Open the windows every morning. Do a little every day instead of a lot once a month. Keep seven simple things on the shelf instead of thirty bottles. That's how my mother kept a house in Swabia, and how I've kept mine in Wisconsin since 1974. Now it's all written down: 198 pages, sixteen mixes, a thirty-day reset and a printable plan for your fridge.
A clean house has no smell at all. If you can smell your house, the house is telling you something.
It isn't the towels. It's the softener and the cold wash. Two washes fix it, and Chapter 9 shows you how.
The book
The kitchen, the bathroom, the laundry, the bedroom, the front step, and the troubles that follow you through a house: sour towels, white crust on the faucet, black caulk, a musty closet. Every method has exact amounts, what it works on and what it must never touch, plus an honest word when an old trick doesn't work.
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Everything my mother taught me, written down for American homes
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The cabinet
Open the cabinet under your kitchen sink and count the bottles. Here's what most American cabinets hold, and the short German shelf that does the same work.
Under most American sinks
14 bottles
Oma's shelf
7 basics
What's inside
Eighteen chapters in four parts, a problem-first index, and two bonuses. Start anywhere: the Problem Finder at the back sends you straight to the page.
Part one · 6 chapters
Part two · 7 chapters
Part three · 4 chapters
Part four · 30 verdicts
Look it up · 108 entries
Bonus one · 30 days
Bonus two · 16 printables
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Oma's verdicts
21 more verdicts in the book
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About the author
I was born in a small village in Swabia, in the south of Germany, where every house took its turn sweeping the street on Saturday and the windows were thrown open every morning, even in January. In 1974 I came to Wisconsin with one suitcase, married Walt, and kept house the way my mother taught me.
On my channel I show the old German ways of keeping a house: airing, the Saturday order, curd soap and vinegar, and the habits that keep a house from getting dirty in the first place. This book is all of it, written down in the right order, with every amount measured and every safety warning in place.
Ordnung ist das halbe Leben. Order is half of life.
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Everything my mother taught me, written down for American homes
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FAQ
No. Everything is in an ordinary American grocery store or on Amazon: plain soap, washing soda, baking soda, white vinegar, citric acid and dish soap. Chapter 2 has a shopping list and where to find each one.
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