Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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Binding: Hardcover
Brand: Martha Stewart
Dewey Decimal Number: 640
EAN: 9780517577004
ISBN: 0517577003
Label: Clarkson Potter
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 752
Publication Date: 2006-10-31
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: 2006-10-31
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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Whether your home is small or large, an apartment in the city or a country cottage, it is a space that should be at once beautiful and livable. The key to that is managing the upkeep without feeling flustered. Until now, there has never been a comprehensive resource that not only tells how to care for your home and everything in it, but that also simplifies the process by explaining just when. With secrets from Martha Stewart for accomplishing the most challenging homekeeping tasks with ease, this detailed and comprehensive book is the only one you will need to help you keep your home looking its best, floor to ceiling, room by room.
In Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook, Martha shares her unparalleled expertise in home maintenance and care. Readable and practical–and graced with charts, sidebars, illustrated techniques, and personal
anecdotes from Martha’s decades of experience caring for her homes–this is far more than just a compendium of ways to keep your house clean. It covers everything from properly executing a living room floor plan to setting a formal table; from choosing HEPA filters to sealing soapstone countertops; from organizing your home office to polishing your silver and caring for family heirlooms.
Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook is organized for clarity and maximum practicality:
Room by Room covers the upkeep of the appliances, tools, furnishings, and surfaces found in each room, from the entryway to the kitchen, from the attic to the laundry room.
Throughout the House instructs the reader on the proper ways to routinely clean and periodically maintain everything in the home, including dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, polishing, scrubbing, waxing and much more.
Comfort and Safety focuses on techniques to ensure your home is running properly and safely, such as recognizing when to clean vents, fixing a leaky faucet, and eradicating pests.
A-to-Z Materials Guide provides an invaluable resource that explains the unusual materials that many favorite objects are made of–from abalone to zinc–
and how to care for them so they last.
Encyclopedic yet friendly, Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook is a seminal work–a must-have for everyone who wants a well-cared-for home that will endure for generations.
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Summary: Complete and at your fingertips
Comment: This is a compendium of homekeeping that everyone needs. Not all of us were raised with a "Martha" mom and can't call home to find out how to do all those necessary tasks well or at least not incorrectly. And alas, you CAN do things wrong - which might be worse that not at all. (I washed everything together my first time on my own and voila! grey whites, size 0000 woolens, etc.) Get this for yourself, give this to all children on their own (yours or not). It makes a great housewarming gift, as well, and will be much appreciated for years to come.
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Summary: Invaluable information
Comment: This resource homekeeping book provides the latest up to date information about safe and green home products and procedures. Invaluable information.
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Summary: So much info included, just a few pages are worth the entire book.
Comment: Great ideas to re-set your home care. There is a list of what to do every day, week, season that is worth the whole book.
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Summary: Now I make my bed while still in it - save tons on cleaning products too
Comment: Two suggestions alone made my life easier. First, after making my bed using Martha's method, all it takes in the morning is a tug at one side, folding the sheet over the covers, then doing the same on the other (one I get out of), fluffing the pillows and I am done! Second, the vinegar and water solution is truly the best for cleaning laminate floors - no longer any residue build up left by commercial cleaners - and costs just pennies.
Plus the daily, weekly etc. schedules for the various tasks are practical and easily adaptable to personal lifestyles and regional climate needs. Last, but not least, the intro may be longer than is customary, but I strongly suggest reading it first to get a complete picture of Martha's philosophy for this book. I bought this copy as a gift for one of my granddaughters, after she saw my copy and expressed interest in borrowing it. This truly is a homekeeping book for all ages and stages in one's life.
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Summary: Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Guide
Comment: I've given this book twice as a bridal shower gift. Both girls said it will be their bible. One is now married for a year and has already referred to this book three times for helpful information.
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