How to Love Your Laundry

Author: Patric Richardson
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1398700649
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
'A joy to read.' You Magazine 'Move over, Marie Kondo, it's all about washing not tidying in 2021 and it's down to one man - Patric Richardson.' The Times 'This slim volume, its breezy pages of tips and anecdotes, stories and, in the back, recipes, is a lovely salve. One would be very fortunate, I think, to be Richardson's friend or neighbour, to share his optimism and joy in life's seemingly small things.' Washington Post 'Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.' W. Somerset Maugham Doing laundry is rarely anyone's favourite task. But to Patric Richardson, laundry isn't just fun - it's a way of life. Sorting your laundry? It's not all about whites and darks. Pondering the wash cycles? Every load, even delicates, should be washed using express or quick-wash on warm. Facing expensive dry cleaning bills? You'll learn how to wash everything - yes everything - at home. And those basically clean but pongy clothes? Richardson has a secret for freshening those too (hint: it involves your drinks cabinet). Changing your relationship with laundry can also change your life. Richardson's handy advice shows us how to save time and money (and the planet!) with our laundry - and he intersperses it all with a healthy dose of humour, real-life laundry stories, and lessons from his career in fashion. How to Love Your Laundry will make you wonder why you ever stressed about ironing, dry cleaning, or (god forbid) a red wine spill on your new shirt. No matter the issue, Richardson is here to help you make laundry miracles happen - wrinkles and stains be damned.

Sew in Love Book

Author: It's Sew Emma
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998983837
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Young House Love

Author: Sherry Petersik
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 1579656765
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Laundry

Author: Cheryl Mendelson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439188564
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 426

Book Description
For Cheryl Mendelson, laundering is the best part of housekeeping. It’s full of physical pleasures—the look of favorite clothes restored to freshness and beauty, the tactile satisfaction of crisp linens in beautifully folded stacks. Good laundering preserves things you love and protects your pocketbook. It doesn’t take much time or effort. What it takes is knowledge, and Laundry is the comprehensive, entertaining, and inspiring book on the art of laundering. Culled from the bestselling Home Comforts, with revised and updated information and a new introduction, Laundry is an indispensable guide to caring for all the cloth in one’s home: from kitchen rags to bedding, hand-washables, and baby clothes to vintage linens. Mendelson offers detailed guidance on when to disregard labels, removing stains, making environmentally informed choices, sewing, and storing clothing and fabrics. A much-needed antidote to the standard-issue how-to manual, Laundry celebrates the satisfactions of ironing, folding, and caring for clothes and linens. Both pragmatic and eloquent, Mendelson provides beginning and veteran homemakers with a seamless combination of reliable instruction, time-tested advice, and fascinating personal narrative. As a farm girl in Pennsylvania, Mendelson—who is a philosopher, lawyer, and professor, as well as a homemaker, wife, and mother—received a classic domestic education from her grandmothers, aunts, and mother. Laundry combines the best of the traditional lore they taught her with the latest in technical and scientific information. Writing with infectious love and respect for her subject, Mendelson is sure to instill in readers a newfound affection and appreciation for the art of laundering.

The Clothesline

Author: Irene Rawlings
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586851439
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
The Clothesline is a nostalgic yet practical guide to a less complicated time, when women shared household secrets, recipes and remedies over the back fence. Filled with historic and contemporary photographs and illustrations, the book includes tips on creating a fun yet functional laundry room, information on laundry collectibles, hints for easy care of heirloom linens, and traditional wash-day recipes like lavender ironing water and verbena soap. Visit the Clothesline website for helpful tips, excerpts from the book, and author tour information.

Henry Helps with Laundry

Author: Beth Bracken
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404873848
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21

Book Description
Henry is a great helper! He can even help with laundry.

Live, Love, Laugh and Laundry?

Author: Terri Bonin
Publisher: Infinity Publishing (PA)
ISBN: 9780741462503
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Live, Love, Laugh and Laundry? is a must-read for anyone with the need for inspiration, renewal of spirit, and the feeling of not being alone in this journey, called life. Terri beautifully shares glimpses into her life and all the challenges that come with it, and then bundles them up in laughter. She reminds us that although motherhood is challenging, it is one of life's most rewarding experiences. She encourages us to take life less seriously. With daily scriptures on which to reflect, she points us back to the Creator with joyful thanks.

La Finca

Author: Corky Parker
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595349065
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
At age forty, Parker surrendered to her Swept Away meets Swiss Family Robinson fantasy of running an inn far from her home in the Pacific Northwest. For the next twenty-plus years Parker ran La Finca Caribe, an eco-lodge in Vieques, Puerto Rico. What started as a rough-and-tumble dream grew into a paradise enjoyed by guests from around the world. Sketchbook in hand, Parker chronicled her daily adventures living with the land. La Finca is a lively graphic memoir about a woman creating a new life amid countless challenges, including hurricanes that led her to reconsider everything. It is a story about trusting oneself, self-discovery, accepting disappointment and loss, and falling in love with a place.

Clean Laundry and Self-Love

Author: Corielynn Griego
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Clean Laundry and Self-Love is a short memoir about how the author, Corie Lynn Griego, overcame tremendous life challenges. Corielynn is a mother, wife, Air Force Veteran, and business owner of a consulting company in Gilbert, Arizona. Corie is a survivor of PTSD, rape, and childhood trauma who found healing through a program offered to Veterans and First Responders called Save A Warrior. After her husband Eric was shot in the neck in Afghanistan, Corie left the Air Force to become his full-time caregiver at just 20 years old. The devasting effects of Post-Traumatic Stress seeped into her marriage, leading her and her family down an almost decade-long path of continuous trauma that resulted in being lost, hopeless, and ready to give up on life. As a survivor of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, Corie is eager to spread the word about the program that helped her reclaim her life. The rate of suicide among veterans and first responders is staggering, and Corie hopes to share her story in the most vulnerable manner will allow others to know they are not alone and that they, too, are worthy of finding peace. Corie and her husband Eric have joined Save A Warrior (S.A.W) as Ambassadors in the hopes of carrying out the mission of leaving no one behind. Save A Warrior's promise is "We Came Back For You," and Corie has dedicated a portion of the proceeds of this memoir in a donation to sponsoring others through the "Intensive Integrated Retreat" (IIR) program given freely to those who apply to Save A Warrior. "Human beings are only afraid of two things, loud noises and falling down. The rest is a story!""The purpose of being conscious is connection and love.""The degree to which you can be, with that with which you cannot be, is the degree to which you will experience freedom, power, and full self-expression.""The key to freedom is in the pain. Be with it. Feel it. Let it hurt. Then return yourself back to love. You deserve it."

Husbandry

Author: Stephen Fried
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553385135
Category : Husbands
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
In his wickedly observant collection of essays, Fried turns his attention to the subject of marriage--his own and others. The result is a daring, provocative, often hilarious read that throws incisive light on mysteries that have long plagued womankind: the inner workings of the male mind.