There are a lot of people who enjoy having vinyl floors in their home because they are cost-effective, durable, and aesthetically pleasing. Even though they can take a significant amount of punishment, you still need to keep them clean if you want them to last as long as possible. Take a look at a few of the top tips you should follow if you want to clean your vinyl floors. Quick Spills And Messes First, you need to wipe up spills and stains quickly. If you let them sit, they could become permanent. You should start with some clean water, but try to use a solution that has been … [Read more...]
How to Make Your House Look Clean When Last Minute Visitors Drop By
The phone rings. It’s your relatives. They are in the area and they thought they would drop by to say hello. Is it OK if they come to visit in about 15 minutes? You say that is fine and hang up the phone, and then look around in horror at the state of your house. How will you ever make it presentable for guests at such short notice? While you might keep your house generally clean, there are always times when it is a bit cluttered or grimy. If you have last minute guests on their way and you need to make your house look tidy even when it is not, here are some quick-clean tips: Clean the … [Read more...]
How to Make Cleaning the House More Fun
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...]
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...]