| Cleaning Plain & Simple: A ready reference guide with hundreds of sparkling solutions to your everyday cleaning challenges | 
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Category: Book
Author: Donna Smallin
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Studio: Storey Publishing, LLC
Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
Label: Storey Publishing, LLC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.2 x 1
ISBN: 1580176070
Dewey Decimal Number: 648.5
EAN: 9781580176071
ASIN: 1580176070
Publication Date: December 1, 2005
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Product Description
Writing especially for the busy person, Smallin begins by asking ?What?s your cleaning style?? Super cleaner? Speed cleaner? Green cleaner? Occasional cleaner? No matter what the style, she has tips for how everyone can be successful at achieving and maintaining a clean, inviting home environment. She covers every imaginable situation, with special advice for dual-career families with busy travel schedules, pet owners, families with small children, allergy sufferers, and homeowners with large outdoor living areas.
Endorsing the motto ?clean smarter, not harder,? Smallin makes practical suggestions for cleaning routines for each area or room of the house, and breaks down the big tasks into simple, doable pieces with varying timeframes. She builds on her organizing roots and suggests a combination of plain & simple organizing practices combined with daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning practices to keep the home environment clean and clutter-free?leaving more time to enjoy life.
While keeping things simple, Smallin knows how to get into the nitty-gritty of cleaning. She can talk mops, squeegees, vacuuming, and the most effective products for cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, and decluttering with the best of them. She has special tips for cleaning everything from flatware to computers, couch cushions to countertops, shower stalls to stereo speakers, and, of course, the kitchen sink.
Beyond the living areas, Smallin ventures into the basement, attic, and garage to address keeping storage areas orderly; cleaning bikes, skis, and other recreational equipment; and even the best ways to wash and wax the car, clean the battery, tires, engine, and air filter. Out in the yard, she tackles patios, decks, driveways, sidewalks, outdoor furniture, grills, garden tools, pools, gutters, siding, and trash cans.
Never before has cleaning been covered so comprehensively?in such a plain & simple way, designed to appeal to every style of housekeeper.
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| Customer Reviews:
Love It!!! May 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is the best! I've cleaned all the big chores (in a weekend), the walls, the stove, the fridge... Every method used in this book works great!
Window recipe rocks! March 7, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I cleaned my windows today using the Grandpa's Best Window-Washing recipe and it beats any other window cleaner I have used. For that alone I give this book 5 stars.
Perfect perfect February 23, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I like Donna's books. I have several of them. I guess it's the way she puts things. She just makes you feel good. She doesn't try to talk down to you. Nor does she make you feel like your a dummy. Or just over do it. I have many organizer books. I think she has the best way to clean & de-clutter. I hope you like it as much as I did.
Awesome book February 3, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Tons of useful information, not only for cleaning, but also for getting organized in general.
Cleaning is Plain & Simple June 21, 2006
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book has great pictures and is
also very well organized. There is a
glossary in the back to easily find something
you need help or advice on such as vaccuming and
how to get certain stains out of your white shirts fast.
~Skurvy
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