The dust bunnies in the corners are starting to stare back at you, and you need to take a running jump onto your bed to make it over the mountain of dirty clothes. You forget what color the floor in the kitchen was originally under all of the dirt, and you have gotten into the habit of eating dinner straight out of the pan because all of the plates have caked on grime. You know that you need to clean the house, but you never get to the task because cleaning is so boring! Cleaning the house is certainly not as exciting as horseback riding down the beach, skydiving, or going to a music festival, … [Read more...]
Make Your House Look like a Million Bucks on a Miniscule Budget
What can you do if your home is looking tired and drab, but you can’t afford to give it a full makeover? Sprucing up your home can be expensive, especially if you are buying all new furniture and décor. However, it doesn’t have to be. When you can get beautiful items for cheap, and use your own creativity and hard work, it is possible to create a beautiful home that looks like a million dollars but doesn’t cost it! Video Decorating Tips from Thom Filicia, host of Style Network's "Dress My Nest": Always Buy Used Have you ever walked around a new furniture … [Read more...]
The Five Minute Tidy: How to Keep Your House Clean in a Few Stolen Moments per Day
The weekend is finally here and you are exhausted from a busy week. You are looking forward to sleeping late and lounging around the house, enjoying your day off. However, the sink-full of dirty dishes is staring you in the face, the shower is in desperate need of a scrub, and the dust creatures under the couch are starting to growl at you. Oh well, looks like another Sunday will be spent cleaning the house again! So many of us are so busy during the week that we leave our housework until our day off when we finally have time to commit several hours to giving the home a good clean. However, … [Read more...]
Got Junk? How to Tame an Unruly Cluttered Garage
Your garage seemed innocent enough when you first moved in to your home, but now it has grown into a cluttered jungle of junk which haunts your dreams. It begins as a covered space to park your car, but your garage soon becomes a dumping ground for any odd objects and a place to store the odd few tools and things that didn’t fit in the house. Broken lawn furniture, toys that your kids haven’t played with in years, tangled webs of garden hoses, half-finished DIY projects, garbage bags of clothes that you meant to donate to charity, and that hammer you borrowed from your neighbor are … [Read more...]