By Kathryn Weber When you return from vacation, you may be overjoyed to be home, but not so happy about the stuffy smell permeating the house. Worse yet, you may notice an odor problem you didn't even realize was there until you closed up the house for two weeks. Odor is one of those things that makes a clear statement about whether your house is really clean or not. But a "clean" smell no longer means the whiff of mothballs and ammonia … [Read more...]
Hate sprucing up the house? Try these 10 speed-cleaning tips
By Kathryn Weber Some people love to clean and become transfixed by gleaming porcelain, burnished wood and sparkling glass. For most of us, though, cleaning is a time-eater anything but fun. Try these speed-cleaning tips to ease the pain and improve your results: 1. Mop windows clean. If you have tall windows, chances are you don't clean them very often, and when you do, it's not easy. If you don't have the time or inclination to drag out a … [Read more...]