Home Improvement Tips & Ideas
Say farewell to dirt, dust and grime with creative and effective cleaning tips to keep your home sparkling!
Clean your wood deck with a mixture of powdered laundry detergent and hot water. To remove mildew stains from your wood deck, use a 10 % bleach solution, and you will have a shiny clean wood deck that is ready for summer fun.
For the health, safety and cleanliness of your family, it’s important to actually wash your washing machine, and clean your dryer! Here’s how.
Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner handles a wide range of cleaning and degreasing without harsh chemicals. The non-toxic and biodegradable formula easily removes tough dirt and grime without harmful and dangerous chemicals that can harm you and the environment. Simple Green features a concentrated formula can be custom diluted for a wide variety of cleaning jobs, …
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If you’re looking for a powerful, effective well-built tool to blast away dirt, debris, moss, mildew or algae, the new Greenworks 2300 PSI Electric Pressure Washer is one of the best designed pressure washers on the market, combining power, technology and convenience for effective cleaning.  In fact, 93% of purchasers recommend this tool, which …
Its gross and grimy and can make your bath look like it hasn’t been cleaned in months, even though you clean every week! The problem isn’t really the dust, dirt, people and pets that can leave any room a mess, it’s the hard water that comes out of your faucet. Hardwater, is water that contains …
Learn the recipes for several natural cleaning products including copper polish, glass cleaner, sink and toilet bowl cleaner, disinfectant, oven cleaner, furniture polish, and mildew and brass cleaner.
Has this ever happened to you? After working hard to clean your house before your guests arrive, you pause and look around with new eyes. Your home looks so lovely this way! It’s not only clean and tidy, but also calm and welcoming. Of course, there’s no way you’re going to spend every weekend scrubbing …
5 Habits You Can Start This Week to Have a Cleaner HomeRead More
Keeping your house looking spiffy all year round is no small chore. Yet, nothing feels better than coming home to a tidy clean home. It actually helps with stress levels when your home is uncluttered and fresh. You may think with your busy schedule, three kids, and a dog that keeping the house in order …
Keep Your Home Spiffy Year Round with our 12-Month Cleaning GuideRead More
They say a house is not a home without a pet, and how true it is! We love our furry family members just as much as our human ones, but they do tend to err on the messy side. Pet owners are faced with all sorts of extra chores, from vacuuming up stubborn pet hair …
There’s nothing like opening your front door to a clean home. The look, the smell — everything just puts you at peace. With kids at home, however, a clean house can feel a million miles away after you’ve stepped on your third Lego today. But don’t worry, there is hope. It’s possible to keep your …
There are two types of people in the world. The ones that love cleaning and find it therapeutic… and the ones that can’t stand cleaning and want to get it over with as quick as possible. Regardless of what category you fall under, the 8 cleaning hacks below are great to know and are extremely …
Using white vinegar for common household tasks can save you around $100 per year. How? Well, white vinegar can replace many of the common cleaning products you have in your home… the ones you are always repurchasing throughout the year. A gallon of vinegar will cost about $2.50. This gallon will come in handy for …
Household Cleaning with White Vinegar: 10 Money Saving UsesRead More
You already know how to clean a refrigerator, don’t you? After all, you’ve probably had lots of practice. It’s full of a constantly changing inventory of food and runs 24/7 – so much so that keeping it clean may seem like a never-ending task! Keeping your refrigerator’s insides clean cuts down on refrigerator odors, but by …
5 Fridge Cleaning Secrets for Fresher Food and Longer LifeRead More
Is your home plagued by hard water? If so, you’re in very good company. In fact, about 80% of the homes in America have hard water – and it can really impact everyday life – from cooking to cleaning to doing laundry. Hard water makes it difficult to rinse the shampoo from your hair, and leaves …
Clean outdoor furniture the easy way by following these steps.
It’s important to keep driveway cleaning and maintenance in your regular rotation of outdoor chores. Find out how to remove oil stains and reseal an asphalt driveway. Learn why a concrete driveway doesn’t need as much maintenance.
End Dirty Driveways with These Easy Stain Cleaning SecretsRead More
There are few things more disgusting than having to clean up a house or apartment that been saturated to the core with cigarette or another tobacco smoke smell!  If you’ve ever spent time around a smoker, you know the odor lingers – long after they’ve left the room. But for homes or apartments where smokers …
How to Get Rid of Tobacco Smoke Smell and Stop GaggingRead More
Find out how to mix your own glass and carpet cleaner, brass cleaner, toilet cleaner and more. Here are some quick and easy recipes for child-safe cleaning solutions.
Get tips on selecting the best flooring for pets, including the pros and cons of various flooring choices.
Is your tile floor looking dirty or dingy? The durability of ceramic tile makes it a popular choice for high-traffic areas like kitchens and bathrooms, but that heavy use also means the floors can get pretty grimy. But with a few simple steps and some handy spot-cleaning tips, you can have bright and clean tile floors …
We recently had water leaking from the ceiling of the first floor in our house. It turned out the water was coming from a shower on the second floor. The water was leaking through a space between tiles on the wall, about 3′ above the floor. There is a window located directly above the tile …
As another school year begins, kids around the country are hitting the halls in their brand new duds. Unfortunately, it can often seem like their clothes are magnets for all different kinds of smears, smudges and stains. With the following stain removal tips, you’ll be able to get your kids’ clothes looking good as new again.
Back to School? 8 Stain Removal Tips to Keep Kids Clothes Clean!Read More
Top tips to choose green cleaning products and know if a cleaning product is really a green cleaning product, and which ingredients should not be in green cleaning products and should be avoided for the health of your family and the environment.
Green Cleaning Products: Environmentally Friendly AlternativesRead More
Find out how to remove stains left behind by your family's favorite picnic foods. Stain removal tips are provided for summer berries, beverages, oil-based items, sauces and ice cream.
