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Motivation
Motivational Rituals
Small acts to maximize the pleasure you take in your clean home.
Motivation
Sweet Success
Try the old spoonful of sugar to sweeten your to-do list.
Fireplace
Fireplace Safety Tips
Be sure to take a few safety steps before stoking the flames.
Carbon Monoxide Alarms
UL: Keep Your Family Safe With Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a silent killer that can stalk any home with fuel-burning appliances. Within minutes, high concentrations of this odorless, colorless and invisible gas can become lethal. Here's advice from UL on how to protect your loved ones.
Fireplace
Wise Wood Burning
If you intend to burn wood to help this winter's heating bill, check out these safety tips from the Chimney Safety Institute of America.

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Motivation
BOOK REVIEW: Dirt - The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House, Edited by Mindy Lewis
The strong connection between lifestyle and housekeeping is presented in this touching, reflective collection of essays.
Vacuum Cleaner Reviews
Cleaning Up After Our Furry Friends - Dyson DC41 Review
As us pet owners are well aware, it can be a task to remove the pet hair and dander that quickly accumulate in our homes. Fortunately, the Dyson DC41 Animal vacuum has been designed with our furry friends in mind, or rather the mess they leave behind.
Spring Cleaning
What do you intend to clean this spring?
What modern homes need in a good spring cleaning.
Organizing Strategies
Get Organized! App for iPhones and iPads
Access the expertise of Peter Walsh in this new app that helps you organize every room in your home step-by-step.
Automatic Litter Box
Litter-Robot II Review
The Litter-Robot is an automatic, self-cleaning litter box. It features a large globe top with entry for the cats and a base for collecting and emptying waste.

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Candles
Candles
They create a warm, cozy atmosphere — and present some hazards as well.
Wax, candle
Successful removal depends on the surface.
Chimney
Chimney
For most people, this is not a do-it-yourself cleaning task.
Tobacco Smoke
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
Environmental tobacco smoke is a fancy name for second-hand smoke.
Lead paint
If it’s in good shape, it just needs regular cleaning to avoid hazards.

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Common Sense Organizing
A step-by-step program for helping you take control of your home and your life.
Housekeeping
DIRT: The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House
Collection of stories which take a multidimensional look at the universal challenge of keeping our personal spaces clean and uncluttered.
Dust
The Secret Life of Dust
Details the often overlooked subject of dust and its impact on humans and the planet.
From High Heels To Bunny Slippers
Surviving the transition from career to home.

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Carpet Cleaning
Special Tools for Green Carpet Cleaning
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Home-Made Green Cleaners
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.