Household Wisdom: Traditional Homemaking Tips for Modern Living

For anyone who has despaired of maintaining house and home in our chaotic, modern world, Household Wisdom provides refreshing and practical relief. A selection of Book-of-the-Month Club's Country Homes and Garden Book Club, this useful guide contains the homemaking secrets that your grandmother learned from her grandmother. Learn how to keep a well-ordered linen closet, care for your cutlery, polish silver, brass, and bronze, remove stubborn stains, and save seeds from the garden. The myriad tips and techniques make it easy to keep every room clean, pleasant, and pest-free. Illustrated with 150 color photos and drawings, this handsome volume will prove to be a handy reference to use as the need arises. Household Wisdom helps you instantly create old-fashioned order which never goes out of style.

Stephanie Donaldson runs workshops at the Chelsea Physic Garden and has held similar classes for Country Living and Homes & Gardens. Before she began her career in writing and creative projects, Stephanie was a full-time gardener in charge of a large formal garden and she has also launched a company specializing in rare plants.