Amazon.com description: Product Description: This is a comprehensive illustrated home-reference manual for everyone who wants to manage a comfortable, clean, tidy, safe home with the least expense and effort. Thousands of tips, hints and useful projects show you step-by-step how to plan and maintain your home or apartment; how to prepared for any kind of problem and respond to any kind of emergency; and how to add those perfect finishing touches that make the difference between a functional living space and a true home.