July 28, 2015 5:22 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
The kitchen is often considered the heart of the home, and for good reason–after all, this is where the food happens! But the amount of foot traffic through this room means it gets cleaned a lot more frequently than other parts of your house. Think of all the
January 12, 2022 4:02 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
How to Stay Organized during the Transition Moving cross-country just may be your personal Everest. It could be the most complicated logistical endeavor you ever undertake. Here at The Maids, we know that it’s all in the details. That’s why we’ve teamed up with
July 15, 2015 9:15 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
If you’ve been following the blog a while, you know we love to clean. We love everything about the cleaning process: the before’s, the after’s, the clean slates, and the fresh starts. Whether
June 4, 2015 9:49 am•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Party time! You’ve lined up the adult beverages, warmed the appetizers, and are ready to throw a smashing good time for your guests. There’s just one lingering issue: the bathroom. It’s clean, of course; you saw to that. But there’s a ton of people coming over
July 1, 2015 9:34 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
If you are like us, every once in a while you need a cleaning meme or a few cleaning jokes to tell it like it is. We’ve collected a few of our favorites for you. Stay tuned! We find new favorite jokes about cleaning all the time! Clean Serenity
October 20, 2020 10:17 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
So you just moved into a swanky pad, and dang…that new carpet is looking fine. In order to keep things bright and fresh, we’ve gathered some carpet cleaning tips and tricks to tell you how not to ruin this blossoming relationship. Getting to Know Each Other First
June 24, 2015 4:38 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
If you work from home, a cluttered office can not only cost you time and productivity, it can also cost you a chunk of your paycheck, whether in the form of late fees on bills or billable hours. We’ll show you the biggest offenders and the best ways to banish them for
January 12, 2022 1:08 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
There’s no two ways about it: Moving is stressful. For all the rewards that come from setting up a new home and decorating to your heart’s content, getting all your furniture and belongings into a new house, whether it’s across the street or across the country, is
June 4, 2015 9:47 am•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
At some point in your life, there comes a time when you’re not sure what to do with all your stuff. No matter how clean you keep your surroundings, life requires a certain amount of objects to get through the day—and those things can pile up. The kitchen in
June 3, 2015 9:43 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Quick, hide the magazine stash! Guests are coming over, and your house is looking less than its best. We know things can get crazy sometimes, and daily tidying can fall by the wayside. Meanwhile, occasionally you need to blast through some cleaning in a hurry. Here
October 20, 2020 5:05 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
We know that hiring the best maid service can feel like a luxury, especially when you know someone who cleans houses on his or her own for a fraction of the cost. However, any money saved at the forefront could cost you much more than pain, stress, and heartache; they
March 16, 2017 6:30 pm•Cleaning Tips, Tricks, and Tools
You can’t beat the convenience of plastic food storage containers, except when you go to dig them out of the drawer or cabinet only to find that you have twice as many containers as lids, or vice versa, and none of what you have fits each other. It might not be
January 12, 2022 3:33 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
October 19, 2020 7:43 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
July 21, 2022 1:55 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
January 27, 2021 12:39 pm•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
April 27, 2021 1:19 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