Household Cleaning Tips
Cleaning, Disinfecting and Sanitizing Your Home With the outbreak of COVID-19 it’s important to clean, sanitize and disinfect, especially frequently touched surfaces and commonly used areas. Although the risk of exposure is greater via person to person rather than touching surfaces, many are staying indoors and having items delivered. Even if you are leaving the…
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Cleaning, Disinfecting and Sanitizing Surfaces In every home there are dozens of surfaces that need to be cleaned, disinfected and sanitized. Some of these surfaces are cleaned as they are used; such as kitchen counters when meal prepping. Many surfaces are only cleaned weekly or bi-weekly with regular household cleanings. But when you or another…
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Cleaning and Organizing Tips for Roommates No matter where you are in life – college, the business world, divorced, just getting out on your own, etc. – you may have reason to share your living space with a roommate or two. A roommate offers many benefits. Aside from the financial freedom you can gain, having…
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Cleaning the Blades on a Ceiling Fan This is often a chore that often gets overlooked. I’ve made the mistake of not cleaning mine, only to have dust bunnies flutter down on me after turning on the fan on a warm summer night. Ever since then, I make sure they stay clean throughout the year.…
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Can I Keep My House Clean and Looking Like a Model Home? You’ve spent a better part of your Saturday cleaning the house from top to bottom but still it doesn’t look like those model homes you see in magazines or online. Let’s face it; they are called model homes for a reason – they…
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Cleaning Your Vacuum Cleaner We use our vacuum cleaners often to keep the floors in our home clean, but, when do we think of cleaning the vacuum itself? We often neglect our important cleaning tools; I mean really, we just want to get the job done right? If you do notice a “smell” while vacuuming…
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Maintaining the Beauty of Glass Tiles Glass tiles have come a long way and aren’t just tiles used for a flashy backsplash anymore. They are quickly gaining in popularity compared to ceramic tile because of their unique appearance. These tiles can be used in just about any room of the house (and outside the house)…
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Cleaning Ceramic and Porcelain Tiled Surfaces For centuries, ceramic and porcelain tiles have been used because of their durability and beauty. Although ceramic tiles are more commonly used, porcelain tiles are quickly gaining ground. In fact, if you’re trying to decide which to use in your new home or remodel, the hardest part just may…
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How to Remove Bad Smells from a Wool Rugs There are many benefits to owning a wool rug. Wool is long lasting, resilient and it is a renewable resource. There are also many, beautiful styles and designs to choose from. When I was growing up, my parents had a couple of large wool area rugs…
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Cleaning a Cement or Concrete Garage Floor First off – is it cement or concrete? For years I had always used these words interchangeably. Little did I know there was a difference? Cement Cement is a powder made up of substances such as limestone, clay, shale, sand, iron, aluminum and other materials. It is the…
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