Presents the radical new idea of PREVENTING HOUSEWORK!! Shows you how to take advantage of work-saving products, materials, and approaches that will make your house keep itself in order. Full of ideas, suggestions, and instructions for eliminating unnecessary work. Hundreds of exciting ways to redecorate, remodel, design or build cleaning and maintenance out of your home. Don Aslett and his daughter Laura offer page after page of practical, environmentally friendly new ideas and methods for minimizing home cleaning and maintenance. 80% of the high maintenance things in your home, like wall coverings, floor coverings, window coverings, fixtures, and furniture, are things we need to replace regularly. Why not use low-maintenance replacements?