Hannah's Art of Home: Managing Your Home Around Your Personality (Capital Lifestyles) [Paperback]

Hannah Keeley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 9, 2004 | Series: Capital Lifestyles

Feeling overwhelmed by housework, swamped by clutter, unsettled in your house, tired of trying to balance everything? Hannah Keeley's remarkable new guide shows you how to organize and decorate a home that nurtures your spirit and allows you time to enjoyr your family and your life.
Before you roll up your sleeves, Hannah, the mother of six, with a degree in psychology and a commitment to sound loving families, helps you identify your personality type so you'll know how to manager your home in tune with your spirit. Whether you are a Mother Hen who loves feathering her nest, a Master Mind who sets goals with schedules to match, a Creative Spirit who adds color and flair before elbow grease, or a Starry-Eyed Dreamer who watches it all happen, Hannah has wyas for you to de-clutter, organize, clean, and decorate your home the way you work best.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Keeley, the founder of a line of organic baby spa products and a home-schooling mother of six children, gently urges harried women to organize their homes and lives through simple steps designed to complement their domestic personalities. A quiz helps them determine their type first: the Master Mind, whose home is her "laboratory"; the Creative Spirit, whose home is her "stage"; the Mother Hen, whose home is her "feathered nest"; and the Starry-Eyed Dreamer, whose home is her "dream world." When it comes to cleaning, for example, Keeley offers "prescriptions" for all types: e.g., Master Minds, who are already good at cleaning, should remember not to sweat a little clutter, while Creative Spirits should alternate between different cleaning techniques to keep from getting bored. Keeley delivers plenty of solid advice, much of it commonsensical but all of it useful. It’s too bad that the text wasn’t trimmed down, though: were this book distilled to half its size, it might have been twice as good.
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Review

"...how to organize and decorate a home that nurtures the spirit and allows time to enjoy family and life." -- Lisa Cherry, The Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), December 5, 2004

"...shows how to de-clutter, clean, decorate and organize a home according to one’s habits." -- Publishers Weekly, August 9, 2004

"Shows how to de-clutter, clean, decorate and organize a home according to one’s habits." -- Publishers Weekly, August 9, 2004

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Product Details

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: Capital Books (November 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931868824
• ISBN-13: 978-1931868822
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,072,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Humor Meets Practicality in "Hannah's Art of Home", January 9, 2005

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Laura G. Tyson (College Station, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hannah's Art of Home: Managing Your Home Around Your Personality (Capital Lifestyles) (Paperback)

If you're like me, you have walked over that pile of dirty clothes behind your bedroom door (because there is no room for them in your closet) one too many times. This book offered the help I needed to get my living space in working order and so much more! Like a life-long friend, Keeley laughs you through a home overhaul....with a twist! By incorporating a little psychology (through a quick quiz)she offers helpful hints for your unique personality. Even if you actually have a place in your closet for your dirty clothes this book offers a great read, lots of understanding smiles and plenty of "laugh out loud" moments.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great motivator, December 27, 2004

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H. S. Higgenbottom (North Augusta SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hannah's Art of Home: Managing Your Home Around Your Personality (Capital Lifestyles) (Paperback)

I loved this book. Keeley manages to get me excited about something that I absolutely loathe...cleaning and organizing my house! There is a test you take at the beginning of the book and that test determines your personality (me? I was the starry eyed dreamer). Then at the end of each of her chapters, she has homework for each personality. My favorite was her chapter on AS IS organizing and the ten minute tidy. If you have a problem keeping your home under control or if you just want to be better organized I would strongly suggest buying this book!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making the Unavoidable Easier, March 13, 2005

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Charles F. Jenkins "CF Jenkins" (Augusta, GA) - See all my reviews
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My distaste for cleaning goes almost as deep as my love of reading. Both have prompted a long search for that magical book, the one that somehow turns cleaning and organizing into a wonderful and exciting task. While this book may not be that particular panacea, it goes further than any other that I have read. I love the concept of amtching your method to your personality and Ms. Keeley's humor makes me laugh even when I am knee deep in the laundry. It was a wonderful read and I enjoyed it very much. Now, if I could only find the front door . . .