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Category: Cleaning & Organizing
Response to Challenge Week 13: Have a garage sale!
Guest Writer I went downstairs to the storage area of the basement to section off an area for garage sale items.
Challenge Week 13: Have a garage sale!
Having a successful garage sale takes a lot of preparation. I’ve co-hosted at many garage sales and have experience in what works and what doesn’t.
Response to Challenge Week 12: Deep cleaning the bathroom!
Guest Writer Since I do surface cleaning in the bathroom every day, you’d think that there would be nothing to a deep clean. That is so wrong.
Challenge Week 12: Deep cleaning the bathroom!
We do a lot of important stuff in the bathroom! That’s why it needs to be cleaned every day.
Response to Week 11 Challenge: Washer, Dryer, Laundry Room
Guest Writer We have laundry to do every day in our house. Our “laundry room” is in the unfinished part of our cellar. It’s not a place I like to hang out. It’s been a while I’ve always washed the exterior of my appliances and have done some wiping of the inside of the washing…
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Week 11 Challenge: Washer, Dryer, Laundry Room
If you’re lucky enough to have a laundry room on the main floor of your home, I envy you! In my ranch-style home, the washer and dryer are in the basement on the opposite end of the house from the stairs. Why do I mention that? Our old washing machine used to go “off kilter”…
Response to Challenge Week 10: Deep cleaned floors
Guest Writer If you don’t have a steam cleaner yet, you need to get one! I recommend this one, which was recommended to me by my sister. It’s the Shark Professional Steam Pocket Mop Model S3601. I did some research in addition to my sister’s recommendation. Look at these two floor tiles: one was cleaned…
Challenge Week 10: Deep clean your floors!
Tile floors: Try a steam cleaner. I saw one used on a 1970s kitchen floor and it was amazing to see the dirt that came out of that floor. And the steam was gentle enough for that old floor! I researched the best floor steamers and spent quite a while on various product review sites….