Have you noticed that the window tracks in your home are dirty and dusty? If you haven't, it might be time to take a look at them. Windows are often one of the things that's passed up when doing routine cleaning. And because the windows in our homes are what connects the outside world to [...]
The global market for cast iron skillets has been growing over the last few years. The trend is driven by a rise in single-person households. In America, people are rediscovering the cookware that’s been used in their families for generations. Some prefer vintage, while others are buying brand-new skillets and pans. Some people believe it’s [...]
According to a study in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology, we spend about one-third of our life sleeping. Except for the times you might be on vacation or couch-surfing with friends, a majority of that time is going to be on your mattress. Sheets, covers, and blankets do a great job of protecting a mattress, [...]
Most homes have a cupboard full of specialised sprays, one for glass, one for granite, one for wood, one for bathrooms, and most of them do the same three jobs. Understanding which everyday products actually work, and which combinations are dangerous, replaces about eighty percent of that cupboard. The Three Things Cleaners Actually Do Every [...]
We're all busy these days from our full-time jobs to kids, to the day-to-day activities that make up this wonderful thing called life. That's why there are approximately 875,000 cleaning businesses used by people across the country, all to help you have a cleaner, stress-free home. If you enlist the help of a cleaner, you [...]
Do you have a hard time seeing through your windows? Are they covered in smudges and fingerprints? Do you find that even when you try to clean them, they end up looking streaked, smeared, and worse than they did before? If you answered, "yes" to any of those questions, you're in luck. Whether you're getting [...]
Most people would agree that having a clean home should be a priority and is an important effort toward a healthy, happy existence. But, how often do you do more than tidy up? Do you really get in there and clean up those hard to reach spaces? If your reason for not doing so is [...]
Does cleaning your home take up too much of your time? Cleaning a house is everyone's least favorite thing to do, mostly because it can take up an entire day or even a whole weekend. But did you know that you could probably be cleaning your home in half the amount of time it currently [...]
How do you feel about dusting? If you're anything like respondents in a Better Homes and Gardens survey, you prefer dusting to chores like cleaning the toilet and mopping, but you don't consider it quite as enjoyable as vacuuming. But when it comes to chores, "enjoyable" is a relative term. One thing you can do [...]
Cleaning house may seem like a no-brainer. Dust. Sweep. Mop - and repeat every week or so, right? Wrong! There's a right and thorough way to clean - and a wrong way. Cleaning mistakes are more common than you may think... and you could very well be making them. From cleaning oven glass to keeping [...]
