Housekeeping Around the Year

Tips and Resources for Every Month

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My book Smart Housekeeping was pretty bare bones, so this is where I spread out with a year's worth of tips, advice, and explorations. (Eventually, almost all of this and more made it into my second housekeeping book, Smart Housekeeping Around the Year.)

I organized this in the form of a monthly magazine, because the more skilled housekeeping tasks tend to follow the calendar. We do what we need to for seasonal celebrations, and we try to get the weather on our side when we paint a room, air dry a comforter, or get the carpets steam cleaned.

Other tasks and concerns are less linked to the seasons, but also don’t need to be revisited often, once you’ve arranged things to please yourself. So considering them on an annual basis is probably about right.

Smart Housekeeping featured felted white mice, at least on the cover. As mice will do, they have now taken over the house, and they're shown through all the months, doing their chores, handling household crises, and entertaining other small animals. They also "step out" each month, enjoying adventures together and just having fun.

I recommend that for all of us.