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Need Your Carpet Cleaned by a Professional?
Find a service you can trust by contacting the IICRC.
Remodeling
The Dos and Don'ts of Remodeling Your Basement
The best way to start a basement remodel is to understand the important dos and don'ts before you begin.
Professional Cleaning Services
Is Hiring a Professional Really Necessary?
Not every job requires professional assistance. However, when a professional is needed, not all professionals measure up. How can consumers choose whom to hire?
Flooring
Home-Selling Tips
Restoring carpets and floors can help get a home ready for sale.
Odor Control
The Top Five Worst Household Odors—and Green Solutions
Naturally, the best way to prevent odor is to eliminate its source (e.g., take out the garbage, smoke or keep pets outside, etc.), but what about existing odors already permeating your home?

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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.
Organizing Strategies
Book Review - A "Pretty Neat" Guide
Organization is not about perfectly labeled boxes or sparkling bare surfaces, but having a system that keeps stress to a minimum and helps us get the most important things done.

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Baking soda
This mild abrasive is also a decent deodorizer.
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Books
Routine maintenance to emergency care.
Freezer
Defrosting is another cleaning task that helps to save energy.
Refrigerator interior
Clean up all spills right away. Here’s how to do that occasional, thorough cleaning.
Foam Rubber
Foam rubber
Periodic attention is needed to minimize foul odors.

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Baking Soda - Over 500 Uses
Baking soda tips from A-Z.
Haley's Cleaning Hints
Over 1,000 clever, inexpensive solutions help readers clean, deodorize, unclutter and organize their homes.
DONE! How to Accomplish Twice as Much in Half the Time - at Home and at the Office
You know all that you have to do - with multitasker extraordinaire Don Aslett, you can actually get it DONE!
Time Saving
Speed Cleaning
Speed Cleaning teaches you step-by-step techniques to cut your housecleaning time in half — or your money back.

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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.
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.
Bathtub
How To Clean a Bathtub
Whether you shower in it or use it for long, luxurious baths, there’s nothing clean—or relaxing—about a tub full of grime, mold, or mildew.
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.
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.