The Prepared Home: How to Stock, Organize, and Edit Your Home to Thrive in Comfort, Safety, and Style

by Melissa George

Overview

Turn your home into a sanctuary

When your home is ready for the many surprises life can bring, your whole family can enjoy everyday moments and stay at their best. Whether there’s a power outage, the Wi-Fi goes out, or you need to shelter at home, The Prepared Home is designed to help you prepare a plan and organize smart supplies that will help you thrive without letting them take over your space and your life. It’s your full-color guide to a stylish home that feels like a sanctuary in normal and in challenging times. You’ll discover how to . . .

- Transform your home from entertaining mode to ready-for-anything mode quickly and easily
- Discover clever and aesthetically pleasing ways to store essential items
- Assess your household’s needs and stock up on all the right things

The Prepared Home by Melissa George is just what you’ve been looking for to prioritize your family’s needs and take steps to make your home a place of calm, comfort, and beauty!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250275301
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/06/2021
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,042,610
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Melissa George is the founder of PolishedHabitat.com, a site that teaches readers to blend decor and organization to add stylish function to everyday life. She has expertise in quality improvement, emergency management, and disaster management from her former work as a project specialist for a hospital system in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, she was named one of the designated hospital Incident Commanders and received FEMA NIMS training. When she’s not working on her own house with her creative husband, you’ll find Melissa snuggled up with a book and her dogs.

Table of Contents

Contents

Welcome to Your Prepared Home 1

1
Getting Started: Preparedness That Fits Your Life 5
Know Your Necessities 7
Consider Comfort and Lifestyle 9
Create a Preparedness Binder 10
Find New Storage Space 12

2
Planning for the Possibilities 19
Five Most Common Disaster Impacts 21
Types of Disasters to Consider 22

3
Discovering Your Plan’s Priorities 25
What’s Your Risk? 26
How to Lower Risk and Impact 29
The Beauty of Your Preparedness Binder 39

4
Staying at Home Part 1: What’s for Dinner? 43
Step 1: The First 72 Hours 45
Step 2: Planning Food for 10 Days 51
Step 3: Planning Food for 1+ Month 58

5
Staying at Home Part 2: Beyond Food 73
Step 1: The First 72 Hours 74
Step 2: Preparing for 10 Days 81
Step 3: Preparing for 1+ Month 88

6
Preparing for Power Outages 99
Step 1: The First 72 Hours 100
Step 2: Preparing for 10 Days 108
Step 3: Extended Power Outages 115

7
Preparing for Loss of Water 117
Step 1: The First 72 Hours 118
Step 2: Preparing for 10 Days 123
Step 3: Extended Loss of Water 127

8
Preparing for Loss of Connectivity 129
Step 1: The First 72 Hours 131
Step 2: Preparing for 10 Days 134
Step 3: Extended Loss of Connectivity 137

9
When You Can’t Stay in Your Home 141
How to Prepare Now 142
Evacuating to a Shelter, Hotel, or Another Home 144
Worst-Case Scenario: Evacuating to an Isolated Area 148

10
Next Steps: Living Beautifully Prepared, Not Panicked 155

Index 161