Category Archives: Advice
Winter Housekeeping
The Holidays are over. Sure, Valentine’s Day is around the corner but typically you are not cooking a huge feast for your entire family. Here are a few winter housekeeping tips to keep you occupied on winter weekends. Football is over so really, what is there to do now anyway? Store your fine china with [...]
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Home Puppy Problems
Animals are a wonderful addition to your life, but housebreaking is always a challenge to your floors. What you need is a personal puppy cleaning kit. Pick up some inexpensive shop or cleaning towels in white terrycloth. Warehouse and discount stores carry these in generous packages. Then fill a spray bottle with one (1) teaspoon [...]
Let’s Do Some Dusting
No one likes to dust. However, think of this one fact before you decide to skip dusting this week, your bed is full of dust mites. Dust mites feed on human skin flakes and can be found in mattresses, pillows, carpets, upholstered furniture, bed covers, clothes, stuffed toys and fabric and fabric-covered items. Body parts [...]
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Take Care of the Little Things
Yes, it is 2012. Do you have huge house cleaning, organizing resolutions? How about not biting off more than you can chew. Just take care of all of those little projects. You know the ones…the ones that wake you up at night or the ones that you think of on your way out the door. [...]
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New Year’s Resolutions For Your Home
Have you already started making your list of things you’re going to improve in 2012? - Get fit/lose weight - Don’t commit to more than you can handle - Prepare healthy and nutritious meals for the children Etc., etc., etc…well, good luck with that. While you are making a list we encourage you to make [...]
Post Holiday Parties
It’s nice to relax and take a break after the holidays. There’s time to get your house back into shape, return that odd scarf from Aunt Joan, and get back into normal life. At some point, however, you may realize that you miss the fun and camaraderie you experienced during the holiday season. Maybe it’s [...]
How to Clean Your Glass Shower Doors
You wanted that plate glass shower but now you have to keep it clean. The glass, which looked so beautiful when it was first installed, is now covered in water spots, mildew and soap scum. Yipes! The best way to clean the glass, however, can damage natural stone such as marble, limestone or granite. These [...]
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