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MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR HOME, FROM SPRING CLEANING TO ENTERTAINING
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Your home should be somewhere you look forward to spending time. It should be a haven from the stresses of the world. You should be proud to have your freinds round for dinner and they should leave impressed by your comfortable, clean, homely home.
Nowadays, we don't all have the time or energy to make the most of our homes. But with a little help from Anthea, the queen of clean, you too can have a beautiful, clean and comfortable home to be truly proud of. With tips on everything from decluttering to dry cleaning, storage solutions to spring cleaning, dinner parties to brunches, this is an indispensible guide. There are simple lessons on each aspect of home making from cleaning to ironing to washing to tidying as well as top tips on entertaining. You wil learn to entertain in style, with little effort and cost.
Whether you're a housewife, or a young professional or student just setting up home, the Perfect Housewife has helpful hints to get you organised. You can save time and energy and turn your house into a home with Anthea Turner!
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55 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a fan of the accompanying tv series I was eagerly anticipating this book. Can't knock the content, and it covers the whole range of 'homemaker' skills covered by the series, so gives much more information than on how to clean. However, I was disappointed that there weren't any photos, either of the domestic marvel herself, or more importantly of some of the clever hints and tips she demonstrates. I want to see her t-shirt folding trick and towel folding technique again!
77 of 79 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was very eager to buy the book, because having watched and thoroughly enjoyed both the BBC3 series, I thought it would be great to have all Anthea's little tips, ideas and routines in written form. I was particularly interested in household cleaning recipes, wanting to avoid and reduce as much as possible the chemicals I brought into the home. She does give you her top 10 for an envioronmentally friendly cleaning kit and one recipe for her ultimate grimebuster, but I thought there would be a few more. The book has 19 lessons, covering everything from decluttering to entertaining, shopping to children and pets, removing stains to organising your paperwork. They are lessons with lots of tips, and some suggestions for routines you could follow. Anthea does make it clear at the start of the book, that having a nice home doesn't have anything to do with wealth, but with making the best of what you have, hence the load of tips for you to pick and choose from. There are no illustrations (just little decorative pictures) but perhaps it doesn't need any. While it was a good read, I found it did not galvanise me into action as much as watching the TV series did, where I could see the transformation of someone's home before my eyes, and which inspired me to go and do likewise. However, quite a few of tips I've asterisked as I want to try those out. I think it would be a great book to give to someone new to homemaking, and perhaps someone new to homemaking would give it more stars. Nevertheless, I'm quite old at homemaking but there was still plenty in there to tickle my taste buds. It's still worth the buy and I intend to keep it and follow many of Anthea's suggestions. (You know, on second thoughts, perhaps I should have given it 4 stars.)
60 of 62 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book to give to my daughter for no other reason than she has just moved into her own home and loves the colour Pink, I had never been a big Anthea Fan, I found her 'too girlie' for my personal tastes.... So imagine my suprise when reading through the book I found it to be practical, she obviously does her own housework, and obviously puts thought into things, because a lot of her tips are really intelligent 'why didn't I think of that type tips'..... I look at the woman with a whole new admiration, this really is a very good book
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How to be a perfect housewife book.
I haven't read all of this book yet,but it seems to be full of many tips.I love reading these sorts of books,they're useful as reference books.
Published 17 months ago by cLo3k
well worth the money
this is a great book with some really good tips. The book is in perfect condition. very happy.
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. R. L. Wilson
Cheesy but Fun
I bought this book, I admit, as a joke gift for a fiercely independent friend, who, after half a decade is moving in with her boyfriend. Read more
Published 21 months ago by LadyGoGo84
Could do with some photos
I like this book, but not as much as the series, it would benefit from some photos. Lots of handy items and tips n' tricks though.
Published 21 months ago by Ored
excellent.
okay, you'll not be looking at this book if you're not the type of lady who is seeking to be the ideal housewife and home maker so you have to be open minded to the old fashioned... Read more
Published 21 months ago by VenusSpecimen
Katzz
I must have clicked on the wrong title because I was expecting a more sophisticated version of 'How Clean is your House? Read more
Published 22 months ago by Katzz
wedding gift
I purchased this book as a "tounge in cheek" wedding gift for a friend, she loves it!!!
Published on 25 Mar 2010 by Mrs. Eileen M. Blondel
Perfect housewife
As with all Anthea's books, you need to just pick out the bits that apply to your circumstances. Having said that it is a good read and some of her ideas are very good.
Published on 29 Nov 2009 by C. Mcfadyen
Really good.
I really enjoyed this book, though I am far from being a perfect housewife. This book contains lots of great, practical tips that I'd think everyone could get something out of. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2009 by Mel
How to be the perfect housewife
I'm reading it & I'm using it, some of the suggestions are great to make your house your home.
Published on 26 Sep 2009 by T. PROCTOR
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