Cleaning Caretaking category: 834 books
The One-Minute Cleaner Plain & Simple
500 Tips for Cleaning Smarter, Not Harder
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Clean smarter, not harder. Donna Smallin shows you how to quickly and effectively clear clutter, destroy dirt, and restore order. With 500 plain and simple strategies for efficiently eliminating the mess in every room, you’ll discover how easy it can be to maintain a clean home without devoting...
Household Hints
Amazing Uses for Salt, Lemons, Vinegar and Baking Soda
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Discover simple, natural, and effective home products you can count on. Trying to avoid all those harmful chemicals in your home and looking for natural solutions? Household Hints has hundreds of fresh, safe, and effective tips, techniques, and recipes--and many are made from the wholesome ingredients...
The Home Organizing Workbook
Clearing Your Clutter, Step by Step
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Failing the Mary Poppins' snap-the-fingers approach to cleaning, here's the next best thing: an utterly practical handbook that offers lasting results for anyone looking to banish clutter from every room in the house. Home organizer par excellence Meryl Starr offers up her hardworking organizing solutions...
Just Clean Enough
Home Organization in an Imperfect World
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
A clean house means peace of mind. But who has the time to keep on top of it?
Fortunately, this book breaks down home organization and gives busy families a solution. Unlike other decluttering books that press for perfection, this flexible guide features tips for each room in the house and...
Home-Ec 101
Skills for Everyday Living
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Self-sufficiency rocks! A handy guide to real-life skills that save you time, money, and stress.
No matter whether you’re male or female, owner or renter, having an understanding of the domestic arts gives you a sense of control over your life. This entertaining and eminently useful handbook...
Handy Household Hints from Heloise
Hundreds of Great Ideas at Your Fingertips
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Do EVERYTHING Around the House
• Better
• Smarter
• Faster
Heloise is America's most recognized name for household advice, and she shares her innovative solutions for your most-pressing dilemmas. Whether you need shortcuts for everyday tasks, delicious ideas for quick meals, or ingenious...
by Suzy Scherr
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
75 ways to make life easier—with baking soda
Everyone has baking soda on hand to help cookies rise and keep the pantry smelling fresh. But this simple compound also has dozens of other applications for health, cleaning, gardening, and more.
In The Baking Soda Companion, Suzy Scherr...
Waste Not
Make a Big Difference by Throwing Away Less
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
'This is a much-needed guidebook from a true agent of change.’ Sarah Wilson
We need to talk about waste. Shrink-wrapped vegies, disposable coffee cups, clothes and electronics designed to be upgraded every year: we are surrounded by stuff that we often use once and then throw away. Each...
Francis Brennan's Book of Household Management
How to Create a Happy Home
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Sharing all he has learned from running the famously warm and welcoming five-star Park Hotel in Kenmare, Francis Brennan’s third book contains everything you need to know to create a happy home.
While modern life can be busy and stressful, a tidy, orderly place for you and your family to...
Classic Household Hints
Over 500 Old and New Tips for a Happier Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
An illustrated, nostalgic how-to guide to achieving a clean, organized, and happy home—with over 500 retro tips and tricks!
Return your household to the simpler times of yesteryear with this delightful guide full of time- and money-saving tips on everything from cleaning and organizing your...
Home Economics
Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st-Century Household
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
“Housekeeping is becoming more and more a matter of science, and the laurels are bound to fall to the woman who conducts her household in a business-like way.”
Let the thrifty sensibility of yesteryear be your guide as you shop for the most economical foods, choose wall colors scientifically,...
How to Get Things Really Flat
Enlightenment for Every Man on Ironing, Vacuuming and Other Household Arts
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Includes actual instructions! “You might not think that a book about cleaning could be funny but this made me laugh out loud” (The Financial Times).
For many reasons, men often neglect housekeeping chores—even when they share the house with other humans who wish they could get some help...
Who Knew? Odor-Eliminating Miracles
Get Rid of Bad Smells from Pets, Food, Smoke, and More, and Make Your Own Air Fresheners
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Get Rid of Household Odors Quickly and Easily!
You don't have to live with bad odors from dog urine, stinky diapers, or even a musty basement. No matter what's causing that "What smells bad?" moment in your home, it's about to be gone! “Who Knew? Odor-Eliminating Miracles” reveals...
Caring for Your Cherished Possessions
The Experts' Guide to Cleaning, Preserving, and Protecting Your China, Silver, F urniture, Clothing, Paintings
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
An invaluable guide for everyone who owns fine and precious things and wants to know how to maintain their beauty and value. Whether it's art objects, furnishings, or textiles, this complete, practical book provides state-of-the-art and traditional techniques for effective preservation and restoration.