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• Six Common Organizing Mistakes

  “Dig out” of the backlog you’ve created over the years and “dig in” to set up new systems to help you manage in the future.

• 5 Tips for Cleaning With Younger Kids

  If they’re going to be underfoot anyway, they may as well clean the baseboards!

• Kids in the Kitchen

  Celebrity chef, Rachael Ray, provides tips for cooking (and cleaning) with kids.

• Spring Clean All Year Long

  Break spring cleaning tasks into just one hour a week.

• The Pruning Principle

  Something about eliminating useless stuff just feels right.

• Dishwashing liquid, dishwashing detergent

  Inexpensive, mild and useful in a wide range of tasks.

• Humidifier, whole house

  Basic tips follow on keeping your unit in tip-top shape. Don’t have one? You might not need it after all.

• Chelating agent

  A "builder" that gets dissolved minerals out of the way of laundry detergent.

• Biodegradable

  A substance is biodegradable when natural biological decay processes can break it down into simple molecules.

• Chimney

  For most people, this is not a do-it-yourself cleaning task.

• Windex®

  Ho-hum? Not really. Though this product is almost as old as dirt, it's proof that you don't really need a lot of cleaning supplies - just a few good all-purpose ones.

• Swiffer Duster

  The Swiffer Duster® traps dust with a fluffy, elongated, fabric-fiber head.

• 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.

• Hamper with Wheels - Chrome Laundry Sorter

  This laundry sorter rolls on wheels and comes with three removable canvas bags.

• LitterMaid Automatic Litter Box LM950

  A litter box designed to do its own scooping; to keep your house smelling fresh even while you are away.

• Holloway House Quick Shine

  Floor finish.

• The EasyFold

  A product that makes folding fitting sheets easy.

• Bib-Style Cleaning Apron

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

• O-Cel-O™ Scrub Sponges

  Scrubbing sponges with style.

• Odorzout

  All natural odor eliminator.

• Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean®

  Here comes the Queen of Clean®, and her down-to-earth housekeeping guide for those of us who live in the real world.

• How to Cheat at Cleaning

  Gives time-slashing techniques to save time on cleaning.

• Chix Can Fix

  From the book cover: 100 Home-Improvement Projects and True Tales from the Diva of Do-It-Yourself.

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

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

• The Organized Home

  Not merely a practical book about labeling boxes and finding more storage space — but a book about great design.

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