Laundry Hints & Tips

by Cindy Harris

Sweet-smelling soap suds, bright, fresh laundry blowing in the breeze and an iron warming by the fire, these are the romantic images of our grandmothers’ laundry days. Although the tasks of washing, drying and ironing are less arduous than they once were, the laundry is still dreaded by many, much less enjoyed. However, as this invaluable little book shows, with very little effort you can turn your home into a tactile heaven—freshly laundered sheets on the bed, crisply pressed work clothes hanging ready for the morning and piles of folded, fluffy towels. Let the hints and tips of laundry inspire you to fill your home with beautifully scented, soft fabrics and sparkling clean clothes and linens. These are the easy-to-achieve results that will transform your laundry routine from a chore into a pleasure.

Genres: Nonfiction

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 2005

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The highlights were three:

First, the photography. This was the initial appeal of this book which caused me to purchase it simply to display in my laundry room for beautification, and now that I have read through, continues to delight. It is the work of many photographers compiled together to complement the author's subjects, and made the entire reading more pleasant.

Second and third were respectively the laundry symbol page (I mean, everyone should have something to decipher all those little pictographs!,) and the stain removal section. I will reference these in the future, keeping this book now for a utilitarian purpose besides just decoration.

Overall, it was a short read and not entirely what I expected. My hopes had been for the science behind why certain things are necessary for proper laundering, but here was a rather widely encompassing but brief touch upon the subject. The what but not the why. I suppose I should have suspected as much, considering the length.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was suppose to be a bit of a gag gift, because I obsessively look at laundry soap ingredients; joke's on her because it was the first of my Christmas books that I read! It is actually a good reference, with explanations on every bit of the process: equipment, soaps, stain treatments, washing instructions, ironing, folding, you name it! Most topics are a page or two (divided into specific relevant paragraphs) but at most four pages. There is an index but it is so short, you can just flip to the part you need. It is a very convenient resource.

[Renee · Rating 3 out of 5]

got this book as a source of inspiration for the little girls of the house who are working on their homemaking skills