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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: How You Can Help

October 7, 2020 2:54 pm•About The Maids, Cleaning For A Reason, Event and Seasonal Cleaning

Lives are forever changed as the result of a cancer diagnosis. Families spring into action, anxious to begin treatment, while all are understandably filled with worry. The experience of having life turned upside down is one that 276,400 American women with a breast

The Maids: Find Out Why We’re the Best in the Business

September 17, 2020 7:47 am•About The Maids, Healthy and Green Cleaning, House Cleaning by the Experts

International Housekeeping Week recognizes the immensely important work and expertise of the profession. Housekeepers everywhere, such as The Maids, work hard to ensure that they’re exceeding clients’ expectations and leaving homes exceptionally clean. In celebration

Let The Maids Get You Back-to-School Ready

September 3, 2020 9:11 am•About The Maids, Event and Seasonal Cleaning, House Cleaning by the Experts, Same Day Cleaning

There is so much on our minds (and our to-do lists) as we embark on back-to-school season. Especially this year, lengthy logistics are accruing- right next to that pile of clutter on the counters. Let’s face it- cleaning the house takes time, and time is not

Six Benefits of Hiring a Cleaning Service

August 26, 2020 2:43 pm•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools, House Cleaning by the Experts

This summer may feel different than in those in years past, but the busyness remains. Maybe you’re entertaining your kids, working from home, attending to errands, or taking on some extra projects. Hiring a cleaning service is a terrific time-saver, but there are

Hire The Maids to Make Moving More Manageable

April 22, 2020 3:03 pm•About The Maids, Event and Seasonal Cleaning, House Cleaning by the Experts

On the big list of life’s most stressful undertakings, moving is definitely up there. Aside from the obvious hassle that comes with sorting all of your belongings into boxes (and later, finding them a place), the logistical and organizational details stockpile. Before

What We Look For When Hiring

April 15, 2020 2:54 pm•About The Maids, Uncategorized

When we seek to employ new team members at our company, there are several factors taken into consideration. Working for The Maids isn’t just a job; it’s a family. As such, we’re interested in pursuing applicants who will add to our culture of productivity and

Hire The Maids To Help Halt The Spread Of Viruses In Your Home

March 16, 2020 9:09 am•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Healthy and Green Cleaning

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (in which case – stay there for as long as possible), you’ve been bombarded with constant news updates about the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus. As the numbers of confirmed cases rise on a daily basis, it’s absolutely

Is Your Cleaning Service Worth It? Here’s How To Find Out.

March 4, 2020 2:50 pm•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Uncategorized

A great maid service can transform your home from fine to flawless. Besides the obvious benefits (sparkling sinks and impeccably vacuumed carpet), a stellar service also affords its occupants less stress and more free time. This is the expectation for a maid service

Three Reasons Why a Gift Certificate for The Maids Makes the Perfect Valentine’s Day Gift

February 5, 2020 2:48 pm•About The Maids, Holiday, House Cleaning by the Experts

Roses are red, violets are blue, the living room is a disaster, the laundry is out of control, the floors are dirty and well, the kitchen is too. Wait, is that not how the classic Valentine’s Day themed poem goes? For most families, the nagging tasks around the house

Support Breast Cancer Patients & Survivors

October 2, 2019 3:42 pm•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Event and Seasonal Cleaning

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, where millions of women living with breast cancer are supported, and even more, are encouraged to get annual detection tests. It is estimated that every year in the United States, 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast

4 Questions You’re Afraid To Ask About Hiring A Maid

September 16, 2019 11:47 am•About The Maids

You know The Maids does an outstanding job of cleaning your home. You know they offer several types of cleaning services from deep cleans to recurring cleaning. You also know they are complete professionals you can trust explicitly in your home. But we’re guessing you

Housekeeping Services Now With Extra Muscle﹣The Maids Partners With Mr. Clean

September 19, 2019 10:28 am•About The Maids, House Cleaning by the Experts, News and Press Releases

When two outstanding products or services combine, the result is a customer experience that has consumers jumping for joy. For example, some of the best co-branding partnerships of all time include Betty Crocker and Hershey (the brownies!), Pottery Barn and Sherwin

22 Steps To Truly Clean

August 9, 2018 12:04 pm•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools, House Cleaning by the Experts

Healthy. Hygienic. Sanitary. Immaculate. Spic-and-span. Clean. There are a lot of words that describe how The Maids housekeeping services leave your home. But while many cleaning services promise clean, The Maids delivers. We use a patented 22-Step Healthy Touch® Deep

Different Types Of Maid Services

June 26, 2018 11:10 am•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools

What Type Of Maid Service Do I Need? Whether you’re hosting a big family event or you just can’t keep up with the weekly mess; you’ve finally come to the decision that you need a maid service. You’re in luck! The Maids has several different types of cleaning services

Residential Cleaning Services

June 13, 2018 11:19 am•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Home Organization and Decoration, House Cleaning by the Experts

Who Uses Residential Cleaning Services? Hiring residential cleaning services can be a little intimidating because there’s a notion that only the super wealthy can afford a maids service. We’re here to tell you that is 100% wrong. So, Who Actually Hires A Residential

Why Using The Maids Is Better Than a Fairy Tale

March 7, 2018 12:57 pm•About The Maids

With all the talk of leprechauns and magic this month, we couldn’t help sensing the similarities between our favorite fairy tales and what we do for our customers with every visit. And the best part? Our stories are true! We

The Top Blogs of 2017

January 3, 2018 11:38 am•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Home Organization and Decoration, Organization

If the top blogs of 2017 are any indication, we all want to have less clutter, cleaner bathrooms, kids pitching in, and a professional team of house cleaners on their way–at least every once in awhile. Sound familiar? Here are some of the most popular blogs from

These Clean Memes Beat Any Dirty Joke

September 27, 2017 12:05 pm•About The Maids

We have long appreciated the art of the good, clean joke, and we’re happy to continue our yearly tradition of adding to our favorite cleaning memes and sharing the joy of cleaning (and the joy of having someone else do it). It’s fun-ny because it’s true. We can’t

Prepping For The Maids: How Much Do I Really Need To Pick Up?

August 9, 2017 3:31 pm•About The Maids

We know, you’re reading this because you want a straight answer—and probably straightened cushions, furniture, and vacuum lines. But the truth is how much de-cluttering you do before your Maids team arrives is up to you, and it depends on where and how you want them

5 No-Sweat Appetizers That Are A Breeze To Make

June 28, 2017 4:35 pm•About The Maids

We love food that soaks up a lot of flavor and presentation value, but not a lot of time, and these five easy, summer appetizers do just that. 1. Eight-Layer Dip Every layer of this summertime 8-Layer Dip brings its own kind of wonderful to each bite. Creamy, salty,

Mother’s Day Gifts That Warm Her Heart (But Don’t Clutter Her House)

May 8, 2017 11:52 am•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools

It goes without saying that mothers are superheroes (but we’ll say it anyway because it bears repeating). They basically do the impossible; they schedule, they taxi, they feed, they clothe, they clean, they follow up, and they follow through. What they can’t always

5 Tips For Naturally Beautiful Curb Appeal

May 3, 2017 4:18 pm•About The Maids, Outdoor Organization and Decoration

Picking out the right exterior paint colors for your home is never as fun as it first appears to be. While it may be fun to pick out swatches and paint samples on the side of your home, picking the perfect color is often a gut-wrenching process: what if it’s too dark?

Maid For You: How to Choose the Right Maid Service

April 19, 2017 12:20 pm•About The Maids, House Cleaning by the Experts

We’ve been in the cleaning business long enough to know that hiring a cleaning service isn’t for everyone. Some people like to do it themselves. Some people aren’t comfortable having someone else clean their bathrooms (although these folks are in the minority—most

Liven Up Your Home Decor With These 5 Plants

April 12, 2017 1:50 pm•About The Maids, Home Organization and Decoration

Nothing freshens up a room like a houseplant. They clean the air, give decor a soft visual interest, and provide a relaxing routine to homeownership. With so many varieties out there right now, the question isn’t where to put a plant, but how many to get. Best

The Fine Art of Cleaning Fine Art

September 16, 2019 11:51 am•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools

Great care should be taken when cleaning anything of value, whether it is a priceless heirloom from a relative or a recently purchased oil painting from a local artist. Use the tips below, or leave it to the pros. Cleaning Original Oil Paintings Oil paintings can be

What Tiny Homes Can Teach You About What’s Worth Keeping (And What’s Not)

September 24, 2019 10:42 am•About The Maids, Home Organization and Decoration

There’s a big movement sweeping across the country and most of it fits in three parking spaces. Where the typical American home is about 2,600 square feet, most tiny houses have an area between 100 and 400. Sound impossible? Maybe for some, but there is a growing

How To Break Up With Your Housekeeper

March 22, 2017 4:19 pm•About The Maids

Breaking up is hard to do, especially with your cleaning service. While there are do’s and don’ts for ending a personal relationship, severing a business relationship with someone who cleans your home isn’t so cut and dried. And if your maid is a sole proprietor

Toss These 20 Things From Your Home Right Now

March 8, 2017 11:25 am•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools

When clutter takes over and stresses you out, it’s best to attack it in one fell swoop. Here are twenty items you have your house right now that you don’t need. Grab a laundry basket or a large box and get ready to feel a lot better about life. It’s easier than you

These 5 Home Remedies Have Stood the Test of Time. And Grandma.

March 1, 2017 3:04 pm•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools

If you could bottle common sense and put elbow grease in a jar, you’d get a clean house just like Grandma used to do it. Here are five “home remedies” that will take your home back to a simpler, cleaner time. Do it on the daily. Grandma believed in leaving the house

The Best Way To End A Vacation Starts With This One Thing

February 22, 2017 3:20 pm•About The Maids

Claire Dunphy has a point in this episode of Modern Family: When a mom is traveling with her family, it’s not a vacation. It’s a business trip. When I saw this episode, I found an instant kindred spirit in this feisty modern mom. She got it. She knew the drama of

5 Ways To Use Your Formal Dining Room

January 28, 2019 2:28 pm•About The Maids, Home Organization and Decoration

Just because a room has “formal” and “dining” in its title, doesn’t mean it has to be either, as these five rooms attest. If you can count on one hand the number of occasions you use your formal dining room as a place to serve a meal, it may be time to consider a more

These 8 Super Sweet Valentines Are Sugar-Free

January 22, 2020 2:03 pm•About The Maids, Event and Seasonal Cleaning

Schools are cracking down on sugar and allergy threats, and it’s forcing some folks to get a little creative for Valentine’s Day–and that’s pretty awesome. From cars to cards, here are eight of our favorites. Light it up. Because everyone loves glow

Cleaning for a Reason: Sharing The Love

February 1, 2017 2:25 pm•About The Maids

As we said in our Lessons in Pink blog back in October, it isn’t just scientists or nurses or oncologists that make a difference to cancer patients; we all can. Sometimes, however, it’s hard to know what to do, how to help, and where to focus, especially when you also

Keeping It Clean in 2017: Bathroom Edition

January 26, 2017 4:43 pm•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools

I’ll open with the obvious: No one likes to clean bathrooms. (Well, no one except for these people, who make it their job). Aside from the kitchen, bathrooms are one of the most difficult rooms to keep clean, and also one of the most important. It’s not that the task

Keeping It Clean In 2017: Living Room Edition

January 18, 2017 2:03 pm•About The Maids, Home Organization and Decoration

It’s so easy to be lazy in living rooms. After all, everything about them—from their couches to their foot rests to their televisions—says, “Come. Sit down. Lounge.” Unfortunately, for many of us, these rooms also say, “Ack. Mess.”, which makes the sitting down and

Lessons in Pink: The Maids Turns Awareness Into Action With Free Housecleaning for Cancer Patients

October 26, 2016 12:53 pm•About The Maids, News and Press Releases

October’s pink campaign has achieved its awareness goal; the color has become synonymous with breast cancer and breast health. Most of us, however, don’t need a color to remind us the disease exists because it has affected us so personally, whether we are survivors

How To Keep Your Grill Clean

August 1, 2016 11:29 am•About The Maids, Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools

We’ve officially entered grilling season, and this means we’ve also officially entered the era of grill maintenance. To keep your grill fired up about firing up, use these tips, and use them in this order. Before You Grill, Clean. We’ve all been there, usually with a

Check Out The Maids Fantasy Clean Team

January 22, 2020 1:53 pm•About The Maids, House Cleaning by the Experts

Ready to defend your home turf against dirt, grime and allergens this season? Add The Maids professional cleaning service team to your roster. Stacked with talent and always ready to play,

5 Things You Are Already Doing Wrong This School Year

August 28, 2014 9:28 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Franchise Story

Shhhh… did you hear that? That was the collective sigh of relief from parents all over the country. School is back in session. Thank goodness. As life settles into the new normal, it’s important to get a grip on as much as you can as the school year picks up speed.

5 Plants That Shouldn’t Be Missing From Your Kitchen Window Sill (and Your Life)

April 30, 2014 9:15 pm•About The Maids

Growing your own herbs is rewarding work. Their bright leaves impart an effortless happiness to windows, their scents are naturally soothing, and their tastes, well, are downright life affirming. Here are a few of my favorite herbs based on their ease to grow and

The Maids 2013 Growth Summit

March 7, 2013 2:45 pm•About The Maids, Franchise Info

Over the past weekend, Las Vegas (surprisingly) became the cleanest city in the world as over 230 attendees of The Maids franchise came together for the company’s annual Growth Summit. Every year in the spring, owners and managers, get together to network, engage in

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