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• Simple Tips for Big Time Savings

  Shave minutes off your weekly cleaning routine for big time savings.

• Clean Like A Pro

  Basic cleaning tools that save time and money.

• Tips to Cut Your House Cleaning Time in Half

  16 tips to save time.

• Reduce Home Office Mania

  Tips from the pros.

• Prevent Spring Cleaning

  Start working efficiently now to take the "big" out of the big spring projects.

• CADR

  Look for these numbers when comparing portable room air cleaners.

• Counter brush

  Crumbs and coarse dirt are no match for this inexpensive tool.

• Exhaust ventilation

  A scientific term for a fan and duct work.

• Fireplace ash

  Clean the hearth first, before cleaning the rest of the room. Patience is a virtue!

• Wet-dry vac

  Wet-dry vacuum cleaners are best suited to garages and unfinished basements since they tend to spew fine dust out with the exhaust air if you don’t install an optional filter. They can come in handy for limited jobs in the home, such as clearing out a clogged sink, sucking up pet accidents, etc.

• Sierra Backpack Vacuum

  The Sierra packs commercial power in a backpack vacuum weighing less than 10 lbs.

• The Miracle Cloth

  It dusts...It cleans...It polishes! The original Miracle Cloth® is an all-purpose microfiber cleaning cloth—use it to clean everywhere in your home.

• Clorox Disinfecting Wipes

  Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes are pre-moistened, disposable towelettes that clean and disinfect non-porous surfaces.

• Slide-Lok Slat-Wall

  Slat-Wall looks just like wooden siding, complete with a “natural” wood grain. But its grooves firmly hold steel baskets and hooks that neatly provide a place for everything.

• Dyson DC07 All Floors

  The Carpet Professor weighs in on this bagless model with features designed to reduce common vacuuming headaches.

• KangaRoom Storage Shower Caddy

  A caddy that keeps all your shower products handy and secure.

• Aquastar Miracle Cloth®

  All-purpose cleaning cloth made with microfiber.

• Starfiber Super-Gripper Microfiber Cloth

  Microfiber dusting cloth with a static charge.

• Starfiber Glass Cloth

  A microfiber cloth made especially for cleaning glass.

• Ladder Kaddy

  An easy way to work with ladders! Keep your paint or tool bucket handy when working up on a ladder — without trying to balance it on the top rung!

• Real Simple: Cleaning

  Room-by-room strategies for cleaning every room in your home.

• Speed Cleaning — Expanded Edition

  Old-fashioned housecleaning is time-consuming. Try Speed Cleaning.

• Green Clean

  Step-by-step guide to ecological housekeeping.

• Playing House: A Starter Guide to Being a Grown-Up

  A self-help book for young women who aspire to be domestic goddesses.

• How to Cheat at Cleaning

  Gives time-slashing techniques to save time on cleaning.

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