Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House

The classic bestselling resource for every American household Home Comforts addresses the meanings as well as the methods of housekeeping to help you manage everyday chores find creative solutions to modern domestic dilemmas and enhance the experience of life at home. Home Comforts is to the house what Joy of Cooking is to food. USA TODAY For the first time in nearly a century here is an engaging and comprehensive book about housekeeping. Far from a dry howto manual nor a collection of odd tips and hints a history book or an encyclopedia compiled by a committee or an institute Home Comforts is a readable guide for both beginners and experts of all the domestic arts. Including choosing fabrics cleaning china keeping the piano in tune making a good fire folding a fitted sheet setting the dining room table keeping surfaces free of germs watering plants removing stainsthis guide covers everything that modern people might want to do for themselves in their homes. Further topics include maki