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• Cleaning Strategy

  Before Guests Arrive: A Checklist

  Here is a short checklist to help make sure you are prepared for company.
• Guests

  Push That Room: Make Guest Bedrooms Look and Feel Fresh

  Simple tips for a happy guest.
• Stone

  Stone Care Made Easy

  Simple steps to natural stone care will keep it looking beautiful for many years.
• Hardwood Floors

  Caring For Wood Floors

  Protect your investment by taking simple precautions, and properly clean floors.
• Motivation

  The Lighter Side — Pumping Dirt: Cleaning Your Way to a Sleeker Physique

  Pumping dirt is the new exercise craze combining aerobics, calisthenics, weight lifting, and, yes, housecleaning.

• Spring Cleaning

  Survey: Love or hate cleaning?

  How much do we really like or dislike cleaning?
• Steam Mop

  Review: HAAN Slim & Light Steam Mop

  How does this simple steam mop fare against messes? Find out!
• Motivation

  Fall Cleaning

  Didn’t finish your spring cleaning? Many experts insist that fall is best time to do a deep, thorough cleaning of your home.
• Food Safety

  Safe Feasting

  Planning ahead can prevent five situations from causing food poisoning.
• 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.

• Pre-finished floor

  Sweep or vacuum the floor at least weekly.

• Laminate floor

  These pre-finished surfaces are easily maintained by sweeping or vacuuming, and damp mopping. Avoid going overboard with cleaners and polishes.

• Wet (soak) mopping

  What to do when damp mopping no longer effectively cleans a vinyl, tile or sealed-stone floor.
• Hardwood Floors

  Hardwood floor

  Sweep or vacuum often, and clean with minimal water.
• Damp Mopping

  Damp mopping

  Used where lots of water could damage the floor or the subfloor.

• Speed Cleaning 101

  Cut your cleaning time in half.

• Squeaky Green

  The Method guide to detoxing your home room-by-room.

• Cleaning & Stain Removal for Dummies

  Time-saving techniques to take on the whole house, plus specific methods for conquering spills and stains.

• Creating a Safe & Healthy Home

  Your prescription for a healthier home.
• Spring Cleaning

  Spring Cleaning

  This book tackles the tough jobs: washing windows, walls and ceilings; sealing, waxing and stripping floors; cleaning carpets; and lots more — like a pro.

• 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.

• How To Clean a Toilet

  The gross-out factor of cleaning a toilet cannot be underestimated—but the gross-out factor of not cleaning a toilet is even worse. Better clean the toilet.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Green Carpet Cleaning - Spot Removal

  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 - Prevention, Preparation, and Resources

  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.
• Baking Soda

  How To Clean With Baking Soda

  When it comes to household versatility, baking soda is king. Here are just some of the many cleaning uses for sodium bicarbonate.

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