Martha Stewart's Hardcover Guide to Achieving Order and Balance in your Life, Home, and Routines

Marburg92: Beautiful graphics and photos, useful tips and reminders that take you through the seasons

Italy on Sep 10, 2023

Megan: Not as helpful as I hoped.

Canada on Jun 12, 2023

Naomi L HubertNaomi L Hubert: I wanted to give this book a great rating but the binding is extremely poor quality. When I received the book the pages were already separated from the spine and I have to be extra careful when reading so that it doesn’t just fall apart. So disappointed!

Canada on Jun 03, 2023

Carrie bryant: Pretty good book on organizing

Canada on Feb 03, 2023

jade ebanks: Awsome meant to read in bits but read all in 2 hours and I made changes to so much in my home the same day. Some things are very specific to a wealthy home, for example the laundry room basement and home office, things can be applied to other places but a small home clutter book would be the icing I need.

United Kingdom on Jul 14, 2022

Daisycat68: I love Martha. I have been following her since the '90s. As someone who is perpetually organizationally-challenged, I was hoping Martha would provide me with the tools to achieve success. I think it will inspire me but will need to search for a more in-depth manual.

This book is a great example of what Martha does best. The book is glossy and visually stunning. It also covers WAY too many topics: a detailed (and quite insane) calendar of tasks for each day of the year, sections on organizing different rooms, children, pets, health, cooking, laundry, home office, gardening and entertainment. It's basically every possible facet of your life in 288 pages. That doesn't allow much detail for any one thing. It feels like a great inspiration to get started on something, get some ideas working, but then I'll need to look elsewhere for anything more. For example, a huge issue for me is PAPER. I mean, it's everywhere. She devotes TWO PAGES TOTAL to "Document-Retention" and "Filing System." That's it. The chart of what to keep and how long is great; the section on filing seems like an overview for someone who is just tweaking their current system, not an instruction on how to set it...

United States on Jan 25, 2020

Joanna D.: Two sections in this book; seasonal by month--things to do to organize your life but organizing not just with an eye to maintenance of your dwelling, but also maintenance of your lifestyle. So in January, when you are likely to be eyeing a new workout routine, sign up for a yoga class. When you are gathering your forms for tax season, schedule an appointment with your advisor. February: a short month, deep winter. Start a knitting project. Sharpen garden tools for later in the season, get a sitter for Valentines Day dinner. You get the drift.

Then the second part of the book is organization by subject, bathroom, bedroom, living area, kitchen, entryway.

What I love about this book are the calendars and also the lovely photos, which you would of course expect from Martha Stewart. But there are also suggestions of things that can help organize you, such as roll out shelves for your bathroom vanity. And what to store there (such as a first aid kit) and what to put somewhere else because it's not used as frequently.

There are many decluttering and organizing books but this book is very appealing and readable. It follows a bit of the advice of "Fly Lady" who...

United States on Jan 12, 2020