Home Comforts

Home Comforts: The Art & Science Of Keeping House is another great book on keeping your home to have around. It was written by Cheryl Mendelson and was published in 1999. In a lot of ways it is similar to Martha Stewart's book, but it has its own unique tone to it.

Mrs. Mendelson sees house keeping as an art. She understands that the cleaning and keeping of a home encompasses a lot of skills in different areas. She understands that keeping a home is more than keeping it clean, but also about a private place to meet a family's needs. 

The book starts out with setting up a routine that will work for you and your family. The next section is on food. It covers home cooking, serving meals, beverages, tips on marketing, food storage, and food safety. 

The third section is an extensive section on cloth - the different types and how to care for them. Doing the laundry is covered from the gathering of it to the putting away of it. It also cover how to launder tricky items, problem solving tips, and stains removal. The fourth section is on the cleaning of you home. It covers the materials to use and how to clean unusual items in the home.

Dealing with those things you use everyday is covered in the fifth section. It also covers setting the mood for a peaceful, calming home. It covers how to care for books, pictures, and pets. The sixth section is a section on how to set up a bedroom for a good nights sleep. The seventh section covers setting up a safety plan, what to do in case of emergencies, and how to handle dangerous household chemicals. The last section covers the rights of a homeowner and what to look for when it come to laws or regulations in your area. 

Home Comforts is a large book with almost 900 pages in it. I still am reading and learning from it. It may take you a while to get through it, but it is definitely a good book to add to your home keeping library. 

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