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A review by felinity
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House by Harry Bates, Cheryl Mendelson
informative
5.0
When we moved into our first house I bought this book and read it from cover to cover. It was awe-inspiring in the amount of detail about everything. I think of this as the sort of book previous generations probably didn't need because they learned everything from other people.
Anyone responsible for a household will find useful information here, whether it's how to set about spring cleaning or what thread count (and fabric type) actually means or how to hang your washing on a line or how to fold fitted sheets or how to store food or what those arcane pictures on clothing labels really mean...
I now use it as a reference guide, occasionally pulling it out to read an entire chapter but more often than not to look at the laundry section (where I leave my bookmark) to find out whether a certain item really *needs* to be dry-cleaned or whether I can carefully use the delicate cycle on my machine. I wouldn't be without it.
Anyone responsible for a household will find useful information here, whether it's how to set about spring cleaning or what thread count (and fabric type) actually means or how to hang your washing on a line or how to fold fitted sheets or how to store food or what those arcane pictures on clothing labels really mean...
I now use it as a reference guide, occasionally pulling it out to read an entire chapter but more often than not to look at the laundry section (where I leave my bookmark) to find out whether a certain item really *needs* to be dry-cleaned or whether I can carefully use the delicate cycle on my machine. I wouldn't be without it.