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Kitchen Cabinets
10 Care Tips for Hardwood Cabinets
Though found in kitchens and bathrooms, hardwood cabinets are not immune to water. Here's how to care for them.
Computer Cleaning
Computer Cleanup
Tips for cleaning your keyboard, mouse and monitor from the cleaning experts at ACI.
Clean Desk
Reduce Home Office Mania
Tips from the pros.
Deep Cleaning
Deep Cleaning Starter
You shouldn’t merely scratch the surface. Do the thorough job that makes your home do more than shine.
Window Screens
Clean Window Screens
Don't put dirty screens back onto freshly cleaned windows.

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Asthma And Allergies
Cleaning with Allergies - Quick Tips
Fall allergy season is here. Use these quick tips to prevent the build-up of allergens in your home and to effectively remove them.
Spring Cleaning
Survey: Love or hate cleaning?
How much do we really like or dislike cleaning?
Window Cleaning
Cleaning windows: Shedding daylight on a dirty subject
How to choose the best squeegee and use it to make window cleaning quick and easy.
Organizing Strategies
One Drawer at a Time
Unlike chaos, order doesn’t spread without some effort. But with organization, a small effort can have a big impact, especially in your kitchen.
Vacuuming
How often should you vacuum?
Vacuuming more often can not only improve your health but also make your carpet last longer.

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Television
These appliances attract a lot of dust. Here's how to prevent or remove it.
Monitor
Computer monitor
Flat panels are cleaned differently than the older CRT screens.
Window screens
Take screens down to clean them. It’s a lot easier — and sometimes safer — than cleaning them in place.
Video Players
Videocassette recorder (VCR)
Though DVDs and Blu-Rays have largely replaced VCRs, many folks still have their video recorders/players and tape collections to maintain.
Air Conditioner
Room air conditioner
Cleaning this appliance is best done in autumn.

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Dust
The Secret Life of Dust
Details the often overlooked subject of dust and its impact on humans and the planet.
My House Is Killing Me!
A step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling and often eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants and allergens.
Do I Dust or Vacuum First? 2nd Ed.
Answers to the 100 toughest, most frequently asked questions about housecleaning.
Organizing Strategies
The Home Organizing Workbook
Straightforward guide to getting organized and preserving open spaces.
House Cleaning Tips
How to Clean Practically Anything
Consumer Reports provides hundreds of timesaving solutions for all around the house.

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Bathtub
How To Clean a Ring From Your Bathtub
Save hand-washing houseguests the horror of having to stare at a line of dirt and dead skin ringing the bathtub.
Leather
How To Clean Leather Seats
Leather seats are expensive. Keep them looking that way with a little cleaning and conditioning.
Organizing Strategies
How To Organize a Desk
Does your desk look like a robber rifled through it just before a hurricane hit the room? Organize it so that it gets under control and stays that way.
Shower
How To Clean a Shower
If the grime in your shower looks like something that would be more at home in a horror flick than in, well, your home, it’s time to take control.
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.