With spring rapidly approaching, our thoughts turn to the clutter that has accumulated in our houses over the winter. And anyone who claims they are clutter free hasn’t spent the winter cooped up in a house with two kids!
This book is an excellent guide to help us start our spring cleaning and beyond. Presented in small, manageable sections, even the messiest of us can get some useful tidbits out of it.
By no means do I claim that everyone will have a perfectly run household with no clutter or mess thanks to this book. But there are definitely some great ideas in here that you can put to good use.
Merciless tossing or donating of items is strongly encouraged and the dividing of household objects into three categories can strengthen our resolve to toss. One to keep, ones that are seldom used but still are once in a while, and ones that are not used and are gathering dust. Of course we can guess which ones we are supposed to toss or donate!
Money saving tips and tricks are also the name of the game, from cleaning products to clothes to grocery shopping, with an emphasis on re-purposing items and using what is already in our refrigerators and freezers instead of buying more. Living green is also a theme that runs throughout the book as well.
This book may not clean your house for you but it will definitely help you identify and deal with problem areas in your house and perhaps give you the motivation to finally start mercilessly tossing the clutter and help you find the level of cleanliness that you are satisfied with.
Reading level: Adult
Page Count: 256 pages
Publisher: DK Publishing
Publisher’s synopsis: America’s leading housekeeping expert shows you how to de-clutter, organize, and clean your home, with easy-to-remember tips for every job, from keeping your bathroom clean and doing the laundry to sorting out paperwork and organizing the family photo album.
About the Author: Cynthia Townley Ewer is creator and editor of the top-ranked website OrganizedHome.com. Cynthia’s website OrganizedHome.com currently has 24,000 members and has received numerous web awards. Quoted widely in print and online media, Cynthia has also made several television apprearances. The household bible Houseworks gives top tips and advice for calming the chaos of disorganised homes, and is Cynthia’s first book for DK. Cynthia currently lives in Richland, Washington in the US.
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