This new edition of Make Your House Do the Housework shows you how to take advantage of new work-saving products, materials and approaches to help you make your house keep itself in order.

Don Aslett and his daughter Laura offer page after page of practical, enviornmentally friendly new ideas and methods for cutting cleaning and maintenance out of your home routine, including:

• Information on new easy-care products, such as synthetic-front kitchen cabinets, easy-to-clean window treatments, new types of uses for solid countertop surfaces, low-maintenance lighting and stain-proof paint
• an expanded and updates section on flooring and how to keep it clean
• New tips on storage space

• how to stop dirt from entering your home
• what colors - for carpet, tile, flooring, upholstery, countertops, fixtures - will look clean longer
• what wallcovering and furniture will help keep kids' rooms neat and clean
• why you should never carpet your bathroom or kitchen floors
• low-maintenance features to look for in the furniture you buy
• how to have the "perfect kitchen" without moving to a new home
• and much more!

You'll also find suggestions for approaching everything from simple do-it-yourself projects to remodeling jobs of all sizes to help you turn your house, apartment or condominium into your dream home.

This book presents the radical new idea of PREVENTING HOUSEWORK!! Shows you how to take advantage of work-saving products, materials and approaches that will make your house keep itself in order. Full of ideas, suggestions, and instructions for eliminating unnecessary work-hundreds of exciting ways to redecorate, remodel, design or build cleaning and maintenance out of your home. Don Aslett and his daughter Laura offer page after page of practical, environmentally friendly new ideas and methods for minimizing home cleaning and maintenance.