May 13, 2015 4:56 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Before we burst into refrigerator organization, make sure you read about how to clean a refrigerator properly. After all, what good is an organized fridge if it’s full of expired items on sticky shelves? Once you’ve tossed the expired items (check your salad dressings
May 6, 2015 7:23 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
One thing we’ve learned about our readers, you guys really love to learn how to do stuff. And based on the popularity of certain posts, it’s because you spill (how to get nail polish out of carpet), have unwanted funk (how to kill mold), or really just need a laugh
April 30, 2015 1:49 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Our staff does more dusting than the average homeowner. Here are some dusting tips and tricks to help make this household chore quick and effective. A little polish goes a long way. Or none at all. In fact, for the majority of dusting jobs, all you actually need is a
April 22, 2015 6:46 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Teen bedrooms. In a word: Yeesh. A recent New York Times article explored the forsaken habitat of the human adolescent, and described, in anecdotal detail, the frustrations of both the parents and the teenager in the endless battle of who should clean what. It’s kind
April 15, 2015 3:21 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
We all understand the benefits of recycling, but we may not know what is recyclable and where it can be recycled. Here are three great (and FREE) recycling apps that help answer those two questions and more. Earth Day is April 22nd—what better time to start saving the
April 8, 2015 8:54 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Color-coded closets. Clean countertops. Captured clutter. While these C’s may resemble the homes of the organized wizards of the world, they aren’t quite the action verbs that teach the rest of us how to reign it all in. Master the five C’s below and you’ll learn how
September 24, 2019 9:57 am•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Even though there are numerous studies that link clutter to negative impacts on mental and physical health, most of us have a hard time parting with our stuff. As it turns out, however, the benefits of decluttering your home can have a much greater impact than you
March 25, 2015 4:24 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
We get it, it’s March Madness. Workplace productivity is grinding to a halt, as is most of the bandwidth. There’s no reason why you can’t get things done at home, however. It just takes a clever use of commercial breaks. Every March Madness has a Cinderella Story, and
March 20, 2015 4:43 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
It seems to be the dynamic of every relationship: One person does most of the cleaning, the other…doesn’t. Sometimes it’s because they don’t do it well (and have been told as much). Sometimes it’s because they don’t want to. Sometimes it’s because they just don’t see
September 16, 2019 10:59 am•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
The interwebs are full of spring-cleaning tips and websites touting the best spring-cleaning checklist. We at The Maids don’t believe an ultimate list exists; in fact, we believe the best spring cleaning tips we could share are ultimately ones everyone should use all
March 4, 2015 7:48 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
If you’ve been reading our blog, you know we are on one heck of a decluttering kick. And who could blame us? Once you get a taste of a pristine desk and the ability to find exactly what you are looking for, you want to keep cleaning it forward! As we were researching
February 13, 2017 5:59 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
If you have five minutes, you have the ability to take back your home from the clutter that threatens to take it over. Just five minutes a day—or whenever you can spare it—will help you feel better about the space you live in, giving you more room to breathe and
February 20, 2015 3:26 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
There’s an epidemic sweeping our nation’s households. More pervasive than mold and more time-consuming than binge-watching Scandal episodes, this epidemic is negatively impacting our productivity, budgets, time and health. It’s the “Epidemic of Clutter.”
April 1, 2015 8:40 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
We’ve written a lot about kitchen cleaning in the years this blog has been published, so we thought we’d take a moment to consolidate our favorite and most popular posts and present them in one handy place. If you find yourself snowed in or cabin-fevered, use these
January 28, 2019 1:48 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Even on the most limited budget, nothing completely transforms a room the way a few hours and a can of paint can. Adding color to walls can instantly make a house feel like a home, one room at a time. The hardest part of the painting process often isn’t the taping or
January 28, 2015 9:44 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
We get it. Cleaning is a chore. If it were always awesome and fun and easy, we wouldn’t get so many chances to do what we do. That being said, cleaning isn’t really an optional thing; after all, dishes must get done, laundry must get washed (and dried, folded and put
January 20, 2015 3:58 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
We all know that January is Resolution Month, and this time we are refusing to put “lose weight” at the top of our list. Let’s strike the word “lose” from this year’s vocabulary. Let 2015 be the Year of Found Things. May you find whatever you are looking for, whether
January 14, 2015 3:43 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
The flu virus is an unwelcome houseguest that would love nothing more than to take up residence and make your life—and the lives of everyone in your home—absolutely miserable. Kick the flu to the curb with these helpful tips. And if you need a visually stimulating
July 25, 2019 5:14 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
If your tub is tinged with pink “soap scum,” you have more problems than an unclean bathroom. You may have a very uninvited guest that has every intention of overstaying its welcome. Its name is S. marcencens and it is ruining your clean reputation. A bacteria that
January 2, 2015 5:32 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Mistakes are a part of life. It’s how you learn from them that matter. And if it makes housework easier, everyone wins! More product is not better. It’s just more. Today’s detergents and cleaning agents are so concentrated that using more than the recommended amount
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