1,001 Home Hints and Tips FROM THE PUBLISHER
This is a comprehensive, fully illustrated home-reference manual for everyone who wants to manage a comfortable, clean, tidy, safe home with the least possible expense and effort. Hundreds of tips, hints and useful projects show you step-by-step how to maintain your home; learn new home and entertainment skills, and how to add those perfect finishing touches that make the difference between a functional living space an a true home. Home Basics looks at all the essential techniques for creating the perfect home environment. It covers the decorating basics such as painting, tiling and paperhanging, as well as ideas for lighting, color schemes and how to create more storage space.
Problem Solving gives practical tips to ensure that every aspect of the home is trouble-free, from general repairs and maintenance around the house to useful information on household chores like ironing, polishing and making beds. There is also a section on family health covering home security and safety and essential first aid. Perfect Home Skills covers all those essential extras that create the ideal home atmosphere, including making beautiful soft furnishings, entertaining and table decoration, and the fundamentals of flower arranging and using houseplants to best effect.
Home Cooking is an indispensable guide to food preparation techniques. Included are ideas and recipes for meat, poultry, fish, vegetables and fruit, as well as tips on baking and cake making, with inspirational ideas for special occasions and children's party cakes. sThe Home Gardener contains hints and tips on creating the perfect outdoor environment. Included are ideas for garden designs, paving, furnishings and how to choose plants for both indoors and outside. This book has been created by a team of expert contributors, each a leading professional in their field.
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