Details for The Well-Ordered Home
Author: Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D.Format: Paperback 121 pages
Publisher: New Harbringer
Isbn: 157224321X
Cost: $12.95
Basic Principles of The Well-Ordered Home
Start Where You AreInstead of our natural tendencies to create a home base on a store display, catalog, or television commercial, Dr. Tackett asks us to think about who we are and how we like things to work. This makes a big difference and prevents us from investing large quantities of time and money into systems that won't support the goals we have for our home and families.
Have What You Need
Dr. Tackett talks about the necessary and unecessary cleaning tools we buy to accomplish our cleaning and organizing. She stresses the importance of having the right tools for success.
Use Active Storage
In the Well-Ordered Home we are introduced to the differences between active storage and storage for items we rarely use. Having what we need nearby and where we use it, allows us to save precious minutes in our day to day work.
Get Rid of Clutter
To really become efficient our homes we must eliminate clutter. Dr. Tackett explains why and how with matter of fact strategies. She also talks about procrastination in-depth.
Audience for The Well-Ordered Home
Dr. Tackett speaks to anyone trying to add peace, beauty, and order to their home. Her tips and ideas will ring true in most household situations, with special attention payed to issues like multitasking, filing, vacations, and entertaining. The basics of organization are backed up by specific and special circumstances. Everyone can find something in the Well-Ordered Home to enrich their own homes.What's Covered in The Well-Ordered Home?
Dr. Tackett covers necessary areas of the home that tend to breed disorganization including...The Workable Laundry Area
What do you actually need in a laundry area. This list is specific and helpful.
The Essential Kitchen
Dr. Tackett includes advice about food prep, cooking, and cleanup.
The Well Stocked Pantry
What should be there? How do you create a well-stocked pantry.
Containing Entryway Debris
Why does stuff seem to be dropped just inside the door? What is necessary to add to this space for organization to occur?
In addition, Dr. Tackett has advice for procrastinators, perfectionists, all-or-nothing people, and those who think housework is beneath them. Add to that extensive and specific advice about household cleaners and tools, and you have everything you need to create a Well-Ordered Home.
What's Not Covered In the Well-Ordered Home
Intense cleaning or organizing strategies, step by step task lists and the like are not included in the Well-Ordered Home. Instead the book is an easy to read, pleasant collection of specific advice for multiple areas of the home. The Well-Ordered Home has a lot to offer to people looking for a book that is concise, easy to read, and offers practical strategies for bringing order to a home.
