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• Housework and Back Pain

  Is it safe to do physical work when your back is hurting?

• Ice Guidelines for Healthier Beverages

  Clean up your cubes with tips from the hotel, restaurant and hospital industries.

• Sweet Success

  Try the old spoonful of sugar to sweeten your to-do list.

• The Pain Principle

  You are going to have to confront an unpopular fact: organizing can be painful.

• Carpet and Rug Institute Earns ANSI Certification For Its Green Carpet Testing Programs

  The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) is the first organization within the soft floor covering sector to earn accreditation as a certification body for indoor air quality by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI).

• Ice cube tray

  Cleaning the refrigerator? Clean this, too, and always enjoy fresh ice.

• Ice maker

  Good ice depends on a clean freezer.

• Backpack vacuum cleaner

  Pros use this machine all day, avoiding back strain and repetitive stress injury.

• Freezer

  Defrosting is another cleaning task that helps to save energy.

• Comforter

  Care is fairly easy for inexpensive comforters. Protect expensive down comforters with a duvet cover.

• Sargent Steam BrZ2

  Chemical-free cleaning is a huge advantage when it comes to creating and maintaining a healthy and comfortable environment for allergy and asthma sufferers — and, maybe everyone else too.

• Scotch-Brite™ Disposable Toilet Bowl Scrubbers

  A bowl brush for men?

• Mr. Clean MagicReach

  Skip the stepping stool and make your arm longer for mopping floors or cleaning ceilings, shower enclosures and more.

• Bissell Steam Mop Bare Floor Steam Cleaner

  The Bissell Steam Mop Bare Floor Steam Cleaner is a great way for asthmatics who are sensitive to harsh chemicals in floor cleaners to clean their floors. The Bissell Steam Mop Bare Floor Steam Cleaner cleans and sanitizes your floors with only water.

• OurHouse Shiny Surface Cleaner

  A non-toxic glass cleaner and so much more.

• Canister Vacuum — Bosch

  A vacuum designed to improve cleaning effectiveness, while making vacuuming easier, faster and more comfortable.

• Minus Wicks

  For Every Body’s new Minus Wicks were designed to sit on a candle warmer and release fragrance for up to 60 hours as water evaporates. Each Minus Wicks is water based, and does not contain any wax, which allows it to evaporate and release the fragrance.

• iSi White Carving Board with Juice Well

  Cutting board that collects drippings.

• Bib-Style Cleaning Apron

  Keep yourself and your clothes as tidy as your house with these aprons.

• Showers-n-Stuff

  Highly Effective General Bathroom Cleaner.

• Kitchen Remodeling For Dummies

  Guidance for redoing the kitchen, whether you do it yourself or hire a contractor.

• Decorating Style

  How to make a house a home - in affordable style.

• Houseplants For Dummies

  Cultivate your green thumb.

• Vinegar: Over 400 Uses

  Good for our health, our home, and safe for our environment. Over 400 tips, some recipes, a bit of history and a lot of amazing uses for vinegar.

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