Your Cleaning Checklist
If your kitchen is so greasy that it glistens or if your kids have taken to drawing in the dust,...
Home care tips
21 Time-Saving Spring Cleaning Hacks
If the thought of ridding your home of clutter or scrubbing the deep, dark corners you might have ignored the...
Natural Disinfectant Options for Cleaning
Two words are about to solve a few of your top problems as a parent — natural disinfectant. You spent...
7 benefits of green cleaning
As lives become busier, overscheduled and more stressful, it’s easy to gravitate toward the latest products that promise to make annoying...
6 tips to maintain housekeeping job satisfaction and success
Now that you’ve been hired as a housekeeper, you’ll want to pay extra-close attention the first few times you clean...
8 expert cleaning tips for keeping COVID out of your home
According to experts, here are the key places to focus while cleaning and disinfecting during the pandemic.
16 ideas for using vinegar to clean
The more people learn about what’s in traditional cleaning products — and the potential health effects they may cause down...
Green cleaning: 7 natural solutions that really work
Taking care of our environment is a process that starts at home. Everything from aerosol cans to harmful cleaning chemicals...
10 Family Home Buying Regrets — and How to Avoid Them
What would you do if you regretted your home purchase? Thats how 47 percent of home-owning parents feel, according to...
Organize with color: 10 ways to declutter and beautify at home
This simple trick goes a long way toward helping everyone in the household quickly find stuff — no labels required...
How to find and hire the perfect personal chef
Hiring a personal chef isn’t just for the rich and famous. Many home cooks love to be in the kitchen,...
GOING THE EXTRA MILE
DO YOU FEEL THAT ONE SHOULD PAY YOU MORE FOR DOING EXTRA WORK/HOURS IN THEIR HOME EVERY TIME OR PERIODICALLY. ESPECIALLY...
How to Buy Your First Used Car
In the American west, cars are a part of life. Without a car, it’s hard to do little things like...
How Care Took Center Stage on the Golden Globes’ Red Carpet
Dazzling black gowns, tailored tuxedos, and the ever-familiar red carpet kicked off the 75th Golden Globes on Sunday night. But...
The 5 Best Family-Friendly Coffee Shops in Toledo
With constant tantrums and meltdowns and endless piles of laundry, the cabin fever bug is imminent. Living in a city...
Follow these 8 steps for a clean house in a snap
If you consider cleaning your house as picking up your children’s toys, clearing last night’s ice cream bowls from the...
Should You Charge More for the First Cleaning?
When it comes to getting a first professional cleaning, a house’s level of cleanliness and number of rooms count. Many...
10 Fall Yard Work Tasks
Take advantage of the mild fall weather to tackle some landscaping tasks that need to be finished before winter arrives....
Is It a Cold or Is It an Allergy?
When my daughter developed a cough that seemed to last forever, my husband and I were baffled. Was it a...
How to Fix a Hoarding Problem
No one intentionally decides to become a hoarder. The American Psychiatric Association describes it as a mental disorder — one characterized by...
3 Cleaning Tips to Ease Allergies
Sniffling, coughing, watery eyes. These symptoms sound familiar? They’re common allergy complaints. Whether you’re a professional housekeeper who serves clients...
Ways to Refresh Your Carpet in a Hurry
When I talk on the phone, I walk around my house and tidy up. Today, I noticed that the carpet...
6 Cleaning Nightmares and Solutions
Forget monsters in the closet. Your monsters are in the kitchen, the bathroom, the playroom — all over your house....
8 Ways to Have Fun Cleaning
While everyone wants a sparkling house, getting there can be…well, a chore. For working and stay-at-home moms alike, jam-packed schedules...
Oops! Clever Ways to Clean Bad Stains and Messes
Penicillin, car seats, DVDs. We have much to be grateful for when it comes to modern day parenting. But perhaps...
Creating a Toxin-Free Home
Most of us, unless we have severe allergies or sensitivities to chemicals, may not be aware of all the chemicals...
20 Natural Cleaners to Replace Your Family’s Household Cleaners
The non-natural cleaners you use to clean your house may get things clean, but they might not be making your...
How Often Do You Need a Housekeeper?
There never seems to be enough time to get everything done and it’s often the household chores that slip behind....
15 Toddler Boy Room Ideas
In a blink of an eye, your tiny baby has become a toddler, and his bedroom needs are completely different....
9 Eco-Friendly Products to Have in Your Home
Want to buy eco-friendly products for your home, but don’t know where to start? If you want an easy way...
9 Space Saving Kids’ Bunk Bed Ideas
If space is tight in your home, your children may need to share a room. But in many houses (especially...
How to Organize Your Home (and Keep It That Way)
You’re late for baseball practice — again! — because your kid can’t find his cleats. Though you’re tempted to scold...
7 Tips for Family House Plans With Kids
Once you become a parent, picking a place to raise your family becomes a major decision. A house isn’t just...
Hello, New House: 5 Ways to Get Kids Excited About Moving
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 12 percent of Americans move each year. If you’re planning on joining the...
Saying Goodbye to the Old Home: Helping Kids Through a Move
The announcement “Guess what? We’re moving!” can conjure up a wide range of emotions in your kids, from fear to...
Moving? You’ll need this ultimate housecleaning checklist
(CLICK HERE to download our house cleaning checklist as a PDF) Moving can feel like a never-ending chore. Renters in...
DIY Home Projects: Clutter Free Living Room Ideas
This post originally appeared on Houzz, it has been reprinted with permission. Whether it’s cozy movie nights or cocktail parties,...
Think You’re a Neat Freak? Here’s Where People Pay the Most for Housekeeping
Picture this: Your living room floor, free of children’s toys and assorted homework assignments. A bedroom, any bedroom, minus those...
Meal Time Without TV
I am a mother of a two-year-old boy. Things get a little crazy at our house sometimes and as an...
Personal Assistant Duties: What Can a Personal Assistant Do for You?
If you run a business, manage the needs of your large family, or just have too much to do in...