Of Hoarding and Housekeeping

Of Hoarding and Housekeeping
Author: Sasha Newell
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2023-10-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1805390937

Hoarding has largely been approached from a psychological and universal perspective, and decluttering from an aesthetic and ecological one, while little work has been done to think about the cultural and global economic aspects of these phenomena. Of Hoarding and Housekeeping provides an anthropological, global, and comparative angle to the understanding of hoarding and decluttering using cases from a variety of countries including US, Japan, India, Cameroon, and Argentina. Focusing on the house, with careful attention to material flows in and out, this book examines practices of accumulation, storage, decluttering, and waste as practices of kinship and the objects themselves as material kin.

Of Hoarding and Housekeeping

Of Hoarding and Housekeeping
Author: Sasha Newell
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2023-10-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1805393855

Hoarding has largely been approached from a psychological and universal perspective, and decluttering from an aesthetic and ecological one, while little work has been done to think about the cultural and global economic aspects of these phenomena. Of Hoarding and Housekeeping provides an anthropological, global, and comparative angle to the understanding of hoarding and decluttering using cases from a variety of countries including US, Japan, India, Cameroon, and Argentina. Focusing on the house, with careful attention to material flows in and out, this book examines practices of accumulation, storage, decluttering, and waste as practices of kinship and the objects themselves as material kin.

Buried in Treasures

Buried in Treasures
Author: David Tolin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2013-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199329257

Describes the psychological roots of compulsive hoarding and presents practical strategies for treating and overcoming the behavior.

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Author: Margareta Magnusson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1501173251

*The basis for the wonderfully funny and moving TV series developed by Amy Poehler and Scout Productions* A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming. Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go.

Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff

Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff
Author: Matt Paxton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0593418980

America’s top cleaning expert and star of the hit series Legacy List with Matt Paxton distills his fail-proof approach to decluttering and downsizing. Your boxes of photos, family’s china, and even the kids' height charts aren’t just stuff; they’re attached to a lifetime of memories--and letting them go can be scary. With empathy, expertise, and humor, Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff, written in collaboration with AARP, helps you sift through years of clutter, let go of what no longer serves you, and identify the items worth keeping so that you can focus on living in the present. For over 20 years, Matt Paxton has helped people from all walks of life who want to live more simply declutter and downsize. As a featured cleaner on Hoarders and host of the Emmy-nominated Legacy List with Matt Paxton on PBS, he has identified the psychological roadblocks that most organizational experts routinely miss but that prevent so many of us from lightening our material load. Using poignant stories from the thousands of individuals and families he has worked with, Paxton brings his signature insight to a necessary task. Whether you’re tired of living with clutter, making space for a loved one, or moving to a smaller home or retirement community, this book is for you. Paxton’s unique, step-by-step process gives you the tools you need to get the job done.

Unf*ck Your Habitat

Unf*ck Your Habitat
Author: Rachel Hoffman
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1250102960

"The perfect housekeeping guide for somebody who is overwhelmed with their mess and can’t figure out how to start." –Lifehacker “An accessible guide on how to clean for normal people." –Livestrong "It actually changed my life and my home; I’m serious." –Book Riot Finally, a housekeeping and organizational system developed for those of us who'd describe our current living situation as a “f*cking mess” that we're desperate to fix. Unf*ck Your Habitat is for anyone who has been left behind by traditional aspirational systems. The ones that ignore single people with full-time jobs; people without kids but living with roommates; and people with mental illnesses or physical limitations. Most organizational books are aimed at traditional homemakers, DIYers, and people who seem to have unimaginable amounts of free time. They assume we all iron our sheets, have linen napkins to match our table runners, and can keep plants alive for longer than a week. Basically, they ignore most of us living here in the real world! Interspersed with lists and challenges, this practical, no-nonsense advice relies on a 20/10 system (20 minutes of cleaning followed by a 10-minute break; no marathon cleaning allowed) to help you develop lifelong habits. It motivates you to embrace a new lifestyle in manageable sections so you can actually start applying the tactics as you progress. For everyone stuck between The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and Adulting, this philosophy is more realistic than aspirational, but the goal is the same: not everyone will have a showcase of a home, but whatever your habitat, you deserve for it to bring you happiness, not stress.

Housekeeping

Housekeeping
Author: Marilynne Robinson
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2015-11-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250060656

"The story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake in the Far West, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town "chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere." Ruth and Lucille's struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transience."--

Severe Domestic Squalor

Severe Domestic Squalor
Author: John Snowdon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2012-09-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1139576801

Should you intervene in the life of the 48-year-old woman whose dwelling is stuffed with accumulated rubbish and who will not let anyone help get rid of it – or the 78-year-old surrounded by putrescent food and filth – or the 'animal accumulator'? Cases of severe domestic squalor (sometimes called Diogenes Syndrome) are among the most complex and difficult faced by community agencies. Local councils, housing officers, health professionals, social services, animal welfare agencies, public guardians and of course relatives and neighbours often feel powerless and lack confidence about what to do when faced with such situations. The guidelines, recommendations and case examples in Severe Domestic Squalor will help concerned people to understand what can be done and how, by providing an understanding of the causative factors and who should take the lead in dealing with them.

Houseworks

Houseworks
Author: Cynthia Ewer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2009-12-21
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0756671051

Conquer the clutter, clean your house and give yourself more time for the good things in life-with this new edition Drowning in clutter, but don't know where to begin? Feeling overwhelmed by a home that's out of control? Help is on hand from the creator of the popular home-management website, OrganizedHome.com. With wit, humor and style, Cynthia Townley Ewer goes about solving the many obstacles of running an orderly home. From how to combat, and stay on top of, the clutter tide, to the most effective tools for, and methods of, cleaning. Plus, pick up tips on the specifics of running an organized home from sections such as food, clothing, surfaces and systems, room to live, and paper handling. Whether you want to know how to tame 'the great white' (fridge, not shark!), or add rhythm to your clothes closet, Cynthia will inform you, entertain you, and very possibly save your sanity along the way.

The Messies Manual

The Messies Manual
Author: Sandra Felton
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1984
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780800751333

The Messie's Manual has helpled over a quarter million readers overcome disorderly lives. Reading it is not guaranteed to make you a professional housekeeper overnight, but it's a real beginning for overcoming procrastination and conquering the battle against messiness once and for all.