Green Clean: Natural Cleaning Solutions for Every Room of Your Home (Creative Homeowner) Practical, Comprehensive Advice for the Kitchen, Bathroom, Laundry, Windows, Floors, Grills, Decks, and Cars

Save money. Save time. Save the earth!

• Easy ideas that can change the way you clean the house, wash the laundry, and spruce up the exterior of your home
• Simple cleaning recipes that take minutes to make from ingredients you already have at home
• Fast techniques that take the pain out of the battle against grime
• Mom's Choice Awards (R) - Gold Award Winner

Why go green? Author Jill Potvin Schoff's search for a cure for her infant son's eczema resulted in her embracing the green cleaning lifestyle.

This practical handbook explains how to eliminate toxic chemical household cleaning agents from your life and replace them with natural, homemade solutions!

Inspired by the author's experience as the mother of an allergic child, Green Clean provides practical, comprehensive advice for every household cleaning need from kitchen, bathroom, and laundry to windows, floors, grills, decks, and cars.

Jill Potvin Schoff shows you how to green up your chores and reduce your family's exposure to hazardous chemicals in every part of your home. Using safe, effective, and inexpensive ingredients and recipes, she offers simple cleaning methods and smart tips that will keep both you and the environment healthy, including advice for:

• Bathrooms
  Showers and Tubs
  Mold and Mildew
  Toilets
  Clearing Drains
  
  
• Kitchen
  Sinks and Countertops
  Cabinetry
  Appliances
  Kitchenware
  
  
• Laundry
  Washing Strategies
  Drying Strategies
  Clothing Care
  Green Alternatives
  Stains
  
  
• Around the House
  Making Widows Sparkle
  Walls and Ceilings
  Cleaning Metal
  Dusting
  
  
• Floors
  Hardwood, Laminate, Bamboo, and Linoleum
  Tile, Stone, Rubber, Vinyl, and Concrete
  Rug and Carpet Care
  
  
• Furnishings
  Wood Furniture
  Upholstery
  Window Treatments
  
  
• Outside the House
  Siding
  Masonry
  Roofing
  Exterior Metalwork
  Decks
  Driveways, Walkways, and Patios
  Outdoor Furniture and Fabrics
  Backyard Grill
  
  
• Garage, Workshop, and Basement
  Garage Floors
  Cars
  Workshop Tools
  Paint Problems
  Lawn Mowers
  Pesticides
  Basements

"Give your home a good, green scrubbing, and you, your cats and your home will be sparkling, happy and healthy."
—Lisa Hanks, PETCHA

Green has always been a part of Jill Potvin Schoff's life, as she was born and raised in the Green Mountains of northern Vermont. The mountains instilled in her a love of clean air, clean water, and all living things. She learned almost forgotten rural arts like canning, pickling, and maple sugaring at her mother's and grandmother's knees. When she became a wife and mother, it was natural that she would be drawn to a simpler way of life that put less burden on the planet and fewer toxins in the way of her family. The author of two books, she keeps herself busy raising her son, writing and designing books, growing organic vegetables, and running her own Internet company.