Good Housekeeping Home Skills : Master Your Domain with Practical Solutions to Everyday Challenges

Make life easier—and get everything done faster!—with 850+ time- and money-saving home hacks for cleaning, organization, maintenance, interior decorating, and more. Step-by-step instructions and photos will help grads, newlyweds, and home owners create the space of their dreams without all the stress. The editors and scientists at the Good Housekeeping Institute share genius life hacks that will help you save time and money, get things done around the house, and have fun while doing it! In step-by-step instructions and inspiring photos, they show you 850+ DIY skills for:• Prepping & Cooking: Make your own spice mixes; prepare the perfect egg. • House Cleaning & Organization: Clean your house in just 15 minutes!• Home Decorating & Renovating: Assemble a gallery wall; find the right houseplant. • Home Maintenance and Repair: Seal a drafty window and fix small appliances. • Outdoor Living: Plant an outdoor herb garden and learn how to compost. • Entertaining: Uncork champagne and cure a hangover!. . . And so much more! QR codes throughout the pages offer additional lessons and video instruction. Whatever home means to you, this book is brimming with invaluable know-how to keep your home in tip-top shape and to help you inject more fun and flair into your every day.

A practical and attractive handbook with more than 850 essential life skills to get anything done faster and easier

The editors and scientists at Good Housekeeping and its lab, the Good Housekeeping Institute, share genius solutions and trusted, expert advice in this how-to guide to making life simpler. With chapters on the kitchen, organizing and cleaning, decorating, home maintenance, outdoor living, and entertaining and celebrating, this go-to resource offers step-by-step illustrated instructions, inspiring photos and sometimes surprising but always practical guidance to get things done. Plus, you''ll save time and money and even have fun along the way.
 
The 850+ skills include how to:

Store and make your own spice mixes

Clean your house in 15 minutes

Seal a drafty window

Remove water rings from your tables

Perk up a grocery-store bouquet

Sew a button

Plant an outdoor herb garden (and keep herbs fresh after they are picked!)

Make the perfect boiled egg

Uncork champagne

Cure a hangover and so much more!

  
QR codes throughout the pages offer additional lessons and video instruction. Whatever home means to you, this book is brimming with invaluable know-how to keep your home in tip-top shape and to help you inject more fun and flair into your every day.