My DIY Steam Cleaning Experience

Post from: Value For Your Life For those of you that don’t particularly care about doing your own steam cleaning, you may want to read on anyway ... our carpets several times a day.  The immediate solution:  Steam cleaning said carpets ... square feet of our home is carpeted, that’s about 8 “rooms” according to the steam cleaning people [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 17:47:35

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Pinny Porn?!

Thanks to Bitter Girl I now know it has a name! Pinny Porn! Or as many know it, Domestic Porn ... Stewart-like publications; they make me ill while also making me think my home isn't clean or organized ... and a weird fixation more than anything. But, it creeped into my everyday life and I try to be all house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:16:24

More breaking news regarding Non toxic cleaning products

Almost all new home owners have experienced that brand new house fragrance. Starting over in a new living environment is also a great experience ... these natural mold remover. Who would of ever thought that a natural rust removers will take care of rust ... away at your hands. There are a lot of home cleaners that are making their way to everyones [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:57:16

Dyson DC25 Animal

When it comes to having my home clean, we feel so much better ... actually enjoy cleaning with such an amazing piece of work. We have had the same vacuum [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 15:43:48

Hey, I helped the economy!

Check it out. My condo purchase last month is helping the economy. Home resales in the U.S ... of people and spending money on all sorts of things necessary for my home. Besides hiring a cleaning service once a month (which I did not do in my apartment), I now have a bed in my guestroom [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 16:00:38

The Vogue of Things Green . . .

One new buzzword that has become popular with the economic downturn is making things “green” or such as having a “green economy” ... -saving ‘green homes’ and the clean-up of the country’s four main rivers. Such an effort ... on, are among such plans. New projects, such as the construction of bicycle roads [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:41:37

Eureka True Clean | 2961BVZ Most. Useless. Vacuum. Ever.

So this is where I become a total mommy housewife blogger for a brief moment in time because I am pissed off enough to write a product review post ... with this  $80 model Eureka True Clean | 2961BVZ: 2961BVZ2HFRNT_big Extra Wide Cleaning Path, Power Brush and Telescopic Self-Cleaning Duster make vacuuming your entire home simple and convenient [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 21:51:01

Compact Florescent Nightmares

More ghoulish pranks from your “environmentally friendly” Marxist Green Monsters: ( ... and turned off your heat or air? Oh in your rush, did you forget to pack the baby??? Did you know that when you return to your home to clean up the mess of shattered bulbs, you cannot use a broom [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 21:38:00

Do you think magazines influence eating disorders?

I am currently at school, doing my sociology coursework. I am doing whether magazines influence young girls to develop eating disorders ... and salon quality hair at home, on the soccer field, cleaning the toilet…and you have families ... single appliance, window, and pillowcase in your house isn’t Green, you might as well throw [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:24:27

Cleaning Tips for a Healthy Home and Body

When spring cleaning time comes round, it’s important to remember these basic cleaning tips ... has a chemical smell. ... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 17:00:03

Keep Your Home Clean By Going Green

Every one's talking about "going green" but would you believe that steam cleaners can be green, too? It's true! Vapor steam cleaners are a natural way to clean without the use of non-environment-friendly ... mite and remove mold and bacteria. This is done using dry steam at high temperatures which sanitize [more...]

Date: 2008-08-02 05:36:47

Good help is hard to find

Every other Friday brings drama to our household. Because every other Friday is house cleaning day ... . That kind of thing. So after each cleaning, I would re-arrange the pictures and dust behind ... started going downhill fast. First I came home after cleaning day and found a broken faucet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:11:00

Celebrity Sexy White Teeth? My Non-Celebrity, Unsexy, Yellow Teeth Wish

The five hours that I spent cleaning my mom's bedroom and bathroom two weeks ago inspired me to do a little pre-spring cleaning in my home when I got ... were starting to get a little overcrowded. Some products needed to be transferred to the hair product ... that are a little more budget-friendly. One such teeth whitening product is called Celebrity Sexy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:26:43

I have seen better weeks!

On Monday, Ping seemed really tired. She wasn't up when the alarm went off so I let her sleep. We both slept. I skipped swim and she skipped school ... I was allowing her some extra rest.We stayed home all day. I am working on cleaning out my filing cabinets ... as I wasn't up. I never know what I am going to find. There were two windows that were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:56:00

Spring!

hello blogging world. it’s 1.09 malaysian timing. a monday blues feeling for most out there perhaps.in a weeks time the spring festival widely celebrated by chinese will be here! also known ... of thoroughly cleaning the homes before chinese new year. i’m not one who quite follows traditions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:45:27

Best As Seen On TV Products

Some of the most popular things to buy are not available in stores and appear on infomercials ... a tackle pack and a book of fishing tips. Many of these types of products are household items, designed to make cleaning the home, faster and more efficient. As seen on TV products include the Zorbeez [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:20:02

trashout

trashout n. The disposal of the entire contents of an abandoned house. Also: trash-out; trash out ... . His job is to landfill everything, from the leather couches to the "What Color Is It?" baby book ... " — for clearing out and cleaning up foreclosed homes. —Brian Feagans, "Debris hints at foreclosures [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 16:07:32

Eco-Me Home Kit

When Robin Kay Levin's then 36-year-old sister was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005-without any family history of the disease-Levin began wondering just how toxic to our health the chemicals we use to clean our homes are. One year later she founded Eco-Me, a company the makes 100-percent natural, do-it-yourself cleaning kits. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 18:49:22

Changes you should invest in when selling your home

People ask me ALL the time about what they should do to their homes before they put it on the market: i.e ... for it - HomeGain did a study in which they found a 587% return from cleaning and decluttering! Other big ... on homes that I list), landscaping (curb appeal is SO important these days), new carpet and paint, etc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:22:00

25 tips to prepare your home for sale

Selling your home is nerve wrecking. I’ve done it twice in the last five years, ... to be spotless. From sinks to bathtubs, windows to doorknobs, attic to basement, make it immaculate. If you have to bring in a professional cleaning crew to give your home a serious scrub-down, do it. LESS [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 14:30:34

TMP Releases Vertical LS Data

TMP put out a press release and some of the findings from its second local search study with comScore in October ... searches included: Home Services (Plumbing, Carpet Cleaning, Pest Control, etc.) •       53% searched ... of information, including Automotive Services, Banking  & Finance, Colleges & Universities, Dental [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 14:02:00

Quick (?) note re my recovery progress

I've been hesitant to blog too much about my 2 broken wrists for fear of boring everyone & because it seems a low priority with a war going on ... with assorted idiots, I finally got a home health aide yesterday. She'll be cleaning house & helping me shower ... when sleeping or out of the apartment, for protection). I have a gorgeous "Frankenstein [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:38:00

The magical wonders of Household cleaning products

A new home smell is something that leaves a memory in your mind forever. Starting over in a new living environment is also a great experience ... cleaning products. Maybe Going Green strike your mind?the use of these products have made it safe ... these janitorial cleaning products. Could you believe that rust removers can get ris of rust [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:48:54

Great Green Giveaway: Ecostore USA

What better way to start the second full week of the new year than with a great review and giveaway for some helpful green home and beauty ... -based household cleaning products are as effective as the leading supermarket brands, and their body ... and plant-based ingredients (making it ideal for washing your and your children’s clothing-no chemical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:38:18

Email Sabbatical Has Begun

We are packed and finishing the final touches on leaving Los Angeles. My email bouncer is on ( ... gained from taking a vacation by collecting mold and spitting it back out at you the moment you return ... home to a clean INBOX. Don't worry... if you forget, you'll get a nice note from my INBOX telling [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 15:30:29

Link Time!

Link Time! 1 hour 53 min ago by casasugar 4 Views - 0 comments Danny Seo tells you all about carpet recycling. AT:SF tempts landlubbers with a book on floating home. Craft introduces some wacky/practical cleaning slippers. YumSugar reports on the Food Network's recent addition to Slow Food Nation. A Way [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 16:30:58

Use Dirt Devil To Keep Your House Clean

As a wife and mother, I am in-charge to keep my home clean and tidy. I have a 16 month old daughter who loves to play in the carpet and is very messy when eating so I end up cleaning it all the time. It is really time consuming but I have no choice but to clean them [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 12:15:49

A Tip of the Hat to 2009

A very merry New Year from Design Public! Always fun to start a new year with fresh excitement and anticipation for what may lie ahead in the ... chock full of tips and inspiration from favorite bloggers, DP designers, professional organizers and DP staff members to help you get your home in order. Get your cleaning clothes on and pop open [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 21:04:29

Start Your New Year With Our Brand New Products!

Here's a New Year's resolution that's easy to keep: Put more natural cleaning power to work at home with these new Seventh Generation solutions: ... are ready to keep yours healthier. Look for them wherever environmentally friendly solutions ... Generation Products Automatic Dishwasher Pacs That Pack a Punch We put biodegradable, no-phosphate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 07:28:23

Horror vacui

I'm trying to remember when A. first used the term vacuum to describe the absence of kink in this studio apartment. Sometime last month I think ... then we have found all sorts of ways to put nature's vacuums to good use cleaning carpets and lighting homes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:06:00

The Great Automaker Bailout: A Question of When, Not If

So the folks behind the Big 2.5 Amerian automakers—GM, Ford, ... , the auto industry, the corporate dry cleaning mafia, home mortgage owners, you name it), that sounds pretty ... Financial Services Committee, said the economy would be devastated if an automaker were forced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 18:44:00

Keeping Banned Materials Out Of The House

My wife and I have constantly been trying to get rid of toxic materials from our house as part of Our Green Year, and over 230 days into it, ... to the fumes. Some paint thinners and dry cleaning products also contain this. It should always be avoided ... wicks, white paint dust, soil outside homes and even in drinking water. Dry cleaning is very popular [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 17:30:21

New York Times reports on the economic crisis

OUTSOURCED CHORES COME BACK HOMEBy CATHERINE RAMPELLPublished: January 16, 2009A few months ago, as her family’s income fell, Laura French Spada, ... at home and cutting her hair and cleaning her house herself. And Tamar A. Zaidenweber, a health care ... his mother’s cookie-filled oven (“the new bakery”).After letting their maid go last October, Chris [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 10:19:00

Benita of Chez Larsson Sorts the Laundry Room

Benita of blog Chez Larsson decided in May of 2008 to start sharing her organizing mania and neatness with the masses instead of keeping them to all to herself. Her blog, www.chezlarsson.typepad.com, focuses on home life the clean, bright, white, organized and Scandinavian way. Benita lives in a small 1930’s house in a Stockholm suburb and that’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:01:13

Home update

I spent days cleaning up our rental unit. My whole body is very sore right now ... up on the carpet cleaning in the living room! My kids really messed up a lot on that part ... . I didn’t get the chance to use safety equipment like gloves because I felt that it slows me down [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 06:00:57

How to Clean Frugally

A clean house is a happy house, or so my Mom always said.  SInce I just moved into my first home, I do want to keep it clean and looking its best ... for instance.  Many people think they need the latest vacuum with all the fancy gadgets.  Generally, that’s not so.  A simple vacuum will be more than adequate for the job that needs to be done [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 13:13:52

Got Paper? Bossy’s Excellent Giveaway.

Who remembers Bossy’s son and his best friend? ... you about Scott Common Sense, an interactive website that allows its readers to ask household questions, share tips, and read articles about cleaning and organizing the home in time-effective, economical [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 14:17:38

My planned projects

I am hoping for the better for us all now. Since hubby last worked, I was trying to look for a part time job. I thought I could easily get back to cleaning jobs as he will be home for our daughter ... that include building a new house for us with modern facilities so that Shiela would not have a hard time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:34:56

3 BDR Wyoming Ranch Home for Sale

January 17, 2009 in Grand Rapids MI Homes For Sale, Greater Grand Rapids MI Real Estate, wyoming mi homes for sale | Tags: ... in Wyoming is at 1029 Iowa St SW . This home is clean and neat with many rooms freshly painted ... or children’s play areas, also includes a storage shed for yard equipment. Finished living area on the main [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:45:31

blessings…

I could go on and on and on about all of the things we are blessed with.  Most recently I’ve reflected on my family, and great friends ... a week, plus school, and then coming home and often times making dinner and cleaning the house ... Services Administration.  I’m so glad to have a husband that can have the foresight to realize, even [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:39:27

The Real Housewives of Orange County. The Shocker!

I've taken a mini break from visiting celebrity gossip blogs so that image above may have already been plastered on every site ... , you'd want to go ahead and tidy your place up.  Your home should be clean, nice, and smelling good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:05:19

What I Read After Comparing Prices For Engagement Rings

How could people say such mean things about Sully the Hero Pilot and his wife! You see, after I completed comparing prices for some engagement rings at an online jewelry store ... slowdown, working mamas like me must exercise...Do Home Cleaning After Managing Niche Blogs & Stores [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:06:12

Catching Fish The Wrong Way

If you are having a bad day, just keep this boy in mind (hat tip: Solomonia) ... into his penis while he was cleaning his aquarium at home. Professor Vezhaventhan and Professor Jeyaraman, who treated the boy and later wrote a paper on the case, explained: “While he was cleaning the fish [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 17:32:02

Basic things a cat needs

Basic things a cat needs August 21st, 2008 internet marketing Basic things a cat needs Just like human beings, ... your home clean from odor and urine stains. Put at least 3 sheets of newspaper at the bottom ... to your cat. This can be a professional one or a self-made one like a rolled up carpet that you locate [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 22:53:15

My New Eco-Love

I haven't shared any eco tips for a long time!  I haven't had anything new to share.  But yesterday, I got some new inspiration! ... sink and on the grout used on our tile countertops, shower walls, and floors (it's that cement ... when you are cleaning.  When the girls got home from school yesterday, they both noticed and said the house smelled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:13:26

Getting Your Home Sale-Ready

Selling a home in today’s unforgiving real estate market is no easy task ... experts to scrub your home from top to bottom. Carpets and window treatments should be steam cleaned and even the hardest to reach windows need to be squeaky clean both outside and in. A sparkling home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 20:33:28

Getting Your Home Sale-Ready

Selling a home in today’s unforgiving real estate market is no easy task ... experts to scrub your home from top to bottom. Carpets and window treatments should be steam cleaned and even the hardest to reach windows need to be squeaky clean both outside and in. A sparkling home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:00:17

Amy's Notebook 08.28.08

Amy's Notebook 08.28.08 Another bread recipe that I would like to try (@ Polliwog's Cakewalk) ... I have not been cleaning (@ Home Ec 101) Labels: Notebook ... ! (@ Simply Recipes) I didn't know that you could recycle your carpet- what a great idea (@ Daily Danny [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 11:20:00

Choosing the Best Mattress Cleaner

by Hayden Madisson Before you select a mattress cleaner, it is important to assess how badly your mattress needs cleaning ... you have. Cleaning a mattress can be difficult. Aside from it is difficult to carry and move around these heavy pound mattresses, a mattress is an expensive home commodity. A single mistake in cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 09:34:15

Argg! Martha Stewart’s Coming Over!

Jump to Comments   I really don’t like cleaning.  I don’t like tidying up, ... Albuquerque home in, say, a half an hour. This would throw me into a cleaning frenzy that would result ... to see the terrific job my sister did building the brick patio and rock wall in the backyard. “Sure. C’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 08:50:19

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