Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life (Paperback)

by Deniece Schofield (Author) "All my literate life I wondered whether I would get a chance before I died to use the word hugger-mugger..." (more)
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Product Description
When Deniece Schofield first confessed to being organized, thousands wanted to hear the juicy details. Now Schofield's back, with a 90's version of her tell-all tale--hundreds of ideas and techniques for organizing a household. 120,000 copies of the first edition sold.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Betterway Books (February 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558703616
• ISBN-13: 978-1558703612
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #259,347 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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132 of 132 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute must for every new family., October 17, 1998

By A Customer

This book is a lifesaver for anybody with children. When I bought this book, I just had my first baby. Lack of organization has thrown our household back with tons of chores piling up every week. This book has given me a lot of good ideas about the way to run a house smoothly. The best thing about it - you do not have to do it all in one day. The author stresses out that you can do it bit by bit and you will eventually get to a clean well-organised home.

The most valuable thing for me was the idea of a monthly planner. It does not matter if you are a busy professional or a housewife. To catch the bull by the horns you ought to have one.

One more thing, after reading the book you will understand that there no picture-perfect homes (of course, if somebody lives there). If your house is, and you are a clean-it-all slave of it, read this book. It will help you ease your cleaning passion and start enjoying life instead.

I am planning to stock up on a few copies of the book. Next time I am invited to a wedding, I will have an exellent addition to a present.

107 of 111 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Motivating and Helpful!!, October 8, 2000

By	Kelly "kelly-lcce" (Kennesaw, GA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This book was wonderful! It really motivated me to get organized. I enjoyed reading it [it is "easy reading" - the author writes very well] and couldn't wait to get started organizing our family. This book is exactly what I needed to get myself going.

One thing that really helped me was the chapter on throwing stuff away. I never realized that I had such pack-rat like tendencies till I read this book. I am now a firm believer in throwing stuff away [or recycling it, giving it to charity, etc] and our home is so much more uncluttered and nice to live in.

She has so many great ideas in this book that it would be impossible to list all the ways I've been helped by it. She does have some ideas that didn't work for me [I spent a long time trying to organize my recipes and shopping like she suggested, but it just didn't work for me], but they might work for others. I found this a great book to use on a "take what works, leave what doesn't" basis. I think our lives have been improved as a family because I read this book and used many of her ideas and suggestions. I highly recommend it to anyone - but especially to young families!

52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book was the key to all my locked doors!, July 21, 1999

By A Customer

I have been digesting this book chapter by chapter. It has such great ideas and also helped me realize I wasn't in that bad shape either. From keeping a detailed calendar to organzing my dishwasher (if you can imagine) has made me, my husband and my household a happier place. I would recommend this to ANYONE setting up a new house hold, having childern or who works full time and is exhausted!