Most everyone wants a clean home. This does not necessarily mean a home where everything is in its place at all times. Perfect order would mean a home not to be enjoyed, just to be lived in. A clean...
Fall is upon us and whether you live in the northern part of our great United States where Fall will soon be in blazing evidence or in the southern part where Fall comes is less obvious ways, it is...
Once you have completed the planning for the rooms, hallways, and closets, you can begin to think about the finishing touches, those special touches that make a house a home. Pages and pages could be...
All the major rooms in the house have been looked at in our Building the Home of Your Dreams series, so it is time to tie things together with closets, hallways, laundry room and, if appropriate a...
These are the rooms folks use mainly in the daylight hours. Almost all homes have a living room, but a dining room and family room can be options. So, depending on the makeup of the people who will...
The bedroom; next to the kitchen, is the most important room in the home. Most folks spend one-third of their life sleeping. For this reason, having not only a comfortable bed is important, but the...
The bathroom is probably the smallest room in the home, yet likely one of the most important. When planning your dream home, it is essential you take plenty of time to think through exactly what type...
Going back probably as far as the caveman, the kitchen was and still is the most valued part of a home. Here is where food, the substance of life, is prepared, and in many instances, here is where...
You have decided to build the home of your dreams. There are few things in life that can bring as much pleasure and satisfaction as building a home. Most people have very definite ideas as to how...
As this series comes to a close, it is time to focus on two important factors that influence the amount of time and energy needed to maintain a clean, organized home. These two factors are children...
Probably the least desirable cleaning job in the home, the bathroom is, next to the kitchen, the most important room to keep clean. As water is a big part of bathroom use, there is the ongoing threat...
Sleep is a necessary part of a healthy lifestyle. And, in most homes, the bedroom is where sleep occurs. While it is true if one is tired enough they can sleep almost anywhere, and it won’t matter...
In days gone by, most families had dining rooms where, if not in the kitchen, eating was done. The living room (years ago called a parlor) was used exclusively for time with family and friends....
In many homes, the kitchen is the most used room. Here is where food is kept, prepared, and often eaten. In days gone by and still in some homes, the kitchen is the gathering place for family and...
Your Spring cleaning is done, and wouldn’t it be nice if your home stayed neat and clean like that until next Spring? Of course, you know it won’t, and in fact, it likely won’t stay spic and...
Hiring a professional cleaning company is a step many people are taking. For centuries people have been having others clean their home, often castle, but usually this privilege was for the well-to-do...
One of a homemaker’s most dreaded events is the news that unexpected company is coming tomorrow and the home is a mess as well as in need of some definite cleaning. What’s to be done? Here...
Thus far, this four-part series has looked at environmentally safe ways to clean at home and in the office using everyday household staples such as lemons, vinegar, and baking soda. This final part...
In Part 2 of this series, we discovered how many cleaning tasks could be carried out using white vinegar. In this part, we look at baking soda, another common household cleaning agent inexpensive to...
For many years, long before the modern chemical cleaning products were made available, folks used vinegar to accomplish many of their cleaning tasks. Now, in our present world situation with...
We are all familiar with the lovely, yellow fruit used to make the delicious drink lemonade as well as numerous other uses in adding a tasty zest to foods from desserts to sauces to salad dressings....
Choosing a carpet for your home or office is much the same as choosing the right flooring discussed in part 1 of this series. In addition to the traffic pattern, traffic use, room size, age and...
Once you have determined what you are looking for when it comes to choosing the floor for your home it is time to look at the floor styles available and the qualities of each. Here are some of the...
For many years people simply used the ground under his, her, feet as their floor. The dirt was tramped down and occasionally swept clean with a broom made from a tree branch. However, as we well...
In the last blog, we took a quick overview of how an in-depth spring cleaning and decluttering works. It is interesting to note that in most homes the job of spring cleaning gets done, but the job of...
For probably as long as there have been homes, maybe even caves, when the gray days of winter are over, and folks can once again enjoy the sunshine and fresh air, homemakers have taken to what we now...
For a lot of people, there are times when cleaning your house can feel relaxing and calming. Sure, sometimes cleaning is associated with stress and inconvenience but sometimes that isn’t the case...
Spring cleaning time is coming up. With the seasonal change, many people want their homes looking and feeling fresh for the spring and summer months as these are months usually filled with parties,...
In our previous article on cleaning hacks, we covered three different ways to use everyday items for quicker and easier cleaning. Tricks like these are great for tackling cleaning problems that have...
If you are involved in the rental home industry, then you are probably somewhat aware of the importance of keeping a clean property. Studies have shown that the number one complaint when it comes to...
Cleaning is an inevitable part of the daily routine for most folks. Even with hired help, there are still little messes and cleaning tasks that need to be done more immediately and more often than...
In today’s tech-focused world we have come a long way from the traditional cleaning tools of the past. Having the right tools for the job is a golden principle for any housekeeping job at hand. In...
Keeping a clean and fresh home is a combination of a lot of little things that all come together to create the right atmosphere. One major facet of keeping your home clean is your laundry. That...
If there is one room in the house that has changed the destiny of humanity in a major way, it is clear that the bathroom is a spectacular candidate. It is a room of the home that we require so much...
It is a very different thing when you are trying to keep a home clean with pets versus without pets. Any pet owner will tell you that cleaning your house with a pet is much more difficult....
In part 4 of our series, we return to a common space shared amongst the entire family. The living room, where the whole family congregates and lives is a magnet for concentrated dust, mess, and...
In this part of our series, we take a close look at the bedroom and explore some daily tasks that will keep it inviting, comforting, and clean. It is not uncommon for a bedroom to build up a mess. As...
The kitchen is often times considered the heart of a home. It’s a point of convergence for everyone, where we begin and end our days with conversation, meals, and family time. The kitchen is the...
One of the most challenging areas to keep neat is the storage area underneath the kitchen sink. For some reason, it tends to turn into a jumbled mass of cleaning supplies, trinkets, and plastic bags....
Cleaning has never been so easy, thanks to the geniuses behind the Magic Eraser. You probably heard of it from your friends, neighbors, and colleagues or read about it online but still in doubt on...
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