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How To Be The Perfect Housewife: Lessons in the art of modern household management [Paperback]

Anthea Turner
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
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Book Description

29 Mar 2007 Perfect House Wife

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 friends 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 Turner, 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 indispensable home management 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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  • Paperback: 168 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books (29 Mar 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0753512858
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753512852
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 1.1 x 23.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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With hints, tips and secrets on how to create an elegant, friendly home , plus advice on maintenance and cleaning, you will have a house to be proud of in no time. (Hot Stars 20070331)

For all its girliness, this is a surprisingly practical book, with plenty of tips for cleaning and stain-removal. (House Beautiful 20070601)

More domestic diva than domestic drudgery. (House Beautiful 20070601)

Expert advice on every subject from dusting to cleaning and from ironing to storage. (The Bookseller )

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MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR HOME, FROM SPRING CLEANING TO ENTERTAINING

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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Where's Anthea? 27 April 2007
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!
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81 of 83 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Anthea comes clean! 31 Mar 2007
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.)
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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful
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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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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but...
The book is absolutely fab, I couldn't wait to read it! It also arrived very promptly which I was impressed with. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kirsten
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I expected
I bought this book having seen the series. The writing style was far better than I had expected. It is broken down into sections:

1) De-Cluttering your Home;
2)... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Deliliah
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good
I hadn't expected this to be any good but enjoyed it and got quite a few good tips. Anthea writes well and the bullet points at the end of each chapter are particularly good. Read more
Published 8 months ago by S. DAVIS
4.0 out of 5 stars Good accompaniment to show
This was delivered promptly in excellent condition. Has lots of information clearly presented, and works well alongside the DVD. Misses out on 5 star for lack of illustrations.
Published 8 months ago by annabelle
4.0 out of 5 stars 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 on 20 Dec 2010 by cLo3k
5.0 out of 5 stars well worth the money
this is a great book with some really good tips. The book is in perfect condition. very happy.
Published on 19 Sep 2010 by Mrs. R. L. Wilson
4.0 out of 5 stars 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 on 5 Sep 2010 by LadyGoGo84
4.0 out of 5 stars 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 on 3 Sep 2010 by Ored
5.0 out of 5 stars 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 on 25 Aug 2010 by VenusSpecimen
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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