How to Clean Window Screens...

This is the first contribution to my website from Jakob – I found it very helpful and easy to follow. Hope you will as well! You can find more cleaning tips on Jakob’s website: How to Clean Window Screens: Screens are like filters.Clean indoor air is an integral part of a healthy home and one of the factors that play an important role in determining air quality is the state of window screens. Most homes across...

10 Great Money Saving Tips...

We all love to save money. The bonus here is that not only will these tips help you cut costs, they are fun to do as well! Enjoy! 10 Great Money Saving Tips: 1. No-stick Baked Goods: If you stack fresh-baked cookies or brownies on a plate, they can stick together. To prevent this, put a coffee filter or paper doily in between the layers. It will help you having to discard broken pieces of your baked goods. 2. Keep Drains...

Window Cleaning Tips...

Cleaning windows is of my least favourite housekeeping chores – and I don’t really know too many people who look forward to the task. But – somehow – it has to be done! And this is the time of the year for spring cleaning inside and outside of your house – thought I put in some tips on how to make that not-so-favourite task of window cleaning just a little bit easier. 1.Squeegee Good squeegee is an absolute...

Tips to Clean Your Bathroom...

If you are anything like me, you continuously wonder if your bathroom is clean enough. I was thinking why that is – after all – I do clean it regularly and thoroughly! Then it dawned on me: It is the one room where people who come to visit have time to look around and check out the details! So if there are dust bunnies in corners or behind the toilet…. You can pretend you don’t care –...

Top Cleaning Tips...

There are 4 cleaning products you should never be without – and most of them you already have in your home. If you don’t, you can purchase large size containers and they will last for months! You can used them alone or in conjunction with other common household products such as salt or dishwasher liquid to help you handle most of your cleaning challenges. These products are especially good for people with...

Top 50 Household Hints...

I love collecting, recording and sharing household hints and tips! Lots of times, my eyes just open wide and all I can say is: “Oh – really???” and then go a try the helpful information I just found. And here I am sharing 50 hints I like – and I promise to keep more coming! Top 50 Household Hints: 1. Save money by buying the least expensive dishwasher soap, then add a few teaspoons of vinegar to...

Top 10 Smart Household Solutions...

There are some smart solutions to common household challenges that I believe can help in making your life easier. Here are my Top 10 – hope you will enjoy them! 1. Rose Fertilizer: You can recycle old banana peels by using them as fertilizer. The peels are a great source of potassium and phosphorus, which roses need to grow and bloom. Bury the peels in about an inch of soil around your rose bushes. 2. Spare Key...

Cleaning with Baking Soda...

Here is another one of those informational pieces about what you can do with items you already have in your house – but might not have thought to utilize this way. Cleaning with Baking Soda: This is commonly known – Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) is great for absorbing odours. So remember to put opened box into your refrigerator or bottom of your shoe closet – it will help! Do you have a jar of jam...

Cleaning with Cooking Oil...

We all do it – keep spending money on various cleaning products, always thinking that the one we haven’t tried yet will be so much better than the last one we used. Now – give this a try! And you don’t have to run out and buy it, because I am sure you have cooking oil in your kitchen right now! Cleaning with Cooking Oil: Vegetable and plant-based oils, such as sunflower and olive oils have the...

Cleaning with Lemons...

I am hearing this more and more often – the discovery that very basic staple item that you have in your kitchen can actually do a whole lot more than make food taste better. In this Back-to-basics cleaning series, I decided to list a few cleaning tips that most of you have probably already heard of or used.  I am also going to list some surprising ones – like: Did you know what ketchup can help you with? Hope...