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After the Water Recedes - Dealing Quickly with Water Damage
As a result of a recent flooding disaster, your home may look like a river ran through it. Here's what to do right away.
Sanitizing
Controlling Harmful Bacteria On Soft Surfaces In Your Home
Your family may not be the only ones enjoying the sofa. The soft, comfortable places where families relax and play at home can harbor millions of bacteria. For example, Staphylococcus bacteria can live on soft surfaces for 24 hours. Here's what to do about it.
IICRC
Carpet Cleaning ABCs
Mastery of the basics will help ensure your carpet stays clean and healthy.
Hardwood Floors
Caring For Wood Floors
Protect your investment by taking simple precautions, and properly clean floors.
Kathy Ireland
Housekeeping Channel (HC) Interviews Kathy Ireland
Kathy answers questions such as: Where should busy moms start in their quest to simplify housekeeping? How does your new book, Real Solutions for Busy Moms, help with managing and simplifying housekeeping? What lessons can moms teach their kids about life from the example they set in keeping house? And more...
Bathroom
Royal Flush - Bathroom Cleaning Tips
Bathroom cleaning tips from the Queen of Clean.
Carpet Cleaning
Keep Carpet Like New - Take the Right Steps
These tips can help you keep your carpet looking newer, longer - saving time and money.
Spring Cleaning
Redefining Spring Cleaning
Is spring cleaning obsolete? Here's a new definition.
Laundry
Airing Dirty Laundry Issues
A 1999 University of Arizona study found 25% of home washing machines were contaminated with fecal bacteria. Several factors were implicated in contributing to the contamination of the washers.
Vacuum Cleaners
Key to a Clean Carpet: Use a CRI-Certified Vacuum
There is one simple step to improving the cleanliness of your carpet and the indoor air quality in your home: regular vacuuming with a CRI-certified machine.
Motivation
Wondering What Your Cleaning Style Is? Take the Quiz
Find out about your cleaning style, and take steps to improve your housekeeping.
IICRC
Pets & People: Protecting Your Carpet
The United States is home to some 68 million dog owners and 73 million cat owners, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. That’s a lot of love—and a lot of carpet stains. Accidents on carpet require quick cleanup to remove bacteria and odor.
Carpet Cleaning
Q and A - Exploring Myths About Carpet
Few flooring materials have generated more vigorous discussion than carpet. Why? Many people misunderstand its maintenance requirements or assume that carpet is just an unhealthy product. This Q&A dispels common myths about carpet.
Organizing Strategies
Organize Your Cleaning Supplies 1-2-3
The only tools and products you need are the ones you use, and organizing your cleaning supplies will make it easier to find what you need.
Spring Cleaning
Jump Start Your Spring Cleaning
Zero in on one project at a time and schedule cleaning in 15- to 30-minute increments
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning: No Longer a Necessary Evil
While spring cleaning is not the necessary evil it once was, now is still a good time to do those annual or semi-annual chores.
Cleaning Tips
10 Tips to Keep Housework from Ruling Your Life
Tara Aronson provides 10 easy steps to simplify housekeeping.
Motivation
Getting the Kids to Help Clean
Three successful strategies.
Organizing Strategies
Simplify Summer in Five Easy Rules
Ground rules for kids and summer.
Spot Removal
Club Soda: Always Keep it on Hand
Club soda is the best emergency spotter there is, says the Queen of Clean.