Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88136 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Synopsis
It is a law of nature: stuff accumulates. Good Things for Organizing shows how to live with stuff comfortably and creatively. In chapters organized room by room, Good Things for Organizing offers a wide range of ingenious ways to tame the clutter, from the basement to the garden shed. With sections such as "Cleaning up the Countertop" in the kitchen chapter, "Linen Closet 101" in the closet chapter and "Organizing Correspondence" in the home office chapter, the editors of Martha Stewart Living have tested all of the possibilities and have created perfect solutions to the most frustrating organizing problems. Included are propjects for every level of commitment, from tidying the junk drawer to building the right shelves to display a beloved collection.

Customer Reviews

Organizing your home in a way pleasing to the eye
This beautifully-illustrated book was very refreshing. It shows simple, and inexpensive, ways of making each room look picture-perfect. In a few hours, my home looks far prettier,and the ideas are easy to effect with junk shop finds. The photographs are inspiring, and up to date. Organizing should be an aesthetic pleasure and Martha Stewart certainly provides the means to do it in the minimum time. Children would surely enjoy being asked to help as well, for example, by making hand-made labels, decanting products into pretty containers, etc.

A lovely book, and a good choice for a Christmas present or wedding present as it is so optimistic.

If I had one wish - I would be Martha Stewart!
For those unititiated, Martha Stewart is the epitomy of a Housewife. She cooks, makes things, dresses and flower arranges better than anyone should, and now she obviously tidies as well. In this book she explains how we could organise our lives in every room in the house, every drawer full of junk, every wardrobe full of jumbled clothes and even how to fold towels correctly. I think if I followed this book to the letter I would end up more neurotic than I am at present, but I have have given it 5 stars. Those five stars are for the little gems which you can prise from the 144 pages. Such pieces of invaluable information, will, I am sure make my life a little easier, and even fill me with a little of that 'Martha' feeling. If nothing else you can drool at the pictures of perfection that are some of Martha's 7 houses in the States. If you like to have attractive books for the coffee table that make your guests feel either inadequate or that you are some kind of angel homemaker then this is the book for you. It would also be great for the downstairs loo to delve into now and then in search of those precious gems.

Perfectly placed
This book is a master piece of all things beautifully placed in the home. It's given me tons of ideas for oranising things in a beautiful way. The insides of my drawers and cupboards are looking perfectly pretty. Everything is labelled and my storage has glamour. Call me sad but I'm so impressed I managed to enjoy a job like organising.