A Well-Kept Home: Household Traditions and Simple Secrets from a French Grandmother
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Book Overview
This classic volume--now available in a new, smaller format and at a reduced price--provides time-tested advice and old-fashioned wisdom for maintaining a lovely and inviting home. The frantic quality... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0789305283
ISBN13:9780789305282
Release Date:April 2001
Publisher:Universe Publishing(NY)
Length:160 Pages
Weight:2.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.8" x 11.5"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
A breath of life from an older time
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
A little of everything...cooking, cleaning, beauty products, garden lore. Lovely photographs.If you're interested in "old ways" or in France, you might also enjoy REALLY RURAL, a book by Marie-France Boyer.
A Well-kept Home: Practical Advice
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Am pleased with this book on two levels. 1)Visually exciting: beautiful photos giving a feel for a France that people really live in. 2)'Simple' recipes for household challenges: I am an antiques dealer and have been searching for repair/cleaning answers that don't come out of a bottle. The common ingredients listed are easy enough to come by and have worked wonders on my antique linens, copper and brass pieces, etc. Overall, a fun book for those of us who wish we could spend more than just 'vacation time' in France.
Homemaking, not just housekeeping!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
A wonderful book! Just good. old-fashioned sense and solutions for living without modern chemical products. Simple "recipes" for cleaning, preserving, scenting your home. Very inspiring, too. There is joy in having a well-kept home and it's inviting to others, too. Complete without being overwhelming. Uncomplicated. The "old ways" are easy to fit into an over-burdened, stressed-out lifestyle and easily replace methods and rituals already used.
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