Want a fun book that teaches you how to run your home like a business...a cozy business, of course. Turn the kitchen into a cafe and your pantry into a grocery store. Grow your own organic produce and save tons of money. Learn how to budget like a pro without all the fancy financial spreadsheets. Make your house sparkly clean and charmingly decorated from thrift stores. Learn to love this job and become more creative with a tiny budget. Have fun and learn to slow down and be a bit old fashioned. This book will explain in detail every inch of house management and inspire you greatly. Brew up...

This is a must have guide for the housewife who isn't perfect, has no dreams of matching the Martha Stewart's out there, but does take great pride in having a clean, charming, and tidy home. This is for the mothers out there that want to run the home and raise the children in a stress-free and affordable way. This is for the wife that would like to be the hostess with the mostess, but not toil and fret all day and has no talents in making radishes into roses. This is for the real housewive's that are a little funky, want to be frugal, want the adorable home, maybe a little farm in their ...

This housewife has almost a decade under her belt of creating a life that is cozy and satisfying on a limited income. There are stories, advice, and experiences of how to manage a small budget, a small home, and a small family to the fullest. There are stories of building careers out of hobbies with no money to spare. Stories of other homemakers working with so little you wouldn't think they could survive. In the end, you will learn that a delicious life is created with wisdom and love. You may even learn how to live richly on very little in the way of finances. On one paycheck, this family...

Revised and updated. This book is a compilation of over a year of writing on homemaking, creating household budgets, buying a home on one income, and the very beginnings of backyard farming in a small city. It is from a blog that was created to inspire and share life as a housewife and mother and ways to do it all in the easiest and most enjoyable way possible. It is about mixing the delights of the modern life with the slower pace of the old fashioned to create balance and heart in the home and with the family.

This gem is perfect for the new housewife (or husband). It's loaded with advice and guidance on how to run a home and nurture a family. Everything you need to know to set up the home and run it efficiently is in here along with learning how to schedule your routines, make homemade cleaning products, create a budget for the household, throw a party on pennies and much more. This is all your grandmother's old-fashioned advice in one book. A must have to start nesting.