The House That Cleans Itself: Creative Solutions for a Clean and Orderly House in Less Time Than You Can Imagine [Paperback]

Mindy Starns Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2007

The House That Cleans Itself is a true housekeeping guide for the housekeeping–impaired! It boldly takes on the reasons behind chronic messiness and why ordinary home–organization books won’t work. Using the methods of “horizontal thinking,” this book teaches readers how to set up a home so efficiently and logically that it seems to clean itself.

More than a how–to book, The House That Cleans Itself also looks at what God has to say about cleanliness and order, and how He can inspire order in every reader’s life in a fresh and unique way. For added fun, some of the tips Mindy uses come from research for her popular novels, The Trouble with Tulip, Blind Dates Can Be Murder, and Elementary, My Dear Watkins.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (June 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736918809
• ISBN-13: 978-0736918800
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mindy Starns Clark is the author of many books, which include the popular Smart Chick Mysteries and Whispers of the Bayou. In addition, Mindy's plays and musicals have been featured in schools and churches across the United States.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Little Complicated for the Cleaning Impaired, September 24, 2007

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whitewave - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The House That Cleans Itself: Creative Solutions for a Clean and Orderly House in Less Time Than You Can Imagine (Paperback)

This book is aimed at people who are cleaning impaired. As someone who struggles with keeping a clean house I knew this book was written for someone like me. I really enjoyed the cleaning tips and especially liked the embarrassing house cleaning stories at the end of each chapter.

However, I do think it is a little complicated of a system for someone who really struggles with keeping a house clean. I personally like Flylady's (Marla Cilley) plan for helping the cleaning impaired as it keeps things simple and helps you to start a small foundation and build upon it until you find your house is running itself. This system starts out with the big picture first and it was too overwhelming to even think about doing all the planning and work it required.

The book was worth reading and it did include useful information on cleaning a house (and keeping it clean).

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensible solutions for the organzationally impaired., January 1, 2008

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L. Boatfield (North Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The House That Cleans Itself: Creative Solutions for a Clean and Orderly House in Less Time Than You Can Imagine (Paperback)

This book makes sensible suggestions that you wish you'd thought of yourself. Thank goodness for the only book that has ever made a difference in my house, and I have a stack of them! The author recommends changing the set-up of your house BEFORE you change your behavior. She further proposes that if you could change your behavior when it comes to organzation and cleaning, that you wouldn't need her book. I highly recommend this for anyone who is drowning and in despair over the state of their house. If you've been embarrassed when someone dropped by unexpectedly, this is the guide for you. Dive in and change your life!

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Housekeeping Challenged?, August 7, 2007

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Kelly Klepfer (Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The House That Cleans Itself: Creative Solutions for a Clean and Orderly House in Less Time Than You Can Imagine (Paperback)

Housekeeping is not my forte. Like Mindy Starnes Clark I feel drawn to helpful hints, but alas, they end up becoming part of my clutter rather than part of my solution.

This book is designed for the housekeeping impaired or challenged. What an amazing idea...restructuring the house rather than attempting to rewire the brains of the household members.

Eureka! If you have struggled with waves of stuff, or a house that seems to explode contents randomly and without warning, this book may be "the one!"

The very Christian message of prayer and persistance is within the pages along with encouragement.

Though I may not begin tomorrow, the ideas and tips are going to be swirling in my mind for weeks, and I'll end up taking a highlighter to the book and then I'm going to get to work.

Two of my housekeeping nightmares are printed in the book and it was no surprise to my friends and family that my stories were chosen.

The House that Cleans Itself and I are going to become very close. I think I can smell lemony fresh freedom.