The housecleaning and organization sections of bookstores can be as confusing as the inside of your closets. You shouldn't have to organize and rate these tools before they can help you. Point yourself here to find books and magazines that will aid you on your way to having a clean and organized home. Here we'll review the latest in cleaning and organization printed help, as well as some of the old favorites.
Deirdre Imus's book on green cleaning is a great book to scare us away from nearly everything sold on the cleaning aisle at your local grocery store, but does it offer any practical solutions to making your cleaning more green?
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.
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.
The New Kidspace Idea Book from Taunton Home has ideas for quick makeovers, clutter control, storage, rooms that grow with a kid. Find an idea for your kid room.
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 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 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.
Don Aslett is known as America's Number 1 Cleaning Expert for his numerous books, interviews, and tidbits of advice for cleaning and organizing homes. He speaks in this interview about the second edition of Clutter's Last Stand with advice for the completely hopeless junkies, information on rewards for dejunking, why Clutter's Last Stand is such a popular book, and why we are accumulating so much stuff.
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.
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.
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.
Here are 3 books I could not live without. They have helped me so much to organize, clean, and most importantly laugh. Read a brief description of each book and then post your own favorites to our forum.
My mom taught me to never pass a checkout counter without grabbing the latest issue of this magazine. Check out the Goodhousekeeping website for ideas, articles, hints, quizzes and more. The magazine has been a staple of many homes for years.
Woman's Day is another checkout counter staple, browse the websites collection of links and articles. Checkout the home section for tips and tricks to keep your house clean and orderly.
This is a newer magazine that is extremely popular because of its laid back yet informative style. Hundreds of quick tips for you and your home are located on the Real Simple site. To access full features of the website you need to be a subscriber to the magazine. Newstand buyers of the magazine can have temporary access with a code found in their issue.
In the same vein as other housekeeping magazines, with a little more attention focused on the home. Check out their slideshows and amazing photographs at the Better Homes and Gardens website.
