Carpets or area rugs make beautiful covers to your rooms and can be a stylish addition to your living area. But they can also attract lots of germs, and they can be a hotbed for pet hair and dust. If you need to know the ways on how to wash your carpets, then this article is for you. Most people are familiar with steam cleaning as a way to get rid of stains, dust, pet hair, mites, and microbes. … [Read more...] about Steam Cleaning vs. Shampooing Your Carpets
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How to Keep Your Home Pest and Disease Free
With the change of seasons right around the corner, so will pests and insects frequently pop into your home. You have probably already noticed that spiders, rats, and cockroaches become increasingly active in your home in the months during the changing seasons. They are not only annoying but also create an unsanitary environment. Pest droppings can cause the spread of diseases. Besides, they … [Read more...] about How to Keep Your Home Pest and Disease Free
Are You Afraid to Ask for Help Around the House?
Your to-do list never seems to end at the moment. As your kids get older their demands become stronger and you don’t know how to juggle everything that life is throwing at you. The laundry pile is growing and the fridge always seems to be empty. How do you get around this sort of dilemma? You want to be able to live your best life, but little ones can sometimes get in the way of that! You love … [Read more...] about Are You Afraid to Ask for Help Around the House?
How To Add Curb Appeal To Your Home
It’s nice to take pride in your home, and whether it’s your forever home or a place you’ll end up selling in a few years, it’s worth adding some curb appeal to the property. Here are a few ways to add curb appeal to your home. Pay Attention To Your Exterior A lot of your focus when adding curb appeal may be on the interior of your home, but it’s good to pay attention to the exterior too. This … [Read more...] about How To Add Curb Appeal To Your Home
How to Polish Your Floors for Maximum SHINE
Family members, pets and visitors can move all over your floor leaving it looking dull and worn out. The floor can be made of different materials such as wood, concrete, ceramic tile, marble or any other. It doesn't matter which material your floor is made of, you can always restore the appearance of your floors by giving them a polished finish. This will require some basic equipment as well as … [Read more...] about How to Polish Your Floors for Maximum SHINE
How to Declutter and Organize Your Garage
As most homeowners will tell you, your garage can easily become a dumping ground for all manner of things. Very few people can even move around freely inside their garages let alone park their cars in the space. It’s easy to accumulate things in the space when you are looking for a quick place to store something. The problem with an unorganized garage is that trying to find what you need can … [Read more...] about How to Declutter and Organize Your Garage
Housework is a Family Job – Not Just Yours!
Even though we are long past the days where women stayed at home doing all the housework while men went out to work, in most households it’s still the ladies doing most of the cooking and cleaning. Attitudes might have changed but they haven’t really caught up with the times just yet. Coined ‘the second shift’ by Arlie Russell Hochschild and Anne Machung in 1989, things haven’t really changed … [Read more...] about Housework is a Family Job – Not Just Yours!
Where Does Mold Come From?
It can be frustrating and disheartening to discover mold patches inside your home. A lot of homeowners are at a loss when dealing with mold growth. More often than not they can’t understand why the indoor environment has become ideal for mold spores. After all; last time you’ve checked, there wasn’t any damp stain on the wall or the ceiling. You’ve also changed all your windows recently, so you … [Read more...] about Where Does Mold Come From?
Does Your Home Need a Deep Cleaning?
Most people want a clean home. They want to get rid of germs and bacteria to avoid illnesses and because neat and clean houses look nice. But, is your home really as clean as you think it is? Vacuuming, dusting, picking up after yourself, putting everything back where it belongs, and general overall daily or weekly cleaning are commonplace activities for most. But there are hidden areas you … [Read more...] about Does Your Home Need a Deep Cleaning?
Understanding the Difference Between Clean and Tidy
When it comes to home management, many of us have different ideas of perfection. The standards of tidiness and cleanliness that we set for ourselves vary and what one person might think of as clean and tidy may differ greatly from another's. However, regardless of your standards, have you ever considered how “clean” and “tidy” are different words often used in the same sentence. This is because … [Read more...] about Understanding the Difference Between Clean and Tidy
Clean Green Home Advice
Nowadays, people are so much more concerned about the environment than in days gone by. And while there are plenty of big projects that you can get involved in, the place to start is in your own home. So, if you are concerned about the number of common household chemicals involved in keeping your house spic and span, this is the article for you. Here, we will be talking about some of the ways … [Read more...] about Clean Green Home Advice
8 Tips For a Spotless Kitchen
Your kitchen is the most important room in your family house. It’s where you cook, where you eat, and it’s culturally the room where people gather to talk about their days and their aspirations. Your kitchen sees a lot in a day and sometimes you can still guess what happened in there just by the clues that are left behind. Fingerprints and crumbs on the countertop surface tell the tale of a … [Read more...] about 8 Tips For a Spotless Kitchen
