The cupboards are overflowing, the linen closet holds towelsandtools, and your once tidy family room might as well come with a ringmaster. But that’s called living, right? Wrong! Marni Jameson is here to prove that youcanturn a hectic home into a haven—and do so without being voted off the island. With chapters such as “Kids are Great—They Only Dismantle Your Home One Piece at a Time,” you’ll laugh as you learn whether to opt for solids or patterns; what constitutes “indestructible flooring”; how to organize your house from top to bottom; and how to decorate so home appeal goes up and blood pressure goes down.House of Havocis that indispensable guide for making the most of the house you have without driving everyone around you nuts.

Throw Out Fifty Things is truly an eye-opener. According to Blanke, Our lives are so filled with junk from the past-from dries up tubes of crazy glue to oldgrudgesthat it's a wonder we can get up in the morning, never mind to work, care for our children, our parents and just put one foot in front of the other." Blanke wants to start a movement of people across America throwing out fifty things (magazines count as only one!) that will help liberate us form the stuffboth physical and mentalthat clutters our lives. It's is the physical stuff that keeps us from being happy and calm in our house-not to mention keeps us from finding our keys in the morning! And it is the clutter in our mind that drags us down and holds us back from living the life we want to live. Blanke takes the reader through each room in the house and helps them figure out what to throw out that will help them move forward. She'll show us how to find and throw out "toxic" possessions that remind us of failed relat

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