Home General Home Cleaning

General Home Cleaning

This is great general housekeeping advice that friends pass along to one another. Just general, good-to-know stuff about keeping house.

Got Mold? Don't worry, we can help. We have a few quick, cheap and effective tips you can use to help get rid of mold in your bathroom.
Here’s the situation with earbuds - and to better know what we're cleaning, let’s back up a minute and quickly understand our ears a bit better. According to Wikipedia, ears produce earwax to protect the skin of the human ear canal, assist in cleaning and lubrication, and also provide...
  Do you have a Dogenstein or a Catzilla? It can certainly feel like you're battling a super-villain when it comes to pet hair—get rid of it, and it seems like mere moments later there's twice as much as before. If you're going to rescue the city—I mean, your home—here are,...
This week we're talking about a subject I get asked about all the time: what to do about mold and mildew. So curl up on the couch, and get ready for things to get moldy! What are Mold and Mildew, and What’s the Difference? Mold and mildew are fungi, microscopic organisms that can thrive...
Coffee is the liquid antidote to an early morning. My morning cup of Cinnamon Pastry coffee (I know, you want one) would not be possible without my Keurig coffeemaker. My husband and I received our Keurig as a gift three years ago, and we've loved it ever since. A Keurig, Tassimo, or...
I'm not going to beat around the bush; I'm pretty into my hair. And I have a lot of it. And I have a lot of hair brushes. And my daughter Riley has a few hair brushes too. And my husband Chad has a couple of hair brushes. So...
Well, I'll admit it, I love my cats. I never liked cats before I had my own; in fact I remember being horrified when I used to babysit kids with cats.  After calming the kids down from their night-time fears, my own would set in.  Any sound, glow or creek...
The universe gave us toilets, and the Universe gave us trash cans (and seriously, thank heavens for both). Each are to be used responsibly or else the Universe gets mad (clogs and global warming, respectively). That said, I want to explain 10 really, truly, awful things that you may...
Full disclosure, I'm not a fan of hand sanitizer because I much prefer good old fashioned handwashing with soap and water. I feel it's cleaner, I can't explain it, but I do. However, at times, I can't access 'old reliable' and hope to goodness I don't accidentally touch my face or...
Pillow talk. It's usually sexy and almost never about how clean or dirty your pillows actually are. We get asked all the time here at the CMS HQ about how to clean pillows properly. Well, I've investigated the situation, and have discovered the best way to clean a pillow—an...
You've seen the commercials. You know the products. We're told our homes are a veritable hotbed for all germs, spores, bacteria, mold, and mildew. It's quite miraculous that we aren't all battling plague 24/7. Ok, sarcasm aside, I think we're being a little oversold on the whole notion of...
Grunge was cool in the 90s, not in your shower.  Just sayin'. If you have a shower, there's a really good chance you have a shower mat and shower curtain liner.  And, there's a super good chance that you haven't washed them lately (or ever)! Why They Get So Grungy These...
What do shoes, carpets, drapes, dogs, chairs, onions, dirty laundry, beds and fish have in common? They all make your house smell bad and believe me when I say there's like 150 other things in your home right now that are adding to what's called the 'scent signature' of your...
Here's a recent exchange we had on our Facebook page: Maura: I was wondering if you can tell me how to clean grease build up on my gas stove top. I have tried degreasers but still with no success. I even ran it in the dishwasher in the high heat wash...
How appropriate a blog topic. Let me break down what this past week has been like for us here at Clean My Space headquarters... On Monday morning, Chad woke up with a bad cold and because Chad is a giant baby, he proceeded to spend the next 2 days in bed...
If you've been experiencing a blockage, and I don't mean the kind that requires more fibre in your diet, consider cleaning your shower head to improve water flow and give you a better shower experience. Basically, a shower head (like mine, pictured in this post), is constantly spouting water out,...