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Foreword | p. xiii |
Preface: Living with Them! | p. xv |
At Home with Havoc | |
Havoc and I, We Have a Deal | p. 3 |
The Nice Thing About Kids Is They Take Your Life Apart a Piece at a Time | p. 9 |
Gender Wars: What Men Don't Get | p. 13 |
Home Gone to the Dogs | p. 19 |
Slipcovers as Divine Intervention | p. 23 |
Fix-Don't Toss-Abused Furniture | p. 29 |
Designing for the Un-Senses | p. 32 |
It's All Under Control, She Lied | |
Take Your House Back | p. 37 |
Paper Control: File This Under File This | p. 42 |
Organizing the Home Office: A Second Chance for Order | p. 48 |
Clutter Busting: The Price of Consumption | p. 51 |
Your Kitchen Is Under Arrest | p. 56 |
Photo Management: Someone Manage These Memories-Please! | p. 62 |
The Finer Things in Life | |
Building a Better Bed | p. 69 |
The Towel Trap | p. 80 |
Flowers for Every Occasion Including Every Day | p. 83 |
Is a Soap Dish Too Much to Ask? | p. 87 |
Pillow Talk | p. 90 |
Something's Got to Give, Just Please Not the Waterford | p. 93 |
Marriage, Like China, Can Be Tough to Get Right the First Time | p. 95 |
Six Secrets of Great Design | |
Design Secret #1: Manage the Snowball Effect of Decorating | p. 103 |
Design Secret #2: Apply Magic Measurements | p. 106 |
Design Secret #3: Throw the Weight Around | p. 109 |
Design Secret #4: Practice the Virtue of Restraint | p. 112 |
Design Secret #5: Look to the French | p. 115 |
Design Secret #6: Put Home Improvement in Its Place | p. 118 |
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Decorating: Ten Cheap Design Tricks | |
No-Budget Decorating | p. 123 |
Cheap Trick #1: Find Some Direction | p. 126 |
Cheap Trick #2: Color Your Walls | p. 129 |
Cheap Trick #3: Become a Glue-Gun Decorator | p. 141 |
Cheap Trick #4: Bring on the Bling | p. 147 |
Cheap Trick #5: Customize Hardware | p. 150 |
Cheap Trick #6: Fake It | p. 153 |
Cheap Trick #7: Change the Backsplash | p. 157 |
Cheap Trick #8: Frame That Reflection | p. 160 |
Cheap Trick #9: Make Something from Nothing | p. 163 |
Cheap Trick #10: Screen It | p. 167 |
Specialty Spaces and Making Your Home Stretch | |
Homes and Jeans, They're All About Fit | p. 171 |
So You Want to Work from Home-Ha! | p. 174 |
Decorating with Kids: You Want to Paint Your Walls What? | p. 177 |
When School Projects Hit Home | p. 182 |
Dear Houseguest: Please Come and Go | p. 187 |
Home Gym: Make Room for Fitness | p. 192 |
Sacred Spaces: Make Room for You | p. 195 |
House Hygiene | |
At War with the Universe: The Science of Housekeeping | p. 201 |
Housekeepers Are Cheaper Than Therapy | p. 204 |
Flu Season and Germ Warfare | p. 207 |
Spin Cycle: Front-Load or Top-Load? | p. 210 |
Stain Masters: How a Crisis Line Saved a Marriage and a Carpet | p. 214 |
Girlfriend, You Need Some Tools | p. 219 |
Taming the Wild Kingdom | |
SOS for Desperate Landscapes | p. 225 |
Put the Wow in Your Yard | p. 228 |
Outdoor Living: Nixing the Nuisances | p. 233 |
The Future Is Green, but What If You're Yellow? | |
Twelve-Step Program for Planet Junkies | p. 241 |
Indoor Pollution: Is It Safe to Breathe Yet? | p. 244 |
New Uses for Old Stuff | p. 247 |
Biomimicry: Looking to Nature to Solve Problems at Home | p. 250 |
Brave New House | p. 253 |
Final Thought: Going Home | p. 257 |
Acknowledgments | p. 261 |
Index | p. 263 |
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