Nothing can be worse than lingering odors in the home. Whether it is from cooking, pets, or mildew and mold in the home, the smell can be very offensive to both you and your guests. Removing lingering odors from the home can be a daunting task, but many easy steps can be [...]
Real Wood
Regular removal of dust with a soft cloth or a vacuum cleaner brush is all the cleaning needed for most real wood paneled walls and woodwork. Occasionally, if soil sticks to the surface, clean with a commercial cleaner made for wood paneling, or a cleaning wax made for wood, following directions exactly. Always test [...]
A canister vacuum cleaner is heavier and larger then most other types of vacuum cleaners. That’s why they are also more exspensive. However, these type of vacuum cleaners is also more quiet and vacuums better. It is an excellent type of vacuum cleaner for almost every area where you could use a vacuum cleaner including [...]
If your aluminum window frame is painted, you can use a solution of water and mild detergent. Always rinse off the cleaning solution and wipe off water with a dry cloth. Be carefull with strong cleaners or scouring powders because these can damage the paint on your frames.
Anodize aluminum, clear or colored, resists weathering and can [...]
If the wood window frame is painted, use a solution of water with mild detergent, or a commercial cleaner (mild) that is safe for painted surfaces. Wipe off excess water with a dry cloth. Do not use scouring powder or strong cleaners as these will damage the paint. If you also plan to clean the [...]
Use a lightweight cotton sock, place it over a thin feather duster and attach it to an extension handle. Use window cleaner to spray the sock, and clean the chandelier with it. Probably you will need a little ladder to reach the chandelier more easily.
To have a proper cleaning of the glass baubles from the chandelier, you [...]
Imagine you just bought a house, but the precious owners were havilly smokers. Of course you, and your guests, will smell this unpleasant odor. So what to do about the smoke odor?
Wash everything
Wipe down the doors, baseboards, blinds, light fixtures, fan blades,… Scrub anything you can take off the walls and windows in the sink.
Clean [...]
It’s easy to fill up your hallway with different kinds of rubbish. When you come home and you have something with you, the first place to put it is your hallway. Sometimes, things keep laying around for days, and days becomes weeks, and so on. After a while your hallway looks like it’s a storage [...]
