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Get ready for fall with these home cleaning tips

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Autumn Home Cleaning Tips Get ready for the colder months with these cleaning tips. When you think of a deep clean, namely a spring cleaning, you may consider it as a rare annual event. A thorough home clean where you pull everything apart, get into those nooks and crannies, and hope it will last a year or so. Right? Sorry to burst your bubble, but one spring cleaning a year simply isn’t enough! Between having guests visit, leaving doors open, pets and kids running in from the backyard, and cooking up a storm, a deep home clean is something you should do AT LEAST twice per year. Spring cleaning may be the standard “time to clean” by which most homes go, but we’re thinking an additional yearly cleaning for the fall is a good routine. In the spring, we’re preparing our houses for the arrival of warmer weather and all the fun that comes with it. As fall is upon us, it may be time to hit the reset button for the cooler weather about to come If you can’t bring yourself to ...

Hilarious Quotes on How We Feel About Cleaning

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15 Hilarious Quotes That Sum Up Exactly How You Feel About Cleaning Let's just say, you'd rather be doing anything else. If you are like us, you have a love-hate relationship with cleaning and organizing your home.   It’s nice to have a tidy and neat house, but that does require a lot of time and effort.   Well it turns out that a few people have the same feelings.   Here are a few quotes that will make you feel the same way.  

Let's make cleaning a little easier

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10 Smart Tricks to Make Cleaning So Much Easier Of the hundreds of cleaning tips Real Simple has published, these are among our most popular—and most ingenious. Use Ice Cubes to Deodorize a Garbage Disposal Tired of your stinky garbage disposal? Get rid of odious odors: Feed ice cubes made of vinegar down your disposal. Flip the switch to grind the cubes, then flush with cold water. Use Aluminum Foil to Scrub Off Baked-On Food Use Baking Soda to Clean Silver Here’s a no-polish shortcut to getting your silver pieces, from knives to gravy boats, sparkling. First, hand wash items in warm soapy water (use mild dish soap). Place in an aluminum foil–lined pot. In a separate pot, mix 1 quart of boiling water with ¼ cup baking soda and a couple teaspoons salt. Pour the mix over the silver, then cover with a well-fitting lid. Let sit for up to five minutes as the solution works to remove any blackness from the silver. Remove silver from pot, rinse with c...