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Book Reviews for Cleaning and Organizing

Reading a good cleaning or organizing book often seems like a lot more fun than actually cleaning or organizing. Find reviews of the latest along with the classics. Discover links to author interviews and QandA sessions. Our online top picks for books and Essential Reading Lists for cleaning and organizing will help you know what to read.

Best Cleaning Tips Books Top Picks of Cleaning Tips

Cleaning your home can be a lot easier when you have some help. These books can provide you with a written guide to cleaning the surfaces and rooms of your home in easy to understand, clear ways.

Top Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Books The Best Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Books

With a push towards caring for the environment while caring for ourselves, housekeeping books with an environmentally friendly theme are filling bookshelves. Find out the best earth-friendly cleaning books that should be on your shelves.

The Change Your Life Challenge by Brook Noel Review of The Change Your Life Challenge by Brook Noel

The Change Your Life Challenge takes 70 days to complete and offers women the chance to completely makeover their lives in only 70 days. The step by step program focuses on gradually changing behavior and setting up systems of organization that will truly change lives. Brook Noel's program is practical and insightful.

Common Sense Organizing by Debbie Williams A Review of Common Sense Organizing by Debbie Williams

Trying to make sense of our piles of paper, tons of junk, and cluttered chaos can be difficult. Debbie Williams has some great answers in her book, Common Sense Organizing. Find out how to mobilize your family to help and develop a filing system. You'll love Debbie's task tamers weekly resolution program which breaks getting organized down into small tasks that make a big difference.

The Clutter-Busting Handbook by Rita Emmett

The Clutter-Busting Handbook by Rita Emmett covers everything you need to clean up, clear out, and keep up a clutter free life. Find out strategies to get motivated, techniques to get organized, and maintenance methods that work on clutter.

The Home Storage Idea Book by Joanne Kellar Bouknight Review

Household storage is necessary to keep your home clutter free and organized. The Home Storage Idea Book is dedicated to showing great options for household storage in your home. Full of wonderful pictures of real storage solutions, this book is sure to inspire some home storage changes in your house.

Interview with Don Aslett

In this interview Don Aslett shares his tips and tricks for clutter removal, including emotional clutter.

The New Kidspace Idea Book by Wendy A. Jordan Review

The New Kidspace Idea Book from Taunton Home has ideas for quick makeovers, clutter control, storage, rooms that grow with a kid. Find an inspiring idea for your kid room.

Garage Solutions from Taunton Home Review

Taunton Home Press's book Garage Solutions has easy step-by-step projects for garage organization. Most projects can be completed in a weekend with ideas for shelving, storage, organizing the garage and more. Learn about garage organization with Taunton Home's new book.

No Sew, Low Sew Decorative Storage Review

No Sew, Low Sew Decorative Storage has the instructions for fifty easy storage projects for your home. All of the projects are easy to make and provide beautiful storage options for your home. Even people with no sewing skills can make these easy storage projects for their homes.

Clutter's Last Stand by Don Aslett Review

Clutter's Last Stand has given so much dejunking and decluttering help to individuals in need. Used by ministers, counselors, college professors, and housekeepers alike this book has what it takes to dejunk and declutter your life.

The Well-Ordered Home by Kathleen Kendall Tacket

Living area clutter, storage options, labeling, containers, and more tidbits of home organization necessity are disscused in Kathleen Kendall-Tackett PH.D's book The Well-Ordered Home. She give tips and advice for nearly every room in the house, vacations, schedules and calendars, and more.

Cleaning and the Meaning of Life by Paula Jhung

Paula Jhung is the author of How to Avoid Housework and Guests Without Grief. Cleaning and the Meaning of Life offers advice on decluttering, cleaning, supplies, setting up a retreat room and more. Read a review of Cleaning and the Meaning of Life by Paula Jhung.

The Well-Ordered Office by Kathleen Kendall Tackett

Office clutter, office politics, neccessary office supplies and more tidbits of office necessity are disscused in kathleen Kendall-Tackett PH.D's book The Well-Ordered Office. She give tips and advice for on the go offices in your car and while traveling.

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