Wood Furniture Cleaning & Care Tips
Quality wood furniture can last a lifetime and is often a treasured heirloom, passed down through multiple generations. Still, even the highest quality wood is susceptible to scratches and abrasions if not properly cared for. When purchasing furniture, it’s always a good idea to ask for specific cleaning and care instructions. For furnishings already in your home, here some ideas to keep the wood looking its best for many generations to come. Tips to Protect Your Wood Furniture Keep your furniture ...
Cleaning Tips: 11 Common Vacuuming Mistakes
Vacuuming isn't rocket science, and a vacuum cleaner is essential to any cleaning program, but a little extra know-how can help you clean your home that much better. Unfortunately, there are a number of common vacuuming mistakes that people tend to make. These vacuuming mistakes can reduce the effectiveness of your vacuum system, and may even lead to you damaging your vacuum cleaner. Here are just some of the most common mistakes people make with their vacuum cleaners, and how you can avoid them. 1. Do ...
All-Natural Room Spray: Aroma & Freshness
It's important to keep clean air circulating through your home. The key to air quality at home is making a few small but effective changes. Here is a quick tutorial for making essential oil room sprays as easy as they are useful to help you welcome healthy, fresh air into your home. These scented sprays are completely customizable, you can incorporate your favorite scents (for example, a rosemary blend for the kitchen or a relaxing lavender blend for the bedroom) and make them as strong or as light as you...
Green Cleaning: Ways to Use Lemon
When life gives you lemons, clean with them! That’s our mantra when it comes to keeping our homes fresh and shining. Lemons are one of the greatest cleaning ingredients around. You may be surprised of how well a natural ingredient like lemons can clean, and how surprisingly effective they are. Lemons are a great eco-cleaning ingredient as they naturally contain: citric acid, that fights water spots and hard water film, D-Limonene – a powerful degreaser and solvent D-Limonene and essential lemon oil, which ...