The Editors of Real Simple Livres

Featuring a host of creative solutions to take the hassle out of entertaining, this colorful handbook guides readers step by step through the process of creating the perfect Thanksgiving dinner, New Year's Eve celebration, child's birthday party, and other special occasions, featuring handy checklists, game plans, advice, and easy-to-follow ideas

Looking for a new way to set a table? Need to remove a grass stain? Fresh out of toothpaste? From imaginative ideas to in-a-pinch fixes, REAL SIMPLE SOLUTIONS is packed with hundreds of ways to help you live better. Here you'll find smart and affordable solutions for every part of your life-cooking, cleaning, decorating, entertaining, getting dressed, grooming, working, and more. Whether you're looking for step-by-step directions for hand washing delicates, a soup-to-nuts list of pantry essentials, or unexpected uses for newspaper, the ideas are both enlightening and timeless. Page after page, REAL SIMPLE SOLUTIONS features: - Quick, low-cost ways to refresh everything from your wardrobe to your living room - Surprising new uses for everyday items: emery boards, baking soda, old beach towels, and beyond - Supplies and strategies to make basic jobs (getting dinner ready, wrapping gifts) even easier - Invaluable reference information, including stainremoval charts and holiday tip sheets - Simple instructions for doing common-but often difficult-tasks, like painting a room or carving a turkey In addition, the book includes a compendium of multitasking household products and their many talents; an extensive, easy-to-use index; and a convenient, information-filled booklet that you can remove now and consult anytime. An encyclopedic, modern take on the traditional household-hint book, REAL SIMPLE SOLUTIONS does double duty as an indispensable resource and a stylish addition to the coffee table.