Variations on a Theme: Spring Cleaning

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I missed updating Variations on a Theme last week because I was expecting guests for Easter. That meant I spent many hours over a few days making sure that the apartment was sparkly clean. So, no Variations because I was scouring my tub. Luckily, the cleaning fumes inspired March's (delayed) Variations on a Theme.

Springing cleaning related books for everyone!


Real Simple: The Organized Home
Real Simple Editors

Real Simple The Organized Home, the new book from Real Simple magazine, is a practical, inspirational guide to streamlining your home and creating a more peaceful and productive life in the process. Whether it inspires a finetuning or a complete makeover, this lush hardcover book has something for everyone. Building upon the incomparable world of the magazine, it provides valuable stepbystep advice on everything from organizing kitchen shelves and cleaning the refrigerator to setting up a versatile living room and creating a peaceful bedroom. A celebration of the liberating pleasure that comes from a clean, wellorganized living space, Real Simple The Organized Home will help readers find the time for the things that really mattermaking it the perfect gift for anyone who wants to do a little and live a lot.

Real Simple Cleaning
Kathleen Squires

Is there ever a week when cleaning isn't atop your (loathe) to-do list? Within hours of disinfecting the kitchen countertops, they're inevitably glazed with Popsicle drippings or splattered with olive oil. And it seems to take mere minutes for the dust to settle once again on that side table. The dirty work, truly, is never done. Still, there's no sensation quite like having a spotless home. After the tub has been scrubbed, you, too, feel like a sparkling version of yourself - calmer, healthier, cobweb-free. Because you'll always strive for that clean slate - even at the expense of fun and relaxation - you persevere through the stain-busting, the sanitizing, and the polishing. Real Simple Cleaning gives you a fresh start, breaking down the dirtiest jobs into clean-cut, manageable tasks. With room-by-room strategies for your space and methods for maintaining your stuff, the book guides you through what to do and when to do it, culminating in one cleaning calendar. All you have to do is stick to the schedule.

Thelma A. Meyer

When Thelma Meyer tells it to you, she tells it straight: Clean the kitchen daily! Don't waste anything (not even the water leftover from those potatoes you just boiled)! Always work hard! This philosophy meant that when Thelma's daughter Monica founded Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day products (named after her mom), the products were designed to work hard for you. Now for the first time, Thelma's sage advice is being made available in this revolutionary cleaning guide chock full of practical tips and secrets based on the premise that life is hectic and messy — and so keeping your house clean and nice is the only sensible thing to do. 
 
Cynthia Townley Ewer

America's leading housekeeping expert shows you how to de-clutter, organize, and clean your home, with easy-to-remember tips for every job, from keeping your bathroom clean and doing the laundry to sorting out paperwork and organizing the family photo album.
Monte Burch

We don't like to admit it, but most of us have way too much stuff in and around our houses. Look in your cabinets, closets, garage, attic or basement. They're probably a disorganized clutter, with items often not stored properly, which can damage them, create stress in locating what you need, even cause an unsafe situation. The first step in storing your stuff is to cut the clutter and organize it. Room by Room shows you what accessories are available at your local home improvement and online stores to help you reduce your organizing efforts and time. The possibilities are endless.

Linda Mason and Mikki Halpin

Green Clean is the definitive, step-by-step guide to cleaning better while using natural, safe products. A friendly, accessible introduction explains what green cleaning is, how it can work for your home, and why it's important. Room by room and stain by stain, Green Clean offers non-carcinogenic strategies for cleaning deeply and more efficiently. Green Clean breaks environmentally conscious cleaning into simple principles and easily mastered routines, with beginner, expert, and advanced techniques that let readers set their own goals and develop their own cleaning plan. Spot illustrations enliven each chapter, showing time-saving techniques, products, and equipment. Room-by-room chapters teach how to make spotless everyplace from under the kitchen sink to the shower curtain and windows. Also included are recipes for safe, simple, and economic cleaning solutions and the lowdown on the best eco-friendly cleaning products on the market today. 


Other Spring Cleaning Titles
Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff: The Q.U.I.C.K. Way to Bring Lasting Order to Household Chaos - Lori Baird, ed.
Flanagan's Smart Home: The 98 Essentials for Starting Out, Starting Over, Scaling Back - Barbara Flanagan
Good Things for Organizing: Martha Stewart Living - Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Knack Organizing Your Home - Emily Wilska
Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning - Jeffrey Hollender et al.
Organize Now!: A Week-by-Week Guide to Simplify Your Space and Your Life - Jennifer Berry
Organizing Plain and Simple - Donna Smallin
Real Simple 869 New Uses for Old Things: An Encyclopedia of Innovative Ideas for Everyday Items - Real Simple Magazine Editors
Real Simple Solutions: Tricks, Wisdom, and Easy Ideas to Simplify Every Day - Real Simple Editors
Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay that Way - Marcia Ramsland
Throw Fifty Things Out: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life - Gail Blanke

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