The Martha Way: Martha's 102nd Book!

Martha's 102nd book is published today! The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living is a thoughtfully crafted guide to the foundational principles that shape a well-kept, inspired life. With her signature clarity and elegance, Martha distills decades of experience into elevated yet accessible solutions for the everyday, covering:

• Cooking: Tips to master the basics, cook seasonally, and keep a well-stocked kitchen.
• Entertaining: Host with elegance, whether for a dinner party or for weekend guests.
• Home Organizing: Martha’s golden rules for a well-maintained, clutter-free home.
• Collecting: How to get started, what to look for, and how to best treasure your finds.
• Gardening: Sowing soil, timing blooms, composting, growing vegetables, and more.

Drawing wisdom from her own life well lived, Martha breaks down each area of expertise into clear, actionable steps. Whether you’re arranging your pantry, preparing a simple but impressive meal, hosting with intention, curating meaningful collections, or cultivating a lush garden, Martha shows you how to do it beautifully and with purpose. With her time-tested tips, and unique but ever practical insights, Martha helps you bring order, style, and joy to every corner of your life.

More than just a book, this is a modern blueprint for a well-kept home and life. After all, there’s only one way to master the art of everyday living—and it’s the Martha Way.

The book features beautiful photography throughout each chapter.

Martha writes the introduction to each chapter, bringing her own time-tested wisdom to the reader. 

Excellent advice for home management (cooking, cleaning, gardening, organizing, entertaining, petkeeping, collecting) is gleaned from over 40 years of domestic advice. 

Take a peek inside Martha's world: her beautiful dogs posing for the cameras on the porch at Bedford.

The basket house at Bedford: yes, Martha has a small 'house' on the property devoted to the storage of her collection of baskets. Advice on collecting (what to look for and how to display and store your collections properly) is one component of the book.

Gardening, too, is an important skill to master for anyone with a property to maintain and beautify. Even apartment dwellers can benefit from plant knowledge and growing techniques: planting on balconies and nurturing houseplants are valuable ways to stretch your green thumb and bring natural beauty to your home.