The big picture windows got one of their twice-yearly washes this last weekend. Windows feel fantastic when they’re crystal clear, and one of the best tools around for washing hard-to-reach windows (second floor if you’re standing on the ground or any floor if you’re leaning out over your balcony and reaching sideways) is this professional [...]
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Washing Windows
Posted in Cleaning, Maintenance, Tips on November 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
About that Central Vacuum System…
Posted in Cleaning, Current Affairs, Tips on July 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Learn from us. If you’re looking at a house that supposedly has a central vacuum system, ask to see it and take a good look at all the parts that come with it. When we first walked through 963 with the realtor, we saw a jumble of vacuum parts in the closet and assumed they [...]
Found in the Ceiling: The Secret Stash
Posted in Cleaning on March 24, 2010 |
I discovered these when I was taking down ceiling tiles in the laundry room.
There's so much gardening and spring cleaning going on that I won't have pictures up until tomorrow. But the garden is slowly coming back into shape, slooooooooowly. In the news, I divided my first iris plant, then found out that I'm right on schedule if it's Siberian Iris, which is supposed to be divided in [...]
And the Cleaning Continues
Posted in Before & After, Cleaning, Floors on March 1, 2010 |
A little during-the-job photo to remind me what the grout looked like before it was scrubbed. Fresh and clean to the right, still dirty to the left. Hooray for handy old toothbrushes and baking soda.
I've been on the lookout for a simple, natural recipe for dusting spray and found this one courtesy of HGTV. You can mix it up and store it in a spray bottle or little jar, dampen a cloth with it, and use it on wood furniture: 1 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup vinegar Easy peasy. [...]
A Natural Substitute for the Magic Eraser
Posted in Cleaning, Maintenance, Tips on January 28, 2010 |
I just spent an hour scrubbing an eight-foot section of wall in the hallway. Dear PBU (people-before-us), have you ever heard of washing your walls every now and then? No? I didn't think so. I used to scrub marks off of walls with Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser. It worked so well that it made me [...]
A Surprise Way to Clean Walls
Posted in Cleaning on January 15, 2010 |
Yes, there are a lot of walls at 963, and no, we have not washed all of them yet. Let's be honest: we probably haven't even washed half of them. But what we HAVE done is figured out that in the meantime, we can Swiffer them! And Swiffering gets all the dust and cobwebs down, [...]
