic systems, but few homeowners know how they operate or how to maintain them. This clearly written, illustrated guide addresses that need, emphasizing conventional septic systems powered by gravity flow, filtering through soil, and the natural soil organisms that purify sewage. The book discusses maintenance, what to do if things go wrong, and alternative systems such as mounds and sand filters. Additional chapters cover graywater systems, composting toilets, and a unique history of water-borne waste disposal. This expanded edition contains three new chapters.

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