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How To Clean Patio Furniture

May 5, 2013
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It’s wonderful spending warmer days and nights sitting on the patio or deck, sipping a cool beverage and listening to the sound of crickets or the happy voices of children chasing fireflies. But what if your outdoor seating is covered with a winter’s worth of grime? Knowing how to clean patio furniture quickly will not [...]

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Keep Your Dish Rags From Smelling

March 21, 2013
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In this week’s Reader Questions, Lynne wants to know how to keep your dish rags from smelling so… funky. Although she’s fastidious about rinsing them after use, and hanging them over the divider in the middle of her sink, they still reek by the end of the day. So do her cleaning cloths. As far [...]

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How To Clean A Shower Head And Why You Should

February 27, 2013
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We’ve already gone over how to remove mold and mildew from the shower curtain and stall, but did you realize that shower heads accumulate mold and mildew, too? It’s true! In fact, a third of shower heads tested by researchers were found to contain a bacteria associated with pulmonary disease. Dirty shower heads are also [...]

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How To Reduce Household Clutter

February 20, 2013

How is your New Year’s resolution to reduce household clutter coming along now that we’re seven weeks into 2013? For those of you still struggling, or those who’ve given up already, take a deep breath and know that it is possible to meet this goal. You don’t need a whole weekend, or even an entire [...]

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How To Remove Carpet Stains

February 6, 2013

Carpet stains frustrating you? You may not have to replace your carpet if you know how to treat each kind of spill. Yes, even the old ones may come out. When we bought our house, it had wall-to-wall ivory-colored carpet. It wasn’t long before kids, cats and company had taken their toll, turning our carpets [...]

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How To Clean Reusable Grocery Bags

January 23, 2013

We all know that reusable grocery bags are better for the environment. Super-savers also know that many grocery stores now give discounts on your total bill when you bring your own. But did you know that, in addition to lugging home your groceries, you may also be carrying loads of dangerous bacteria? Don’t worry: it’s [...]

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How To Remove Candle Wax From Carpets (Reader Questions)

January 16, 2013

I routinely answer questions on my Facebook page, but sometimes I find myself giving the same answer over and over again. When that happens, I like to turn the answer into a blog entry: it saves myself some time and ensures I don’t overlook anything in my response. Since both Jacki and Carin have recently [...]

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How To Get Rid Of And Prevent Shower Mold And Mildew

January 11, 2013

Fewer places in the home are as mold and mildew-friendly as the bathroom. Combine a small, usually windowless, space with moisture and warmth and you’ve got the perfect breeding ground for that nasty stuff. If you’ve got allergy sufferers or people with compromised immune systems in your home, you already know the dangers of that [...]

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Three Habits To Adopt Now For A Cleaner House

November 19, 2012

These days, I have incredibly little time to clean. Between driving my son to and from school daily, driving my husband to his various doctor appointments, staying on top of the laundry, cooking the healthy (but increasingly limited variety of) meals my husband needs to keep his strength up, and just trying to catch my [...]

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