Oh goodness, my fridge looked stuffed, crusty and frankly, needed some love. So this week, I decided to film it, Clean With Me style, and show you exactly how I clean my fridge. Now, I do have a video where we do an even *more* thorough clean of the...
Making lasting change is all about forming good habits. The philosopher George Santayana said, "Repetition is the only form of permanence that nature can achieve." And it's repetition that will turn a new behavior into a habit, and give your home a (somewhat) permanently better state!
The best thing about a habit...
There's a lot to talk about when it comes to cleaning the bathroom. You have been asking about what you can do to maintain your bathroom on a regular basis. What kind of habits can you employ to keep a cleaner bathroom? I am going to outline some simple...
A while back, we created an article called 10 Things To Toss Today that was designed to help you get started on what can be a difficult decluttering journey. You guys ate that content up like it was a tasty bag of chips, so we decided to give you...
Just imagine the possibility that after cooking up a feast, you could leave your kitchen cleaner than what you started with. No, I’m not talking about hiding everything under the counter like they do on celebrity cooking shows. I’m talking about simple, quick strategies to clean as you go, while you cook. Professional chefs...
Whenever we do a video about decluttering, inevitably the comment section fills up with comments which basically go something like: "Melissa, my place is a mess, I've never decluttered before and I'm freaking out and don't know where to start". It's a reality, decluttering can be stressful—I've been there!...
I've been fortune enough to have met a lot of successful people, and I love to talk to them about the habits that have made them successful. One thing I've noticed many have in common is that they often prepare the day before for the day ahead, so that when tomorrow...
It's time for another Clean With Me video and this time Melissa is tackling her make-up collection! Watch as she cleans and organizes each and every compact, brush, tweezer, mirror and more.
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It's time for another CLEAN WITH ME video, and this week Melissa tackles the KITCHEN! This is one of the most in-demand places in our home, and the most requested space you wanted us to clean! So, let's follow Melissa Maker as she organizes, wipes, polishes, straightens, sweeps, mops and...
Recently, I shared a video on how to declutter, but what I did not cover is how to deal with some of the emotional aspects of decluttering. Today I want to share some tips and tricks about declutter – and especially when it comes to the more emotional side...
Between those mornings when you are running late and scrambling to leave for work, and those evenings when you need to try out a least six different outfits before you head out on the town, your bedroom can end up looking like it has been hit by a class-4...
It's not easy to get me to clean out my closet. Can you blame me? I like my clothes! Who knows, I may even wear that shirt again one day, the occasion may arise when I really, truly, need it. But, even I had to admit, that the time...
Contrary to what many people in the Clean My Space community believe, I am prone to making mistakes when it comes to cleaning. Yes, I am admitting that I am not perfect! When I first started my cleaning company I was forced to learn all about cleaning, and I quickly...
Hello, Clean My Space Nation and welcome to our first Clean With Me video! We thought it would be fun for you to see how I clean and then follow along. We chose the living room as our first space to tackle, not only because it happens to be...
Do you change over your closet for the fall/winter and spring/summer seasons? I never used to do this, but I recently started and it’s made a huge difference! I actually just performed this task the other day and thought I would walk through the process so that you can...
We've been talking a lot about decluttering here at Clean My Space and most of our conversations center around decluttering our physical space - and you guys have been rocking that! One area that we haven't really touched on, which we know is a big one, is DIGITAL DECLUTTERING....
