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Best Books on Cleaning & Organization… and a Giveaway!

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September 19, 2017 by Erin 22 Comments

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These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

I love reading about organizing and keeping a home; there’s something about seeing pictures, learning new methods, and implementing ideas that gets me excited. But there are so many books out there, how do you know which ones are worth your money? Below I’m sharing some of my favorites.

Make sure to enter the giveaway at the end of this post for your chance to get one of these books for yourself.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up…

This book has been a top-seller in the world of decluttering and organization. Marie Kondo created, what is defined as, the “Konmari Method” of decluttering. Instead of asking yourself whether you want to keep or discard an item, the author encourages you to ask the question of whether the item brings you joy. This method also encourages you to declutter by category (i.e. clothes, books) versus room-by-room. It’s definitely a different approach; one that I love, actually. I have practiced the Konmari method with my clothes and books. Marie Kondo also wrote a book to supplement this one, titled “Spark Joy“, offering more straight-forward “how-tos”, using the Konmari Method.

These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

Simply Clean…

Love lists? This book is for you. Love crossing things off your list? This book is really for you. Becky Rapinchuk, from the blog Clean Mama, created this book to help you keep your home clean and organized by implementing a system that encourages you to complete certain chores on certain days. She’s created tons of lists to keep you on task; everything from daily chores to weekly chores to monthly and biannual chores. She also adds a few cleaning recipes in at the end 🙂

These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

Simply Clean: The Proven Method for Keeping Your Home Organized, Clean, and Beautiful in Just 10 Minutes a Day

The Home Decluttering Diet…

“The Home Decluttering Diet” is written by my friend Jennifer Lifford, who blogs at Clean and Scentsible. Jenn starts you off with a 30 day “detox” by having your organize quick spaces in your home (your purse, for example). Once you have completed the detox phase, you start working on different rooms in your home. Jenn dedicates an entire month for each room, sharing organizing tips along the way. In total, this book is supposed to take about a year to complete, but you can certainly go at your own pace; whether slower or faster. I wrote more on this book in this post on organizing paper clutter.

These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

The Home Decluttering Diet: Organize Your Way to a Clean and Lean House

The Complete Book of Home Organization

This book is written by Toni Hammersley, the woman behind the blog A Bowl Full of Lemons. Each chapter focuses on one space in your home; with a weekly challenge for getting the space organized. There are tons of ideas on creating “real life” organizing systems to help keep all your rooms tidy. I also love that there are a few homemade cleaning recipes thrown in. Toni just came out with another book titled “The Complete Book of Clean“, which I’m anxious to get my hands on.

These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

The Complete Book of Home Organization

The Naturally Clean Home…

If you’ve been around this blog for any length of time, then you know I LOVE making my own cleaners. I like knowing exactly what’s in the products I’m using around my home. Baking soda, vinegar, and essential oils are my favorite go-tos. The Naturally Clean Home has a bunch of DIY Cleaning Recipes for you to try out for yourself; everything from dishwashing to stain treatments to floor cleaner.

These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas for Green Cleaning

Better Homes and Gardens: Organize Your Home…

This book is filled with beautiful pictures and awesome ideas for organizing around your home. The book starts out with a quiz so you can set realistic goals based on your “organizing personality”. The book also addresses common issues that arise during the organization process: attachment, perfectionism, etc. As the book progresses, there are wonderful ideas for organizing each area of your home.

These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

Better Homes and Gardens Organize Your Home: Clutter Cures for Every Room

The Joy of Less…

This book is all about embracing a minimalist mindset. The start of the book discusses what minimalism is really about, helping you create the right mindset about your possessions. The latter half of the book walks you through each room in your home, helping you to declutter your space. The basic premise is to rid yourself of large items first. Then display things by how often they are used (daily, weekly, or seasonally). Once this is accomplished, create “modules” for your belongings (i.e. electronics, reading material, movies, etc.). Once a space is decluttered, there are a few limits to set in order to ensure the space stays decluttered.

These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify

Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook…

This is not a book you are going to read cover to cover, instead it is a reference book, with more than 700 pages full of tips on caring for everything in your home. The book details cleaning and care instructions on every type of fabric, counter-top, fixture, flooring (and more) in your home.

These are wonderful books on cleaning and organizing! Love this list!

Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home

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  1. Michele says

    August 20, 2018 at 8:27 AM

    Homage you checked out the book by the blogger “A Slob Comes Clean”. Her book “How to Manage You Home Without Loosing Your Mind” was the best read I have ever had in a homemaking book!

    Reply
    • Erin Meyer says

      August 20, 2018 at 9:28 AM

      I will have to check that one out. Thanks for the suggestion!

      Reply
  2. Kristine Smith says

    September 25, 2017 at 2:25 PM

    The books that I been really wanting so bad for a long time are The Home Decluttering Diet by Clean and Scentsible and The Complete Book of Clean by A Bowl Full of Lemons

    Reply
  3. Heather S says

    September 24, 2017 at 1:48 PM

    I would la la LOVE The Naturally Clean Home 🙂

    Reply
  4. Richelle says

    September 23, 2017 at 11:43 PM

    I already have the KonMari one. The Simply Clean one sounds nice too.

    Reply
  5. Teresa says

    September 23, 2017 at 11:08 AM

    Would love to win one or all (ha) of the books. Home Decluttering Diet or Simply Clean would be wonderful! Really enjoyed watching you on the Rachel Ray show! Also enjoy your posts on your blog!

    Reply
    • Erin Meyer says

      September 25, 2017 at 9:47 AM

      Thanks Teresa! The Rachael Ray show was such a blast. Thanks for following along with the blog 🙂

      Reply
  6. Terri says

    September 22, 2017 at 10:00 PM

    I would love to read the Complete Book of Home Organization. It sound really good, but then so do most of the others. They will probably end up in my library before too long.

    Reply
  7. Mary ingram says

    September 22, 2017 at 6:51 PM

    What a great list all look like I could use them but if I was going to pick one it would be the decluttering diet book.

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  8. Elizabeth Jones says

    September 22, 2017 at 11:26 AM

    Seriously a topic I need to be more invested in.

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  9. Finn says

    September 21, 2017 at 4:39 PM

    It is a tough choice to pick a favorite but it would be either The Magic of Tidying Up or The Home Decluttering Diet.

    Reply
  10. Petra P. - Organizirajte se! says

    September 21, 2017 at 8:27 AM

    The book I want to read is Simply Clean. Thanks! ?

    Reply
  11. Lisa says

    September 20, 2017 at 8:03 AM

    I would love to read all of these books!

    Reply
  12. Mickie says

    September 20, 2017 at 6:43 AM

    Just found your blog, saw you on Rachel Ray. I love your ideas. I haven’t read any of these books but they look like awesome reads.

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    • Erin Meyer says

      September 21, 2017 at 6:41 AM

      Thanks for commenting and letting me know how you found the blog. That Rachael Ray experience was a blast! Welcome 🙂

      Reply
  13. Leanna says

    September 19, 2017 at 8:31 PM

    Love your clever topics. Didn’t realize there were so many organizational books!

    Reply
  14. Annette says

    September 19, 2017 at 6:00 PM

    I still need to read the Home Decluttering Diet book. It’s one my list of things to do. Maybe this winter when things hopefully slow down and cabin fever hits. It will give me something to do then! 🙂 Thanks for all your tips.

    Reply
  15. Denise says

    September 19, 2017 at 5:52 PM

    I need help in decluttering my home. I try and I make a bigger mess that it was before.

    I know that the Home Decluttering Diet would be an asset to my family,

    Reply
  16. Jenny says

    September 19, 2017 at 5:45 PM

    Wow, what a GREAT GIVEAWAY, but so hard to just choose one. The books that I been really wanting so bad for a long time are The Complete Book of Clean by A Bowl Full of Lemons, and The Home Decluttering Diet by Clean and Scentsible.

    Reply
    • Erin Meyer says

      September 25, 2017 at 9:48 AM

      They’re both amazing, so you can’t go wrong with either one 🙂

      Reply
  17. Denise Jensen says

    September 19, 2017 at 2:34 PM

    They all look so good! I’m super interested in The Home Decluttering Diet…I’ve read a lot of great stuff about it.

    Reply
    • Erin Meyer says

      September 21, 2017 at 6:42 AM

      Such a great book!

      Reply

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