Product Description

Don Aslett and his daughter Laura offer page after page of practical, environmentally friendly new ideas and methods for minimizing home cleaning and maintenance, including new tips on storage space and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #556888 in Books
• Published on: 1995-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

About the Author
Don Aslett, an Idaho born and raised farm boy, organized a cleaning company to earn his way through college. His company, Varsity Contractors, Inc., became so successful that even after graduation he stayed in cleaning. Now Varsity is one of the nations leading companies in the Total Facility Services industry, over 150 million in sales. Don began teaching and writing about cleaning efficiency in the mid-70s and in 1980 wrote his first book, Is There Life After Housework? Don is firmly established as the America's #1 Cleaning Expert.

Customer Reviews

Designing a new home
I just read this book, and I can't say enough good things about it! I love a clean home, but hate housework, so every time I do housework now I think how much easier it would be, using Don and Laura's guidelines. My husband and I are currently designing a new home and we're implementing dozens of the suggestions outlined in the book... they just all make so much sense! If we were planning on staying in our current home I'd insist on changing many of its features to be lower maintenance. I can't wait for the day in our new home when I think, gee, housework is almost fun now!

Cleaning as a design consideration.
Great book, if only to impart the notion of considering maintenance and upkeep when making various design decisions in your home. Even if you don't agree with the Asletts' decisions, the thought process behind them can still be used. Every time I empty the bugs out of the living room light, I remember that I bought it in spite of their advice... :-) ...but that I needed a "low-profile" fan and accepted that tradeoff.

I've given this book as a gift to several new homeowners and recommend it to everyone who runs a home, owned or rented.

How to make your house do the housework
Ought to be required reading for anyone building or remodeling their home. I used the guidelines for building our 5000 sq. ft home in Southern California; infact, I made my architect read it too. We have eight children, and our home gets just as dirty as anyone else's but it doesn't show thanks to Aslett's good sense recommendations.