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Why Cleaning Isn’t Only a Spring Thing
It’s great to think that deep cleaning your Indianapolis home only has to happen once a year. Wouldn’t it be great if spring-cleaning meant that all the dirt and clutter stayed at bay for months on end? However, we all know the truth: spring-cleaning usually doesn’t last through the summer. Just think of all that dirt […]
Stainless Steel…why must you show every finger print?!?
If any of you have been in the house buying or selling industry for the last 5 years, you know that every Realtor will tell you, “You can not sell a house without Stainless Steel appliances!” Which my immediate response to this is, “whatever”. However, despite my disdain the truth is, stainless steel is hot, […]
Calcium, Lime and Rust…OH MY!!
For most of us who live in Indiana rust, lime, and calcium deposits in our water is a part of our daily routine (Boo…hiss). A Water Softener is a practical must have if you don’t want to fight a constant battle of rust on your clothes and calcium/lime build up on water fixtures, glass shower doors […]
Winter Cleaning tip: Fall in love with your house again!
Growing up in a home of clutter, it was never clear to me how my mother always made sure our baseboards and walls, yes actual walls were cleaned. But yet there was stuff everywhere. Counter tops covered in bills, papers, school work. However, beyond the clutter, she made it a point to make sure our […]
Not Another Spring Cleaning Checklist
You can find tons of lengthy, multi-tiered “spring cleaning checklists” out there. In fact, I’ve even Googled it for you. Getting organized on paper can be a huge help, like a road map on a long journey. It can also seem like a long list of crimes– and the execution of each task is your […]
Your Kitchen is Dirtier Than You Think
The Toilet Tautology Yes, your toilet is cleaner than your kitchen sink… because you clean it. You clean it because you are wary of its dirty function. And things you clean end up being clean things. Thus, in this BBC article, microbiologist Dr. Chuck Gerba calls your toilet seat the “gold standard” for its generally […]
Dirty Shower or Humble Canvas?
If you were to ask me about Chemistry, I might say that it is a science about all the things in the world, and the changes, bursts, fizzes, and whatnots of everything bumping into every other thing. Obviously, it is something I know almost nothing about it. I also know very little, academically, about art. […]