House Cleaning Tips

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• Washing Clothes

  TLC for Sweaters

  The delicate touch.
• Motivation

  Pure Personality

  How differing personality types affect your home and your family: an interview with Hannah Keeley.
• Motivation

  Motivational Rituals

  Small acts to maximize the pleasure you take in your clean home.
• Green Cleaning

  Milder Alternatives

  Recipes for homemade cleaners from Hannah Keeley.
• Organizing Strategies

  Five a Day

  An easy step to clear out the clutter.
• Laundry

  Washday Helpers

  What improves your laundering, from enzyme prewashes to fabric softeners.
• Laundry

  How Does Your Water Affect Your Laundry?

  Your water supply may require extra measures for best results.
• Laundry Detergent

  On Laundry Detergent

  The Soap and Detergent Association lays out the options for getting your clothes clean.
• Laundry Detergent

  Label Savvy

  There's more on the label than you might think.
• Laundry

  Laundry Color Tips

  What to do to prevent color loss.
• Laundry

  Sorting Secrets

  There's more to the sorting game than just keeping dark garments away from the gleaming whites.
• Stain Removal

  Spots and Stains

  Treat them right to persuade them to go away.
• Laundry

  Laundry is Easy ... Isn't it?

  General rules to keep it that way.
• Refrigerator

  Fridge Smells that Won't Go Away

  Q & A with Tara Aronson
• Laundry

  Keep New Clothes New

  SDA provides advice for keeping new clothes clean and in good condition.
• Remodeling

  Weather The Dust Storms Of Remodeling

  Planning to remodel? Walls aren't the only things that will need to come down. Your cleaning standards and routine will need some retooling, too.
• Computer Cleaning

  Deleting High-Tech Dirt

  Whizzes let us in on secrets of cleaning home computers.
• Garage

  Getting a Grip on the Garage

  Garages can really spin out of control this time of year.
• Motivation

  Real Change Without Resolutions

  HC interviews Marla Cilley, aka FlyLady, on making a permanent difference in your household environment.
• Vacuum Cleaners

  Vacuum Not Working as Well as It Should?

  Quick pointers in vacuum cleaner maintenance

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