Good Housekeeping Home Skills

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.

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Good Housekeeping is a leading lifestyle media brand inspiring a monthly audience of 58M readers--including more than 6M social media followers.

Jane Francisco is the editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping and the Editorial Director of the Hearst Lifestyle Group where she oversees and develops content across multiple platforms for Good Housekeeping, Women's Day, Dr. Oz The Goodlife, and Prevention. Jane lives with her husband and son in New Jersey.

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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.