If you’ve watched the popular Marie Kondo show, then you know there is a growing trend around how cleaning your house can clear your mind. The concept is not new, and many studies and surveys we’ll discuss in this article have been conducted to find out how
Demystifying The Ritual Of Spring Cleaning
Spring cleaning. Just saying the words gives some of us feelings of anticipation because we are finally able to get to all the places that have eluded us all winter, windows for example. For others, the words give a deep-seated feeling of dread, and we can understand
Tips To Keep Your Fridge Looking Fresh
Tips To Keep Your Fridge Looking Fresh Your refrigerator works hard. Its handles get grabbed with sticky, germy fingers. Its exterior is covered with reminder notes, photos and precious scraps of artwork. And it gets opened dozens of times of day and rummaged through
7 Ways To Clean With A Baby
7 Ways To Clean With A Baby If you’ve recently had a baby, you’ve probably spent the last couple months of your pregnancy “nesting,” i.e., scrubbing, washing and sanitizing everything your new baby could come in contact with. But how do you keep your home clean once
Add Some Green Cleaning This St. Patrick’s Day
Add Some Green Cleaning This St. Patrick’s Day Everyone is looking for a greener way to live their lives whether it is the food they eat, the clothes they wear or how their homes are built and cleaned. Case in point, there are already nearly 1,500 green cleaning pins
5 House Cleaning Tips for Men
Whether you’re a single guy or a marriage veteran, house cleaning may be a skill you haven’t quite mastered yet. Men have notoriously gotten some bad press when it comes to housekeeping. The good news is, we have some pretty handy tips for men who want to learn
It’s Cleaning Madness This March!
It’s Cleaning Madness This March! This time of year, it’s all about basketball and brackets. Even if you’re not totally into the madness you can still take part of the fun. Instead of choosing top seeds and Cinderella teams, make family chore brackets complete with
Pet Owners: How to Keep Your Home Spotless
Pet Owners: How to Keep Your Home Spotless For many of us, our furry friends are our best friends. That’s not to say sometimes we don’t have beef with our little bffs. Pets are notoriously messy. Between shedding, dirty paws and house training accidents, it can feel
The Magic Of Mr. Clean: What Can’t You Clean With Magic Erasers?
The Magic Of Mr. Clean: What Can’t You Clean With Magic Erasers? Ever since Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser hit the market in 2003, it’s been astonishing users with its ability to miraculously clean the toughest messes around the house all without bleach or other chemicals.
What’s Your Cleaning Style?
What’s Your Cleaning Style? Everyone is different and we all have different motivators when it comes to keeping our homes clean. Some of us love to clean and find it therapeutic, others want to get it done as quickly as possible and then there are those that hate it
Why Cleaning is the New Language of Love
Why Cleaning is the New Language of Love “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” A popular book, published in 1995, describes the five languages of love or how we show love. These languages include acts of service, quality time, words of affirmation, receiving
Show The Flu Who’s Boss
Just when you thought it was safe to send the kids back to school or go back to work, the flu rears its ugly head. The flu is a fickle fellow. It usually hits people hard early in fall, only to return with a vengeance after the holidays. Don’t let it get the better of
New Year, Cleaner Home – House Cleaning Resolutions
It’s 2019, and if you’re like us, you’ve resolved to have a clean house for the new year. You’ve made a plan (thanks to some past blogs of ours 😉), and now all you need to do is stick to it. New year cleaning doesn’t have to be one of those resolutions that
How to Degrease The Stovetop and Other Hard-to-Clean Appliance Tips
Grease, grime, and dirt are just par for the course in most homes and keeping things clean takes skill and planning. In your kitchen, all that greasy build-up can be tough to handle and could even cause health problems. Whether you’ve been putting it off for a while
Start the New Year with Less
Our homes are crammed with stuff. Our cars are crammed with stuff. Our offices are crammed with stuff. As Americans, we love to buy stuff, and now that the holidays are over, we’ve most likely amassed a lot more of it. A new year is a perfect time to purge your home
How to Create a Cleaning Chart for Kids That Really Works
Getting the kids involved with routine cleaning chores is the perfect way to teach valuable life skills and get more done around the house. A cleaning chart for kids is a great way to keep track of the chores you delegate and create fun along the way. You’ll
Your Monthly Deep Clean Schedule for 2019
We love a clean house, in fact, the cleaner the better. But we recognize while some things need to be cleaned daily and weekly, other chores only need to be cleaned once or twice a year. The problem is, these are BIG chores, i.e., the ones you don’t want to do (who
The Top Blogs of 2018
You are doing more with less, like cleaning more things in less time and with less effort. For today’s sparkling home, it’s all about working smarter, not harder. And while that may mean having a little muscle in your corner (hint, hint) or doing it all yourself, the
Resolve to Have a Cleaner Home in 2019
The New Year is all about fresh starts and resolving to have a cleaner home is up there with eating better and exercising. It’s one of the best things you can do for your health. A clean, sanitized space can help stave off infections and viruses, plus it gives your
Try These Clever Holiday Décor Storage Tips
Thanksgiving is over. You’ve eaten the last bite of turkey, finished the final slice of pumpkin pie, washed the dinnerware and put away the cornucopia. It is finally time to put up all the holiday decorations you neatly boxed, labeled and stored from last year. Oh,