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• Cleaning Prevention

  Break Those Mess-Making Habits!

  What you don't mess up, you don't have to clean!
• Remodeling

  Bust Remodeling Dust

  Home improvement expert Danny Lipford lays out how to protect your home from construction dust.
• Organizing Strategies

  Can a To-Do List Help Me?

  Maybe. Here's how to make it serve you — not the other way around.
• Carpet And Rug Institute

  Carpet and Rug Institute's Seal of Approval Goes "Green"

  CRI adds Green Vacuum Cleaners and Green Cleaning Certification.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Carpet Cleaning 101

  Most carpet today is made with synthetic fibers, such as nylon, polyester, or olefin, and may be cleaned with common methods such as hot water extraction. Other fibers may require special attention.
• Vacuuming

  Carpet Cleaning Tips - Vacuuming

  Proper vacuuming is the easiest and most effective way to keep carpet clean, while having a positive impact on the cleanliness of your home and the air you breathe.
• Security

  Choosing and Using a Paper Shredder to Fight Identity Fraud

  Don't let thieves use your garbage against you.
• Bathroom

  Clean Ideas: Keeping up with the Grime

  12 tips to help keep the bathroom clean and sparkling on a daily basis.
• Poison

  Clean Ideas: Putting Poisons in Their Place

  Prevent poison emergencies in your home and keep your children safe.
• Organizing Strategies

  Clean Like A Man’s Top Housekeeping Tips: Get Motivated and Organized

  Does getting organized and motivated seem like a monumental task? Try these nine simple, quick tips to help you get going and conquer select problem areas.
• Housekeeping Tips

  Clean Like A Pro

  Basic cleaning tools that save time and money.
• Grill Cleaning

  Clean Your BBQ for Sizzling Summer Cookouts

  Here's how to prevent your grill from getting dirty unnecessarily, and clean up before and after cookouts.
• Basement

  Cleaner Concrete

  Smooth finish in the basement
• Vacuum Cleaners

  Consumer Reports Finds Vacuums' Claims to Remove Allergens Mean Less Than They Suggest

  Extensive CR testing also finds some stylish vacuums to be sub-par performers.
• Toilet Paper

  Consumer Reports: Save Up To $130 a Year by Switching Toilet Paper

  Quilted Northern, Charmin and Cottonelle top toilet paper tests.
• Countertops

  Corian, Earthstone, Pergo ... Oh My!

  HC asked makers of special surfaces how to clean their products. Here are their tips.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Deep Carpet Cleaning Secrets

  Do your own carpet cleaning, or let the carpet cleaning pros handle it.
• Deep Cleaning

  Deep Cleaning Starter

  You shouldn’t merely scratch the surface. Do the thorough job that makes your home do more than shine.
• Toilet Sneeze

  Do Toilets Sneeze?

  According to two studies, flushed toilets spew aerosolized plumes of moisture, bacteria and viruses over many bathroom surfaces.
• Water Saving

  Do You Know Where Your House is Wasting Water?

  Each year, the average American home wastes more than 10,000 gallons of water on easy-to-fix household leaks.

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