Whether your home is small or large an apartment in the city or a country cottage it is a
space that should be at once beautiful and livable. The key to that is managing the upkeep
without feeling flustered. Until now there has never been a comprehensive resource that not
only tells how to care for your home and everything in it but that also simplifies the process
by explaining just when. With secrets from Martha Stewart for accomplishing the most
challenging homekeeping tasks with ease this detailed and comprehensive book is the only one
you will need to help you keep your home looking its best floor to ceiling room by room. In
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook Martha shares her unparalleled expertise in home
maintenance and care. Readable and practical-and graced with charts sidebars illustrated
techniques and personal anecdotes from Martha's decades of experience caring for her
homes-this is far more than just a compendium of ways to keep your house clean. It covers
everything from properly executing a living room floor plan to setting a formal table from
choosing HEPA filters to sealing soapstone countertops from organizing your home office to
polishing your silver and caring for family heirlooms. Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook
is organized for clarity and maximum practicality: Room by Room covers the upkeep of the
appliances tools furnishings and surfaces found in each room from the entryway to the
kitchen from the attic to the laundry room. Throughout the House instructs the reader on the
proper ways to routinely clean and periodically maintain everything in the home including
dusting sweeping vacuuming polishing scrubbing waxing and much more. Comfort and Safety
focuses on techniques to ensure your home is running properly and safely such as recognizing
when to clean vents fixing a leaky faucet and eradicating pests. A-to-Z Materials Guide
provides an invaluable resource that explains the unusual materials that many favorite objects
are made of-from abalone to zinc- and how to care for them so they last. Encyclopedic yet
friendly Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook is a seminal work-a must-have for everyone who
wants a well-cared-for home that will endure for generations.
