The Second Home Book The Can-Do, How-to, Get-Through Guide [Paperback]

The Ultimate Guide to Organize and Inspire You So You CanReally!Sit Back and Enjoy Your Second Home

The Second Home Bookis the first of its kind  a conversational, comprehensive and convenient guide to setting up, operating and, most of all, enjoying a second home. It is cheerful and usefulfunny, fact-filled, anecdotal  appealing to both those already ensconced in or encumbered with a 2nd residence as well as those imagining a future, fantastic home.

InThe Second Home Book, you'll learn:

--how to furnish your second home on a shoestring (without relying on castoffs from your primary residence)

--how to run your second home efficiently from afar

--how to assemble a dream team of helpers (from handymen to cleaning help) and keep them motivated

--how to entertain (even other people's children) without exhausting yourself

--why you should avoid renovating your second home's kitchen

--how to handle bills, routine maintenance, and emergencies

--how to turn any house into your dream house

The Second Home Bookis not about how to finance a second homeit's about absolutelyeverythingelse you need to know in one cheerful, easy-to-navigate volume.

Even if you don't have a second home, you need this book. Marylouise Oates tells you how to deal with everyone from plumbers (feed them well) to drop in guests (have plenty of white towels on hand), and along the way she demonstrates that all the little emergencies of life can be a whole lot less of a hassle than you ever imagined. Ruth Reichl, bestselling author of Comfort Me with Apples and editor in chief of Gourmet

Oates exercises her experience, her detail-oriented nature and a good dose of humor to confront the challenges of managing multiple homes at once. Aware that the purpose of most second homes is fun and relaxation, Oates stresses a casual and comfy approach to decorating, housekeeping and entertaining-wl(