Friendsgiving is a product of pop culture, far-flung family, and a retreated economy. Like Thanksgiving, its dressier counterpart, this meal is a way to celebrate “the family you make along the way” in lieu of or in addition to the more traditional feast. It’s a meal
The Maids: How To Clean Your Fireplace
As Ned Stark would say, winter is coming. The nights are getting longer and those fuzzy blankets are starting to make a reappearance. You know what that means: It’s nearly time to fire up your fireplace! Before you stack the logs and strike a match, there are tips,
The Art of Gratitude: 5 Crafty Ways To Say Thank You
In today’s busy and cluttered lives, it’s easy to lose focus on what matters—even if you hire a cleaning service to handle the dirty details. That’s why we focused on five gratitude projects that are not only fun to do, but that also include loved ones, inexpensive
Closing Up Your Summer Home: 10 Tips To Protect Your Investment (And Next Year’s Vacation)
Several parts of North America have had an unseasonably warm fall season, and you won’t hear the folks who own vacation homes complaining. The temps will eventually drop, however, which means the annual ritual of winterizing a seasonal property. It’s not complicated,
Lessons in Pink: The Maids Turns Awareness Into Action With Free Housecleaning for Cancer Patients
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 Clean Your Styling Tools & Hair Accessories
From cuts, dyes and styles to high-end products, most women tend to spend a lot of time and effort on their hair. But, what’s the use if you’re brushing with a gunky brush or using a hairspray-coated curling iron? We often pay so much attention to how our hair
No Guts, All Glory: 7 No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas
As a company that tries to tidy messes as often as possible, the idea of a no-carve pumpkin is pretty appealing. But can they still be festive? We found seven that loudly answered “YES” to that question, and we hope they inspire you to say the same. 1. Find the Great
How to Clean Hardwood Floors
Hardwood floors are classic, beautiful and timeless, but if you don’t take care of them, you’ll be left with dull, dingy and scratched floors that do anything but add value to your home. To extend the life of your hardwood floors, you must develop a consistent habit
Chalk This Way: 5 Ways Chalkboard Paint Can Help Your Home Express Itself
First off, I may have a bit of a problem. A few years ago, I was introduced to chalkboard paint on a Pinterest board, arguably the gateway to a host of my many problems, namely projects I can’t wait to start (aaaannnnd also to finish). At the time, people were using
3 Ways to Fall Into Container Gardens
Changing out container gardens at the end of the season marks a bit of a changing of the guard in a home’s landscape with begonias transitioning to mums, dahlias to cabbages, and bare spots to ripening pumpkins. The Maids has a few tips to keep your fall container
The Secret to Making The Perfect Bed
Your bed is the focal point of your bedroom, but often times it’s just a rectangle in the middle of the room with some blankets thrown on it. Have you ever wondered how to make your bed look as picture perfect as the ones you see in magazines? And furthermore, have
The Kitchen Diet: How to Lose 10 Pounds of Clutter From Your Cupboards
It’s almost the end of summer, which means swimsuit season is over, and we’re on our way into layers and layered cakes (wait, maybe that’s just me). As we start spending more time indoors entertaining and cooking, things start to feel a little tight and cramped,
5 Steps for Cleaning Tile Showers
As always, The Maids loves getting feedback from our fans and followers. Recently we got the question, “What’s the best way to scrub a tile shower?” What an excellent question! Given that most of us shower daily, it’s a part of the house that should give us a
10 Reasons Why It’s Perfectly OK to Hire a Cleaning Service
We get it. For some people, hiring a cleaning service can feel like a luxury. Figuring out when and how to hire a maid service can be a big decision, and it’s been the right one for thousands of happy people. Here are ten reasons why. 1. Because you need to focus on
How To Make a Homework Station
The trick to getting kids to do their homework isn’t (always) bribes of chocolate chips or threats of taking away their tablets. Sometimes the trick is creating a spot that helps them organize their papers along with their thoughts. Here are a few ideas, along with
How to Make the Best Summer Guacamole [Caution: These images are SWEET]
The best thing about summer is the fresh produce. And, when the chips are down, the best thing you can make with summer produce is guacamole. And the best guacamole, in our opinion, has mangos. The Maids will show you just how it’s done. We know it can get a little
Your Flagship Style: How To Fly Your Colors at Home
There are many ways to celebrate your home country these days, international competitions notwithstanding. That said, seeing so many bold colors waving on television and celebrated throughout the world’s city streets made us want to bring patriotic colors into every
How to Use Refrigerator Humidity Drawers The Right Way
We’ve all seen the knobs, but how many of us simply leave the humidity controls of our refrigerator drawers to the middle dial? These settings actually have quite an impact on your fruits and vegetables if you know how to use them to your advantage. Groceries can get
The Day My Husband Was Right: A Clean Love Story
My name is Kamille, and I’m having an affair with my cleaning company. Okay, not really. I mean, I do like them. And they really know what they are doing in the bedroom (can you say vacuum lines?). They also get me on levels I haven’t experienced in ages (you should
How to Clean Bath Toys & Prevent Mold
Tell us if this sounds familiar: The first thing your kids do when you put them in the bathtub is grab their toys and put them directly in their mouths. Initially, you might not think that this is much of a problem—until you see your son squeezing his yellow duck and