Books like The Cleaning Encyclopedia by Don Aslett

Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World

Discover how to free yourself from physical and emotional clutter in Gail Blanke’s practical guide that encourages letting go of the past to open space for growth.

Learn how to purge, sort, and ’containerize’ with simple, easy‑to‑use systems that bring order and attraction to every room. Quick tips, projects, and weekly challenges help you use space wisely and keep clutter at bay.

Rightsizing Your Life guides readers through practical steps and emotional support for downsizing, from cataloging possessions to creating a meaningful, simplified home environment.

Make those rooms sparkle … Most people hate it, but everyone has to clean. So why not do it right? This guide takes readers through the house, room by room, demonstrating how to clean each one thoroughly and efficiently—even the bathroom and the garage. Plus, it provides an A-to-Z treasure trove of hints to make cleaning even easier.

Hundreds of solutions for all your housekeeping needs! Banish those stains and transform your home into a palace of sparkling surfaces: clutter-free cupboards and carpets to be proud of. From ovens to fridges to bathrooms: red wine rings: and foul smelling microwaves - Aggie has all the answers to any cleaning question you can think of. From top to bottom: inside and outside: you'll find oodles of nifty ideas to take the drudgery out of cleaning. Erase each and every one of your domestic nightmares – after all: nobody knows housekeeping quite like Aggie!

Keeping your home in tip-top shape can be a struggle. Now, the editors at Woman's Day bring you the essential guide to home care with solutions to all the obstacles between you and a well-maintained home. This all-encompassing guide covers every topic from laundry to organizing and storage solutions to using and re-using items in your home. The practical, yet ingenious advice jam-packed in this guidebook includes the solution to keeping your fingernails clean when gardening, the ultimate answer to the dilemma of those greasy dishes, and the perfect use for old socks with holes. With so many fast and handy tips for those household problems that we face everyday, this book is the best way to say goodbye to stress and hello to a clean and well-ordered home.

Green building is the fastest-growing trend to hit since the Internet, bringing with it an enormous range of new products, systems, and technologies. Green Building A to Z is an informative, technically accurate, and highly visual guide to green building, for both decision-makers and interested citizens. It begins with an introduction to the importance of green buildings and a brief history of the green building movement, outlines the benefits and costs of green buildings, and shows how you can influence the spread of green buildings. The book touches on key issues, such as enhancing water conservation, reducing energy use, and creating a conservation economy.

HOUSEKEEPING 101Accidental Housewife(n): an individual who manages the household unexpectedly, unintentionally, by default, or by chance, with minimal skills, a glass of wine, and little interest in mastering her/his domain.Once upon a time lived the 1950s housewife who joyfully followed her domestic duties. Today's housewife is anything but traditional, yet some things never change: mounting laundry, accumulating dust, looming clutter, and the refrain, "What's for dinner?" Now Julie Edelman, the go-to gal for entertaining and practical household tips and trends, turns these mundane chores into fun and easy tasks. Offering real life advice and simple solutions, Julie helps you- tidy up with the faucet to floor facelift: a stress-free way to clean with minimum effort to achieve maximum effect, as you dance with dust bunnies and indulge in a bit of pampering along the way- conquer PMS (Pretty Manageable Stains): learn how to painlessly deal with the most common stains using everything from industrial products to everyday items such as hairspray, shaving cream, and ice cubes- practice feng shui my way: harmonize chaos and clutter and get chi (energized) in the process, courtesy of coffee- follow a food and mood planner: uncover innovative ways to balance your family's nutritional needs with your desire to let them eat cakeInside, you'll also find Burn This: Housewifely Calorie Counter (you can lose weight vacuuming and lifting loads of laundry) and HI Q (Housewife Intelligence Quotient) tests to measure your housewifely expertise. So drop that mop and grab a latte . . . hassle-free help is at your fingertips!Visit the author's website at www.theaccidentalhousewife.comFrom the Trade Paperback edition.