Houseworks: Cut the Clutter, Speed Your Cleaning and Calm the Chaos [Paperback]

Cynthia Townley Ewer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 20, 2006

America's leading housekeeping expert shows you how to de-clutter, organize, and clean your home, with easy-to-remember tips for every job, from keeping your bathroom clean and doing the laundry to sorting out paperwork and organizing the family photo album. Where there is hope, there is help. You can win the chore wars!

• Author, founder, and editor of the top-ranked website OrganizedHome.com
• Introduces easy-to-remember tips for organizing the home
• Step-by-step photographs throughout show how easy it is to reach your goal

Editorial Reviews

Review

"... a thorough, readable and helpfully illustrated guide to cleaning and organizing." -- San Diego Union

"... you will definitely improve the cleanliness and functionality of your household." -- Seattle Times

"The information is presented in manageable chunks, so it's easy to read about and tackle one task at a time." -- The Times

"[Houseworks] is so complete that even the very tidy will learn something about how to run an ultra-organized household." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram

About the Author

Cynthia Townley Ewer is the creator of OrganizedHome.com, an award-winning home organization and management website.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT (March 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756613612
• ISBN-13: 978-0756613617
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #77 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Home Improvement & Design > How-to & Home Improvements > Cleaning, Caretaking & Relocating

More About the Author

Cynthia Ewer (Richland, Wash.) is publisher of OrganizedHome.com, an information resource for home organization and management. She is author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Organized, Fast-Track, and of Houseworks: How to Live Clean, Green and Organized at Home.

Cynthia's Web site has received numerous awards and media mentions since its debut in 1998, including the coveted USA Today HotSite and USA Weekend "Best of the Web" awards. OrganizedHome.com has been featured in numerous magazines, including Woman's Day, Women's World, All You, First for Women, Walking, Cooking Light, AARP, and Real Simple, and countless newspaper and Web site mentions.

As editor, author, and online coach, Cynthia is known for her witty, inspirational style and sense of humor. Her media exposure includes national television appearances on ABC's The View.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

90 of 94 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for clutter busting April 7, 2006

By Cluttered Mom

Format:Paperback

I have a lot of trouble with clutter, so I read a lot of these books--and this one is the best I've ever seen. It doesnt just tell you how to get organized, but all the photos are so beautiful and show you how to do it.

This book is so funny, too. My husband kept asking me why I was laughing. He wanted to know why I was cracking up at a book about cleaning the house.

This would be a great wedding gift or for a sister or a friend.

57 of 59 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book!! September 7, 2006

By A reader

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is the best book I have ever seen (and I have seen many) on household organizing. Beautifully presented with clear instructions and photos on folding fitted sheets and towels, organizing children's rooms, information on how long you can safely freeze foods and keep foods on the pantry shelf, cleaning products and tools, and many other tips on how to make life run more smoothly. I liked it so much I ordered one for my daughter as she moves into a new home -- off to the right start. A wonderful resource for any home.

109 of 121 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book on household organization and cleaning routines I've ever seen March 27, 2006

By overtakenbyanap

Format:Paperback

Cynthia, I've long admired your excellent site, Organized Home, but this book is in a class by itself. I think it's excellent, like you I taught myself organization from scratch.

Along the way I learned from great books by Don Aslett (Clutter's Last Stand), Bonnie McCullough (Totally Organized), Jeff Campbell's Speed Cleaning trio of books, and the classic by Peg Bracken, The I Hate To Housekeep book.

Yours outranks all of them. They are still permanent residents on my shelf of household organization books, but yours has just become the book I want to give as a gift to young couples, new parents, new homeowners and anyone I really care about.

Way to GO girl! you really rocked my socks off today! Wow what a book!