Betsy Ellis, school nurse in Memphis. Jenny Kuzjak, emergency-room nurse in Charlottesville, Virginia. Julie Kardos and Naline Lai, pediatricians in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and founders of the blog Two Peds in a Pod.
Sara Moulton, TV chef and author of Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners ($35, amazon.com). Ilana Rosengarten, graphic designer, blogger (mommyshorts.com), and New York City resident with an impossibly small kitchen. Jennifer Rubell, author of Real Life Entertaining ($27.50, amazon.com). The Real Simple food department.
Ken Brooks, owner of Northbrook Construction Management, in North Bend, Washington. Tim Chopko, carpenter in Newark, Delaware. Janet Rickstrew, cofounder and CEO of girl-friendly tool company Tomboy Tools (tomboytools.com).
Beth Alcazar, organizing and cleaning blogger, The Neat Get Neater. Heather McNulty, co-owner of the stationery shop Rock Paper Scissors, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Donna Smallin, author of A to Z Storage Solutions ($11, amazon.com).
Don Aslett, author of No Time to Clean! ($13, amazon.com). Carolyn Barnes, creator of Clean Momma (cleanmomma.com), a regimen that merges exercise with cleaning. Gisela Lowenstein, creator of a cleaning-and-organizing method called the Glow System (theglowsystem.com).
