V. practical-- full of ideas snd tips. You do have to be a doer, a hands-on type of person, though. It's not a book for style freaks who want to pay someone else to do over their home.
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V. practical-- full of ideas snd tips. You do have to be a doer, a hands-on type of person, though. It's not a book for style freaks who want to pay someone else to do over their home.
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V. practical-- full of ideas snd tips. You do have to be a doer, a hands-on type of person, though. It's not a book for style freaks who want to pay someone else to do over their home.
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V. practical-- full of ideas snd tips. You do have to be a doer, a hands-on type of person, though. It's not a book for style freaks who want to pay someone else to do over their home.
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The professionals at the Good Housekeeping Institute present practical, easy-to-understand, and simple-to-implement advice on every aspect of maintaining and managing a home. The Institute's directors have researched and tested all the time, money, and energy-saving tricks in the book, from choosing a vacuum to removing wallpaper, from getting rid of stains to keeping your family safe, and much more. Throughout, homeowners will find vital hints and tips, color-coded by category for quick reference, plus checklists, charts, and step-by-step illustrations ranging from the anatomy of a door lock to maintaining a beautiful lawn.
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"Our ancestors harnessed the beneficial qualities of beetroot to cure or treat a whole range of ailments and recent scientific research has confirmed what they already knew, or suspected.
"Today, beetroot is acknowledged as a valuable resource in the prevention of heart disease and cancer, and a whole host of treatments for other problems, including depression."
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I normally love organising books with lists of tips in them. You get the condensed wisdom that someone has spent years perfecting. No need to wade through chapters of heavy text to find the nuggets of helpfulness, they're all neatly laid out in handy lists, pure genuis.
When I saw this book I thought, 'neat, 400 tips! there's bound to be a whole pile of useful ways of organising that I've never tried'. With three small kids our household needs as many sure fire systems that we can get to keep things on track.
Now, maybe our family's organisation system is already at a premium, because nearly 90 percent of the tips in the book are blindingly obvious. If you didn't have most of the tips in place already then you're either ... Read More:
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This book is brilliant, I cannot praise it enough! I picked originally for the comedy factor, imagining it to be just for entertainment with nothing serious to offer. I was very surprised to find that I was hooked by helpful tips and handy hints for everyday house maintenance.
Now, I am not personally interested in "The Lost Art Of Being a Man" (being a girl myself!) but in terms of starting out on my own away from home for the first time this book is a godsend.
It is divided into sections, including simple DIY, cleaning, household securtiy and clothes washing (including a very useful table of washing symbols). This book provides you with helpful lists of basic things you need for your kitchen, basic tools, even a first aid ... Read More:
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