Make Your House Do the Housework |
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| Title: | Make Your House Do the Housework |
| Author: | Don Aslett
Laura Aslett Simons |
| Publisher: | Betterway Books |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | October, 1995 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1558703845 / 9781558703841 |
| List Price: | $14.99 |
| You Save: | $6.04 |
| Amazon Price: | $8.95 (via Amazon marketplace seller) |
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Product Description
Don Aslett and his daughter Laura offer page after page of practical, environmentally friendly new ideas and methods for minimizing home cleaning and maintenance, including new tips on storage space and more.
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Customer Reviews:
• Get This Book
28 August, 2005
I adore this book. In out last house I put cream colored carpet in and was always spending $100 to have them cleaned because everything showed. In our new house I chose a deep grey color and I finally had it cleaned after four years bacuase I realized it must be really dirty. It looked perfect and we never see the dirt. Just one example of making my house do the housework.
I also have taken Aslett's advice and had two couches covered in a beautiful print with a random design which is perfect for disguising dirt. Again, they never show spots.
If you used all the ideas in his book your house would look like an airport lounge, but most of his wisdom is wonderful.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Solid Tips, Funny Quips
11 December, 2007
Aslett understands the challenges of having a large family and trying to keep the house clean in the least amount of time. If you can build your home from scratch - this book is ideal. But even if you can't there are a number of good ideas for organizing and simplifying different areas of your house. I tell all my design friends about it because it is such a good resource for those who try to organize and make interiors beautiful.
- Amazon Customer Review
• One Of My Favorite Books
24 February, 2004
I wish the concept of low maintainance living was a genre onto itself. But so far this and "Ergonomic Living" seem to be the only books that embrace this practical concept. I think most people wouldn't use all the ideas Anslett suggests (like suspended furniture, toilets, etc), but this book makes you keep maintainance in mind before you make any design purchase. Now when I see people who choose to have white floors or furniture or tons of "accessories", I am not impressed with the beauty, I'm thinking of what a hassle it must be to keep it that pristine. I think the part of the book that most sticks out in my mind is a cartoon he puts in the introduction. It shows two neighbors, one with a fancy Victorian house and landscaping. The other with a spare and simple house. The owners of the fancy house are spending their day painting, pruning, fixing and cleaning. Whereas the owners of the simple house are spending family time together playing. That is the reason I bought this book. I enjoy a clean house, but I don't want to sacrifice time with my family to keep it looking impressive for others. I highly recommend this book, but wish it was updated for all the newest innovations that have recently come out.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Well Worth Your Money And Time!
04 August, 2004
I wound up taking 11 pages of notes from this book! We are currently in the process of building our home and I found the ideas in the book to be exceptional. No, I didn't agree with every single one of them but a good 90% worked for our family. I don't know of any other book that addresses every single area of the home and its many uses. Our new home will be much more functional thanks to this book. I highly recommend it and have already loaned mine to an interested friend. You can use this for existing homes as well. The ideas are timeless.
- Amazon Customer Review
• No Quite What I'd Expected.
19 May, 2007
I purchased this book expecting it to contain tips for ways to decorate your home in order to significantly reduce your house cleaning work load. However, this book is really more of a "how to BUILD a home to reduce housework" kind of book. At the very least one would need to significantly remodel in order to put many of the ideas within into practice.
I was disappointed.
- Amazon Customer Review
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