Consumer guide favorite household hints

the long version

Over 570 pages of terrific hints to save you time, money, and energy on all kinds of everyday tasks and chores around the house - that's what you get in Favorite Helpful Household Hints. If you've ever wished for an easier, faster, cheaper, or less messy way to tackle a routine job, chances are this book tells you how. Over 4000 helpful hints cover every aspect of your household jobs - from painting the living room to cleaning the car, from feeding the baby to recycling leftovers for tasty meals, from child-proofing your home for safety to fixing torn window screens. There are hundreds of terrific tips on buying storing, preserving, and preparing food, so cooks will have a great time with this book. You also get ingenious ideas for brightening up your home with low-cost (or no-cost) design ideas, getting top performance from your car: choosing and caring for clothes: taking the labor out of laundry; and getting spots and stains out of everything from sofas to shoes.