Spring is the quintessential time to spruce up your house. This means you’ll probably be knee-deep in scrubbers, scouring pads, brooms and sponges soon. While you’re making your home feel more like a glistening castle, don’t forget that your carpets took a beating this winter along with the rest of the house. Most carpet cleaning…
There’s a common misconception that washing by hand is better for the environment, and even more hygienic than dishwashing — but neither is true. Here are five reasons why you should load up the dishwasher rather than wasting time and water washing dishes by hand. Dishwashers are less wasteful. Multiple studies have found that people…
Wood furniture adds a classy demeanor to any room. But it equally demands high care for their long lasting life and looks. By frequent dusting and cleaning can avoid the degrading of wood and keep them good. Dusting is very important for your wooden furniture. Removing the dust often will avoid airborne grime forming a…
The fact is, the bathroom harbors germs, and they are everywhere. Not only in the bathroom but everywhere throughout the house, there are germs. I mean our bodies carry germs and I think I’m a pretty clean person but germs cannot be avoided, no matter how hard we try and most household germs are fairly
Did you know that you spend one-third of your life sleeping (or trying to sleep)? For you trivia buffs, that's about 200,000 hours over an average life span. You spend around a third of your life asleep, so it's important to keep your mattress clean, hygienic, and in good condition. It's easy to forget to clean your
What happens to all that nasty food that comes off your dishes? Most of it is drained, but some will remain to collect and bake on to the inside of your dishwasher. Also, if your dishwasher has a problem draining, it will develop a perpetual pool of standing water at the end of every wash.
Most of us clean the bathroom on a regular basis. But, how often do you think about cleaning the shower curtain? Shower curtains get dirty and if you’re like most people, we don’t really think much about washing them. Between the damp conditions of the shower and soap scum build-up, they can get to be
How do you clean laminate floors? Well, there are a few dos and don’ts to consider. Here are some of the most important floor cleaning tips. Laminate flooring is a very good choice in flooring for new homes or when updating floors in older homes. While laminate flooring is not ideal for bathrooms due to its
Have you ever wondered why they call it stainless steel, since it so quickly and easily gets covered with water spots? As annoying as this easily staining surface may be, water spots and other marks on stainless steel must be dealt with constantly. Stainless steel is everywhere in a commercial kitchen, and it's no wonder--it's such
You know your mowed lawn looks fabulous but looking through the window you see fog and cobwebs rather than glorious shades of green and a colorful mid-summer garden. Something is just not right.You are suffering from window cleaning denial. It is time. In fact, if your windows function as flat terrariums or your curtains stay
We all know the importance of keeping a clean house and it’s something we all go about differently. Regardless of where you start - whether it is in the master bathroom or the kitchen, the results would probably be the same, a pretty clean house. I know everyone has their own personal way of cleaning and
Chances are, you've walked into your house before and realized that something smelled...off. Instead of having to walk around like a bloodhound trying to sniff out where the smell is coming from, let me save you some time. The kitchen is most likely the culprit of the mystery odor, some odors are pleasant, while others leave
Which room in the house do you least like cleaning? Bet you said the bathroom. Ridding showers, bathtubs, toilets and other surfaces of all sorts of buildup takes both time and elbow grease. Other than the kitchen, bathroom cleaning takes the most amount of time and work to clean since it has so many different types
