The ultimate guide for the housekeeping-impaired! Bestselling author Mindy Starns Clark delves into the reasons behind chronic messiness and helps you find the permanent solution you've been looking for. Using “horizontal thinking,” Mindy will teach you how to set up your home so efficiently and logically that it seems to clean itself. Learn… how to keep the house twice as clean in half the time how a stepladder, a camera, and a stopwatch will help you get started how to change a messy area into a tidy one―permanently how to anticipate and prevent messes before they happen how to get the family on board in this new process Also included are tips, strategies, and ideas from hundreds of her readers. More than a how-to book, The House That Cleans Itself looks at what God has to say about cleanliness and order, and how He can inspire order in your life in a fresh and unique way.
This a beginners guide to get on track and get your house back in order and make a schedule you can stick to. Checklists, full details of what to do.
With the publication of Living A Beautiful Life, Alexandra Stoddard originated the idea of creating an atmosphere of beauty and tranquility with simple touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. As a world-famous interior decorator, she has worked her magic on interiors large and small, from mansions and embassies to cottages and studio apartments. Through her writing and lectures, she has encouraged millions to brighten their lives and their homes by turning mundane tasks into small pleasurable rituals that add beauty and joy to everything they do. Alexandra Stoddard's secrets of Living A Beautiful Life are yours. With the publication of Living A Beautiful Life , Alexandra Stoddard originated the idea of creating an atmosphere of beauty and tranquillity with simple touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. As a world-famous interior decorator, she has worked her madic on interiors large and small, from mansions and embassies to cottages and studio apartments. Though her writing and lectures, she has encouraged millions to brighten their lives and their homes by turning mundane tasks into small pleasurable rituals that add beauty and joy to everything they do. Alexandra Stoddard's secrets of Living A Beautiful Life are yours.
Inside you'll find tips on how to order your freezer, store and organize your food, create cleaning products from store cupboard items, make a bed in no time, banish moths from your home for good, remove stains from every kind of fabric, bring greenery into your home even if you have no garden, create beautiful flower arrangements, set a formal dining table, be a fantastic host at dinner parties, make thoughtful homemade and edible gifts, prepare your home for Christmas, and write thank you letters. Easy to use, practical and beautifully illustrated, this book covers everything from Mary's golden rules for baking to her favorite flowers for each season, from how to polish silver to whether tea should be poured before or after the milk. With secrets for accomplishing the most challenging home-keeping tasks with ease, Mary's wonderfully simple book will help turn any house into a home.
Create a one-of-a-kind recipe book for your family with this custom recipe keeper . S tore cherished recipes and avoid recipe clutter . Guided pages to write in recipes . Tab section dividers - Appetizers, Brunch Dishes, Soups & Salads, and Main Dishes. Includes index pages. Decorated with the timeless art of Susan Branch . Hardcover, spiral bound. This book will become an irreplaceable heirloom and treasure!
Need a clean space to plot an enemy’s downfall? Aren’t sure there’s enough extra cash to buy those X-ray goggles? Fret no more. With a chore chart, budget planner and bill tracker to help all aspects of your lair, a plan of attack can reach a new level at last! In addition to the monthly budget planner, weekly chore chart and expense tracker, this handy 6x9 organizer includes: ✓Password Keeper ✓Movies and TV Shows Viewing Plans ✓Subscription Tracker ✓Online Shopping Tracker ✓Savings and Debt Goal Setting
The House That Cleans Itself is a true housekeeping guide for the housekeeping-impaired! It boldly takes on the reasons behind chronic messiness and why ordinary home-organization books won't work. Using the methods of "horizontal thinking," this book teaches readers how to set up a home so efficiently and logically that it seems to clean itself. More than a how-to book, The House That Cleans Itself also looks at what God has to say about cleanliness and order, and how He can inspire order in every reader's life in a fresh and unique way. For added fun, some of the tips Mindy uses come from research for her popular novels, The Trouble with Tulip, Blind Dates Can Be Murder, and Elementary, My Dear Watkins.
Hundreds of Practical Tips from Amish Housewives New from New York Times bestselling author of Amish fiction, Wanda E. Brunstetter, this book is full of household advice and wisdom as shared by Amish contributors. Do you seek ways to make everyday life easier? Here you will find hundreds of practical tips covering all aspects of keeping a home, from stain removal to homemade laundry detergent, from baking perfect piecrust to making recipe substitutions, from taming a cough to mending a cut. You’ll also find advice for canning fruits and vegetables, sewing, gardening, animal care, and more! Woven throughout are Amish sayings and proverbs and colorful photos, making this an enjoyable read and a perfect gift.