“Clean your rooooooom!” Man, if I had a dollar for every time my parents yelled this very phrase at me when I was growing up, I’d probably still be doing this but I’d be doing it from a big old beach house along the California coast. It seems most of us dislike cleaning, but find […]
So, according to the internet, there are like a million different home remedies to remove price stickers (price tags) from glassware. So, I investigated three of them to see which one really works the best. 1) Vinegar (soak sticker with vinegar, leave for 5 minutes, rub off with cloth) 2) Peanut Butter (spread peanut butter […]
We spend good money upgrading our homes. Gorgeously designed homes; sigh. We dream about them, pin ideas about them to our most treasured Pinterest boards, gawk at our neighbors’ renos and take an extra long time shuffling down the aisles of home renovation stores. We are literally obsessed with beautifying our homes. So, when we […]
If you live in a house, you have greasy fingerprints on the wall. You can’t avoid them. And heck, you can’t really figure out how to clean them off…until now! Greasy fingerprints happen everywhere. For example, I use coconut oil as a post-shower moisturizer. I also have allergies and sneeze about 6 times in a […]
One of the most common questions I get asked is how to clean a shower properly. This is definitely one of the jobs that seems harder than it is. If you have the right tools, products, and technique, and do it regularly, you will be in good shape. If your shower has not been cleaned in […]
We never clean our cleaning tools, right? Come on, admit it. You’re alone, we can’t see you, raise that hand! We know the importance of cleaning and maintaining most stuff, but our cleaning tools are often forgotten. Just because it is used for cleaning doesn’t mean that it is self-cleaning. In fact, cleaning tools can […]
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 plastic shower curtains and […]
Vinegar. It’s pungent, acidic, tangy, makes you crumple up your nose and tear up, or brings up memories of eating fish and chips out of newsprint. Whether vinegar brings a smile or a scrunch to your face, you can’t argue the tons of household uses it has. So because January is national vinegar month, somewhere […]
Carpet Knowing you have guests coming in a few days, plan ahead and deodorize or steam clean your carpets. Carpets are like sponges- they absorb everything that settles on them. If you’ve ever noticed your home has a certain ‘smell’ to it, we highly suggest getting to those carpets. Your carpet has to deal with […]
Tis’ the season when glitter, tinsel, and holiday trees invade the homes of thousands. But what do you do when the glitter and glam starts falling faster than snow and makes it’s way onto your carpet and clothing? You clean it up using these handy tips. We’ll break it down by area and the most […]
