Donald Andrew Aslett (born 1935) is an American entrepreneur and author who specializes in cleaning and housekeeping products, services, and techniques. He co-founded Varsity House Cleaning Company, a house cleaning service, in 1957. After having been Varsity Contractors for years, it became Varsity Facility Services, a building service contractor, in 2011. It does business in the United States and Canada.
He is considered a cleaning expert,[1][2] and has written books about how to reduce the time spent cleaning by reducing clutter, selecting and organizing the efficient cleaning tools, and creating what he calls a self-cleaning house.
In 2011, he opened the Museum of Clean in Pocatello, Idaho, a six-story building with a theater, art gallery, and collection of 6,000 artifacts. Both the museum and his house in Hawaii were designed to be low-maintenance and environmentally friendly, which resulted in an award from the state of Idaho for Aslett’s efforts with the museum. The cleaning products sold by Varsity are also “green“, or environmentally-friendly.
Books in order of publication:
| Is There Life After Housework?: A Revolutionary Approach to Cutting Your Cleaning Time by 75% | 1982 |
| Clutter’s Last Stand: It’s Time to de-Junk Your Life! | 1984 |
| Secret Of How To Win Freedom From Clutter | 1985 |
| Who Says It’s a Woman’s Job to Clean? | 1986 |
| Cleaning Up for a Living | 1988 |
| Don Aslett’s Clean in a Minute | 1988 |
| Pet Clean-Up Made Easy: Tackle and Pet Mess, Any Time, in a Snap from Stains and Smells to Fleas and Furballs | 1988 |
| How Do I Clean the Moosehead? | 1989 |
| Painting Without Fainting: How the Pros Do It Fast, Easy and No Mess | 1990 |
| Don Aslett’s Stainbuster’s Bible: The Complete Guide to Spot Removal | 1990 |
| Make Your House Do the Housework | 1990 |
| Not for Packrats Only: How to Clean Up, Clear Out, and Dejunk Your Life Forever! | 1991 |
| 500 Terrific Ideas for Cleaning Everything | 1991 |
| The Cleaning Encyclopedia | 1993 |
| Office Clutter Cure: How to Get Out from Under It All! | 1994 |
| The Professional Cleaner’s Personal Handbook | 1994 |
| How to Be #1 with Your Boss: How to Keep Your Job Longer and Enjoy It More: How to Keep Your Job Longer & Enjoy It More. | 1994 |
| How to Handle 1000 Things at Once: A Fun Guide to Mastering Home and Personal Management | 1994 |
| Don Aslett’s Clutter Free!: Finally and Forever | 1995 |
| Lose 200 Pounds This Weekend: It’s Time to Declutter Your Life! | 1996 |
| How to Have a 48-Hour Day: Get Twice as Much Done as You Do Now! | 1996 |
| No Time to Clean: How to Reduce and Prevent Cleaning the Professional Way | 1996 |
| Keeping Work Simple: 500 Tips, Rules, and Tools | 1997 |
| For Packrats Only: How to Clean Up, Clear Out, and Dejunk Your Life Forever! | 1998 |
| Clutter Be Gone!: Cleaning Your House the Easy Way | 1999 |
| Done!: How to Accomplish Twice as Much in Half the Time–At Home and at the Office | 2001 |
| Get Organized, Get Published! | 2001 |
| Do I Dust or Vacuum First?: Answers to the 100 Toughest, Most Frequently Asked Questions about Housecleaning | 2005 |
| Weekend Makeover: Take Your Home from Messy to Magnificent in Only 48 Hours! | 2006 |
| Help! Around the House: A Mother’s Guide to Getting the Family to Pitch in and Clean Up | 2006 |
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