House Love: A Joyful Guide to Cleaning, Organizing, and Loving the Home You're In

by Patric Richardson, Karin Miller Narrated by Patric Richardson

Overview

Discover the joy of cleaning with this cheery and thoughtful guide to tidying up and turning your house into a home.

Patric Richardson is known as “The Laundry Evangelist,” but his genuine love for household chores extends far beyond the laundry room. His philosophy is simple: tidying up is a privilege and a task you do for those you love (including yourself), and there are a million ways to infuse joy into the everyday tasks behind maintaining a home.

House Love*is his sunny guide to freshening up every inch of the house-from the entryway to the attic, the backyard to the bedroom. Patric shares his best design inspiration, DIY projects, and, of course, cleaning tips, so you can fall in love with your home all over again-or for the very first time!

This book also grants you permission to shake things up. Keep bath salts in a cookie jar? Sure. Display a surprising mishmash of pillows? You bet. Discover your personal design style? He helps you do that too. Plus, Patric's cleaning genius will change your life, with expert advice like:

• Which three cleaning tools are worth splurging on
• How to create a powerful (and antibacterial) cleaning spray with lemon and thyme
• What exactly to clean when you only have 10 minutes to spare

Complete with fun-to-clean-to playlists, charming recipes, and even step-by-step instructions for cleaning every type of room, House Love*brightens up life's most common chores. With this book, you'll learn new and novel ways to transform your home, and Patric's entertaining stories, good humor, and genuine warmth will guide you every step of the way.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

With cheery wisdom, humor and warmth, Richardson shares tips, like which cleaning tools are worth the splurge and strategies for tidying every type of room, that turn cleaning and organizing into an act of love!”  — Woman's World

“House Love… will inspire even the most reluctant homemaker to begin tackling long-neglected projects around the house.”  — Shelf Awareness

“After tackling—with joy!—that pile of dirty clothes in Laundry Love (2021), Richardson and Miller take a whole-house approach” — Booklist

"House Love...takes readers on a home tour from entryway to garage, complete with cleaning, organization, decorating, and care tips,...plus laugh-out-loud anecdotes and memories from Richardson's Kentucky childhood and current St. Paul home." — Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

“I have never thought about a book more than this book...Patric is going to be the Ina Garten of laundry...My towels have never been so fluffy.”  — Good Day L.A. on Laundry Love

“This slim volume, its breezy pages of tips and anecdotes, stories and, in the back, recipes, is a lovely salve. One would be very fortunate, I think, to be Richardson’s friend or neighbor, share his optimism and joy in life’s seemingly small things.”  — Washington Post on Laundry Love

“A cheery and thorough guide to all things laundry . . . Richardson’s love for doing laundry is so infectious that readers just might find themselves dreading this mundane chore a bit less.”  — Publishers Weekly on Laundry Love

“Who would have dreamed a book on laundry could be so entertaining―and educational? . . . Along the way is a narrative enhanced by personal anecdotes as well as helpful tips and lists . . . It’s truth in print that laundry just might become your new best hobby.”  — Booklist on Laundry Love

"Richardson’s playfulness and good humor shine in this book; he makes cleaning fun and provides excellent tips to refresh the whole house." — Library Journal (starred review)

Library Journal

★ 05/10/2024

Richardson (Laundry Love), a.k.a. the Laundry Evangelist, approaches house cleaning with humor and aplomb. The book opens with a "cast of characters," family members and friends he references through memories and anecdotes in each chapter's opening. Room by room, Richardson offers tips to breathe new life into a space without spending a lot or knocking down walls, such as changing the warmth of light bulbs or swapping out dish towels or drawer pulls. At first, readers might long for pictures, but that feeling fades as Richardson's engaging storytelling brings the book to life. Included are instructions for a thorough cleaning of each room plus a 10-minute version (with a curated playlist) if one is short on time (perfect for last-minute guests). The book inspires readers to discover their own design style and try new things. Don't need a dining room? Make a craft space or home office. Can't afford to wallpaper? Get a smaller amount of wallpaper and frame it. Richardson also gives guidance on the cleaning tools really needed and offers recipes for homemade cleaning solutions. VERDICT Richardson's playfulness and good humor shine in this book; he makes cleaning fun and provides excellent tips to refresh the whole house.—Erin Dagenais

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160437125
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	12/26/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	545,330

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