Smart Housekeeping : The No-Nonsense Guide to Decluttering, Organizing, and Cleaning Your Home

There's no shortage of experts to cheerfully advise you on how to declutter, organize, and clean your home. But do they know what YOU want and need? Or are they only pushing rigid, quirky systems that ignore people's differences and how we really live? With insight, wit, and common sense, "Smart Housekeeping" cuts through the clutter of questionable and often silly advice to offer practical keys to reclaiming and maintaining your home. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Anne L. Watson is the author of a variety of works, including literary novels, soapmaking manuals, and a cookie cookbook. She is also retired from a long and honored career as a historic preservation architecture consultant. Anne "lives apart together" with her husband, fellow author, and publisher, Aaron Shepard, in Friday Harbor, Washington. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// CONTENTS Getting Started A Decluttering Tale Keys to Decluttering Step-by-Step Decluttering Clutter Control Keys to Organizing Keys to Cleaning Sharing the Load A Few Final Keys ///////////////////////////////////////////////// BISAC SUBJECTS HOM019000 HOUSE & HOME / Cleaning, Caretaking & Organizing SEL044000 SELF-HELP / Self-Management / General