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English
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Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have lapsed (and...
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Publisher
Rodale
Language
English
Description
"Sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful process that millions of Americans confront every year. The need to downsize often arises at a momentous life change, whether you're an empty nester or retiree selling your family home, a newlywed blending your households, or you're cleaning out your parents' property after they've moved into assisted living or passed away. Decluttering guru Peter Walsh...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Hundreds of clever tips, solutions, and easy ways to elevate every day, from America's most trusted lifestyle authority, in one must-have handbook"--
Inside these pages Martha shares all her best good thingsthe original life hacks for the hometo make your life easier, more fun, more delicious, and more efficient. These practical tricks cover all areas of Marthas domestic expertise, including decorating, organizing, homekeeping, cooking, entertaining,...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 bestselling sensation and Netflix star comes her guide to designing not just the home, but the life of your dreams, fully illustrated with more than 200 photographs from inside the Marie Kondo lifestyle." -- Provided by publisher.
15) Clean Mama's guide to a peaceful home: effortless systems and joyful rituals for a calm, cozy home
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Language
English
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The creator of the popular cleaning website Clean Mama and author of Clean Mama's Guide to a Healthy Home shows you how to establish systems and rituals to transform your home into a clean, organized, and comfortable space for you and your family. We all want our homes to be cozy and comfortable havens where we can leave the challenges of the outside world behind. But too often the mail piles up, the laundry doesn't get folded, or the kids forget...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this timely and motivational guide, author Julia Watkins shares rituals, recipes, and projects for living simply and sustainably at home. For every area of your householdkitchen, cleaning, wellness, bath, and gardenJulia shows you how to eliminate wasteful packaging, harmful ingredients, and disposable items. Practical checklists outline easy swaps (instead of disposable sponges, opt for biodegradable sponges or Swedish dishcloths; choose a bamboo...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
What if there were one book that could help you do nearly everything in life cheaper, better, and faster? Show you how to remove hairspray baked onto a curling iron. How to make white shoes look like new. How to make gourmet coffee without the gourmet price. How to keep your cat out of your houseplants. And hundreds of other things. Cheaper, Better, Faster is all the best advice you've ever heard, collected into one handy volume. Every tip is short,...
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 306 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Living comes a motivational homemaking book, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, featuring creative, fun ways to live your life simply and frugally." -- From dust jacket.
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English
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"Emily Morrow, creator of the viral "Really Very Crunchy" social media accounts, guides you through the ins and outs of starting and maintaining a crunchy lifestyle. With her signature humor and a delightfully sincere approach, she will show you how crunchy is a spectrum and how every little choice you make is one small step away from crunch-ifying your own life. From the basics of crunchy to the more advanced choices (beets instead of blush, anyone?),...
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term "home economics" may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken cakes. But obscured by common conception is the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists,...