Use the gentle art of household management to transform your home into a clean, efficient, safe, healthy haven.
Every piece of household advice you could ever need is at your fingertips: from big issues such as how to do your bit for the environment, to advice on the most indulgent home comforts, such as preparing your own lavender-water spray for scenting linen as you iron.
This book offers a variety of options, to help you make "clever" choices in homemaking: traditional, tried and tested methods; "green" alternatives; and more conventional approaches. This is housekeeping for a new generation.
Features:
- The author has many years experience in researching and writing on health, environmental and consumer issues.
- This manual incorporates a number of ideas: that a house should be healthy, efficient, safe and comfortable to live in; as economical as possible to run; and that it should not take an undue toll on the environment.
- There is a chapter on housekeeping essentials, discussing basic housekeeping equipment, cleaning products (both proprietary and homemade), and detailed poisons information.
- A full chapter is dedicated to cleaning and stain removal, with an "A-Z of stains" troubleshooting chart.
- Housekeeping outdoors is also covered, for example: cleaning concrete, establishing a compost heap, etc.
- Quotes and excerpts from traditional almanacs add an extra level of interest for general browsing.
