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Remodeling Done? Now Call Dust-Busters.
Remodeling makes a mess. And when your contractor is done, your entire house will need a major cleaning. Dust will be everywhere. Carpets will be dirty. Walls will have smudgy handprints. And that's in the rooms that weren't remodeled! The rooms that saw all the work will be a virtual disaster area.
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A Clean Screen Can Be a Well-Adjusted One
In early spring you probably began opening windows and doors that stayed closed during most of the winter and discovered dirty screens behind them. Here is some advice on cleaning and adjusting those screens.
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Attacking Soot and Mildew
As snow turns to rain and rain to sunshine, the season change reminds us that it's time once again to begin our spring attack on the unsightly mess that invariably builds up each year during our homes' annual winter in captivity.
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Caring for Patio Furniture
We both enjoy backyard barbecuing and entertaining. Because we spend so much time outdoors we make sure that our patio furniture never is dirty, damaged or unsafe.
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Caring for Wood Finishes
Cabinets, wall and ceiling paneling and fine wood furniture can give the home's interior a certain richness that is difficult to achieve in other ways. However, the natural beauty of wood can be diminished as a result of a buildup of wax or cooking grease and grime.
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Charities, Internet, Garage Sale, Junkyard: How to Lose Your Clutter
In the '70s, actor and comedian Redd Foxx portrayed the character Fred Sanford on the hit TV series ''Sanford & Son,'' in which he and his TV son played owners of a junkyard. Although the show's set was a simple, sparsely decorated home, you just knew it was smack dab in the middle of the messiest junkyard known to humankind.
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Citrus: Great for Eating -- And Cleaning
Winter is when oranges, tangerines and grapefruits are harvested in Northern California. The end result becomes glazed oranges, dried oranges, orange juice, orange soda, lemonade, grapefruit juice and more. But best of all, we end up with a whole line of cleaning and deodorizing tools as a byproduct of good eats.
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Cleaning Tips 101
Whatever the accident, you've got a mess. But a stain doesn't have to become permanent if you know the drill.
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Cleaning Grease and Oil Stains From Concrete
A garage, carport, or driveway is the area where most of us allow our tired vehicles to rest between each use. More often than not, and depending upon the mechanical condition of the vehicle, there are oil and grease spots that decorate the concrete like litter on lawn. If this sounds familiar, do we have a formula for you.
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Cleaning Masonry
If you've come up against a stone wall trying to clean brick in areas at the exterior of your home such as patios, walkways, walls or a chimney then you really should read on. The three most common masonry cleaning problems are: 1) fungus, moss and mildew, 2) oils, soot and mineral residue, and 3) paint.
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Cleaning Mildew
It goes without saying that most American families have had a brush with mildew at one time or another. It's every homeowner's worst nightmare.
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Cleaning Mildew from Various Surfaces
Mildew might seem like a docile organism to some, but for many, it has a number of consequences. An allergic reaction to mildew spores can result in an extended hospital visit.
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Cleaning Screens and Other Spring-cleaning Tips
Spring is an important time of year for home dwellers. It's when we get a chance to shake the winter dust out of our pillows and mattresses and begin the process of cleaning our home inside and out.
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Cleaning Your Carpeting
For years countless carpet cleaning professionals have told us that the most effective method of keeping carpeting clean and enhancing its lasting quality is to vacuum it regularly.
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Extreme Makeover, Garage Edition
If you can't park your car in the garage or have trouble finding it when it is parked there, your garage could probably use an extreme makeover.
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Heading Off Odors in the Home
Unfortunately there are some odors in the home that even the vanilla treatment won't mask. Furthermore, masking the odor is temporary. The real trick is to find the source of the odor and correct the condition.
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Homemade Floor Cleaners
We would like to share a few homespun concoctions with you that we hope you will enjoy making and using on your floors.
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Homespun Cleaning Recipes
One of our favorite subjects is cleaning because it is one that generates great interest among you, our readers. Our cleaning tips should help you to get a jump on your spring cleaning this year.
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No Floor Too Big -- Or Small -- To Clean
Good looks aside, regular cleaning and maintenance will keep a floor looking good and can prevent expensive damage repairs -- or worse, the expense of replacement.
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Organizing Spring Cleaning
A maze of cobwebs, a buildup of soot, dust-laden upholstery and window coverings and filthy windows are a few of the reasons that we engage in the annual ritual known as spring cleaning.
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Our Favorite Cleaning Tips
Cleaning, without a doubt, is the least-expensive home improvement. Read on for some of our favorite cleaning tips!
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Removing Stains From Fabrics
If you've ever been frustrated by trying to remove stains from cotton articles, we have a tip you'll like.
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Ridding Your Home of Unpleasant Odors
Few things are more embarrassing to a homemaker than unpleasant odors in the house. Unpleasant odors often are associated with poor housekeeping. While this sometimes is the case, foul odors can invade even the tidiest of homes. Bacteria is a prime source of most household odors.
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Safe Alternatives to Dangerous Chemicals
Frequently, when families move into a new home, a family member or members develop ailments or allergies they didn't have before. Among other things, this can result from the chemicals that the previous owners used to maintain the property, and in the case of a new home, from the types of building materials that were used.
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Seasonal Cleaning Can Help Create a Healthier Home
Here are essential cleaning rules to help make cleaning stress free: organize, prioritize and streamline for a cleaner, healthier home.
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Spiffing Things Up For Spring
Making the best use of the space in your home can be pretty easy -- depending on how long you've let it go without that special gentle touch that you have.
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The Many Uses of Baking Soda
With all of the cleaners that are available on the market today it's hard to tell which one is best for what cleaning project. The wide range of chemicals used in general purpose cleaners makes reading the label a must, not only to prevent damage to what's being cleaned, but for safety as well.
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When Spring Cleaning Is Soot-able
Before modern technology brought electric resistance heaters, heat-sources were wood burning stoves, oil furnaces and coal. They are the soot-developers that launched the age-old tradition known as "spring cleaning".
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You've heard of Mr. Clean? Meet the Queen of Clean
We recently were blessed with a beautiful holiday card from one of our dearest old friends "The Queen of Clean," Eugenia Chapman, a housekeeper for more than 35 years. Her card included, as always, her latest cleaning picks and a couple of her famous homespun formulas. We have tested Eugenias formulas and found that as a cleaning lady, she really is the queen.
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