Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home

by STEWART, MARTHA

• ISBN13: 9780517577004
• ISBN10: 0517577003
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-31
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter

Summary

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. InMartha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook, Martha shares her unparalleled expertise in home maintenance and care. Readable and practicaland graced with charts, sidebars, illustrated techniques, and personal anecdotes from Martha's decades of experience caring for her homesthis 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 Handbookis organized for clarity and maximum practicality: Room by Roomcovers 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 Houseinstructs 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 Safetyfocuses 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 Guideprovides an invaluable resource that explains the unusual materials that many favorite objects are made offrom abalone to zinc and how to care for them so they last. Encyclopedic yet friendly,Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbookis a seminal worka must-have for everyone who wants a well-cared-for home that will endure for generations.

Author Biography

Martha Stewart is the author of many books on cooking, decorating, gardening, weddings, and other domestic arts, and is the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She lives in Bedford, New York.