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Classic Household Hints

Author : Susan Waggoner

Publisher : ABRAMS

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 28,7 MB

Release : 2014-10-31

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1613122535

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Book Description

An illustrated, nostalgic how-to guide to achieving a clean, organized, and happy home—with over 500 retro tips and tricks! Return your household to the simpler times of yesteryear with this delightful guide full of time- and money-saving tips on everything from cleaning and organizing your home to buying and handling food. Even in an age of endless new household products and devices, these old-fashioned, tried-and-true methods can help any homeowner keep a cleaner, happier home. A thoroughly researched compendium of the best American home life tips from the 1920s through the ’60s, Classic Household Hints is filled with useful information, full-color illustrations, fascinating sidebars, and quotes—providing practical help as well as fun for housekeepers and neat freaks everywhere.



Household Hints & Tips

Author : Linda Gray

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 20,17 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Home economics

ISBN : 9780091917845

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Book Description

Many wonderful little tricks and techniques can be gleaned from old-fashioned knowledge when it comes to keeping a home clean and comfortable with the minimum of effort and expense. This book contains a selection of the most useful hints and tips, including sections on how to clean everything--advice on the essential home-cleaning kit and failsafe tips for keeping every room of the house clean; how to make do and mend--with recycling a virtue once again, these traditional tips are well worth following; good plain cooking--basic cooking skills never go out of fashion and neither will these simple tips; traditional decorating tips--time-honored ways to achieve a professional finish; and gracious living--shortcuts to the "domestic arts" that help turn a house into a home. In addition, Linda Gray reveals the secrets to how to treat valuable and traditional materials, keep pests at bay and care for clothes, and ensure safety at home. A handy pocket reference book you will turn to again and again, Household Hints & Tips is full of great tips to help you maintain a stylish home with minimum expense.



Household Hints and Tips

Author :

Publisher : Better Homes & Gardens Books

Page : 404 pages

File Size : 42,18 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9780696019623

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Book Description

Contains helpful hints over food, drink, cleaning, laundry, household, painting, repairs, home sewing, child care, pet care, health and safety.



Household Hints For Dummies, Pocket Edition

Author : Janet Sobesky

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 106 pages

File Size : 18,59 MB

Release : 2010-12-07

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1118042859

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Book Description

Clean your homethe easy way! The best ways to clean today are different from what they were even a few years ago. It's not just that you have to know how to use new products and new equipment. The surfaces in your home and the fibers used to make clothes and furniture have improved. Plus, the time you have to clean has shrunk. Inside you'll find easy-to-follow information on stain removal and a room-by-room guide to cleaning up everything from counters to carpets. You'll cut down on expensive cleaning bills and still maintain your home. Open the book and find: The basics of having a clean house The right tools for the job Methods for busting dust Tips on cleaning floors and carpets Guidance on caring for your kitchen and bathroom Hints on doing your laundry



Household Hints

Author : Heather Rodino

Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 27,96 MB

Release : 2015-09-30

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 1627889310

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Book Description

It’s amazing what you can do with these four simple ingredients from your kitchen . . . Looking for simple, affordable, and effective home products you can count on? Trying to avoid all those harmful chemicals and find safe, natural solutions instead? Household Hints has hundreds of tips, techniques, and recipes—and many are made from the wholesome ingredients already in your kitchen: vinegar, lemon, salt, and baking soda. Inside this book you’ll learn about: cleaning solutions and scrubs * pet care * natural pest control * tips for gardens, yards, and garages * DIY beauty * food and cooking hacks These recipes and tips for the home are organized by use for easy reference with this colorfully illustrated guide. With these ingredients you can do almost anything—the possibilities are limitless!



The Ultimate Book of Household Hints and Tips

Author : Cassandra Kent

Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 45,10 MB

Release : 2009-10-01

Category : Home economics

ISBN : 9781405349338

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Book Description

Handy hints and tips for a happy homeThe key to running a home is organization. Learn how to keep clutter to a minimum, establish a cleaning routine that you can live with and learn how to make time for regular repairs and maintenance. Packed with common sense solutions, expert advice and traditional tips that will help you do things quickly and easily – so you have more time to enjoy yourself at home! Dip in and out for quick reference and inspirational tips!





1,001 Old-Time Household Hints

Author : Yankee Magazine

Publisher : Rodale

Page : 390 pages

File Size : 32,84 MB

Release : 2006-03-07

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 9780899093987

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Book Description

A compendium of tips, recipes, and recommendations for everyday living, collected by the editors of the popular New England periodical, covers a wide range of topics, from baking bread using traditional methods and simplifying household chores to celebrating the holidays and caring for a garden. 15,000 first printing.



Household Hints & Handy Tips

Author : Reader's Digest Association

Publisher :

Page : 488 pages

File Size : 36,42 MB

Release : 1988

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN :

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Book Description

A handbook for everyday life with more than 4,000 time saving and cost saving tips for the home. Its pages are packed with shortcuts, practical advice, ingenious ideas, how-to information, and more than 1,000 illustrations. Includes over 70 how-to projects--accompanied by step-by-step illustrations--and more than 275 special features.



Handy Household Hints from Heloise

Author : Heloise

Publisher : Rodale Books

Page : 419 pages

File Size : 32,29 MB

Release : 2010-08-31

Category : House & Home

ISBN : 160529117X

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Do EVERYTHING Around the House • Better • Smarter • Faster Heloise is America's most recognized name for household advice, and she shares her innovative solutions for your most-pressing dilemmas. Whether you need shortcuts for everyday tasks, delicious ideas for quick meals, or ingenious tricks for the spills, accidents, and clogs in your day, just turn to Handy Household Hints from Heloise. You'll learn how to: • Clean a keyboard with a used dryer sheet. • Remove hot pepper seeds with a grapefruit spoon. • Lift scuff marks with plain, white paper. • Corral electrical cords with a ponytail holder. Discover Heloise's most creative ideas and tips for cleaning up, entertaining with ease, making repairs, getting organized, taking care of yourself, coping with nuisances, and keeping house. Filled with up-to-the-minute hints, you'll turn to this handbook whenever you've burnt the rice, stained your shirt, or splattered paint on your hands.