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Leather Cleaning TIps

Take a look at any hallway closet and you will find one or more leather jackets, shoes, purses and more.

These tips come from Maid services Toronto:

A great DIY leather cleaner for winter salt is boiling 1/2 cup of Linseed Oil and 1/2 cup of white vinegar. After boiling the mixture for 3-4 mins, let it cool down before using.

This cup of oil and vinegar will stay for a long time and be more…

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Added by Toronto House Cleaning Service on February 27, 2011 at 6:41pm — No Comments

Cleaning with green cleaning products from Toronto House Cleaning Service

Switching to green cleaning products is easy and incredibly beneficial for you and the

environment. There are a number of clean cleaning steps that you can take that are easy.

Here are just a few ideas that you could implement in your home.

Start using green cleaners. Cleaners made from renewable resources like tree bark and

plants are… Continue

Added by Toronto House Cleaning Service on January 9, 2011 at 7:18pm — No Comments

Making a natural soap with a natural disinfectant

At Maret's Quality Home Cleaning, http://www.maretsqualityhomeservices.com we have experimented with several, green cleaning products.

It is amazing what a soap bar, borax, water and pumice can do.

Shave some soap bars into a cup.

Boil 4 cups of water on the stove in a small pot.

Add the cup of soap shavings.

Add 1 cup or Borax.

Add 1/4 cup of pumice (4F)

Allow to cool for a… Continue

Added by Toronto House Cleaning Service on November 20, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

History of a Robot Vacuum Cleaner

More and more cleaning tools come into our house to help us with cleaning. And more and more people like to use robot vacuum cleaner to clean floors.However, do you know the history of robot vacuum cleaner?

1860 Daniel Hess patents a vacuum clearner, appears to be the first recorded

1869…

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Added by kimi gloria on June 24, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

Paper HELP!!!

WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THIS PAPER?!?!?!

This week we will be talking about PAPER! Paper is one of the BIGGEST clutter makers in our home. We save paper or lay it on the kitchen counter for a variety of reasons. Here are a few of those reasons:

1. Procrastination-we procrastinate taking the steps needed

2. Not having designated areas for the wide variety of papers we get

3. Thinking “I need to take this with me next time I run errands”

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Added by Chelsie on May 13, 2009 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Inspiring Quote on Keeping a Clean/Organized Home

Inspiring Quote!

I thought you'd all enjoy this quote by Peter Walsh. It sure is motivating!

"I believe homes are metaphors for our lives. I believe it’s impossible to make your best choices, your most enlightened, spiritually rich, emotionally stable choices in a cluttered and disorganized home. It just can’t happen. Time and time again, I have seen that when you open the space you create the opportunity for amazing things to flow into that… Continue

Added by Chelsie on May 13, 2009 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Statistics!

We thought you'd all enjoy this statistics--might make you rethink some things! This information was provided by the National Association of Professional Organizers.

* The Wall Street Journal reports that the average U.S. executive wastes six weeks annually searching for important documents lost in clutter.

* 80% of filed papers are never looked at again.

* The National Soap and Detergent Association believes getting rid of clutter would eliminate 40 percent of the… Continue

Added by Chelsie on May 13, 2009 at 12:40pm — No Comments

10 Signs You Need an Organizational Makeover

1. You've paid a bill late because you lost it

2. Your day is spent looking for your husband's paycheck

3. You multi task all day, yet you accomplish nothing

4. You hassle your husband about getting a new home so you can have enough

space for everything

5. You scrape your windows during the winter because you can’t fit your car in the

garage

6. You spend $60 a month on a storage unit and don’t even know what’s in it

7. You file everything or file… Continue

Added by Chelsie on May 13, 2009 at 12:40pm — No Comments

TYPES OF PAPERS AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM!

Papers that need filled out or followed up on:

Sit down right then and complete the paper work, put it in an envelope and put it in your POWER JOURNAL! To drop off or mail. If it is something that you need to follow up on, put it in your POWER JOURNAL! So that when you open up your POWER JOURNAL! The next day, you remember and can do it RIGHT THEN!!! Start today the habit of following through and not procrastinating!

School papers:

Go through your children’s… Continue

Added by Chelsie on May 13, 2009 at 12:35pm — No Comments

Happy

So far I have 8 clients. I'm so tickled!

Added by Robert on March 25, 2009 at 6:19pm — No Comments

PLEDGE FABRIC SWEEPER

CAN I USE THIS ON RUGS??

Added by Robert on March 18, 2009 at 10:40pm — No Comments

HAD TO REVISED MY CLEANING SCHEDULE STILL DID IT BY A TIME SCHEDULE BUT I WILL BREAK IT DOWN THIS WAY

MONDAY:CLEAN MY PORCHES AND DO OUTSIDE WORK

TUESDAY: CLEAN MY KITCHEN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

WEDSENDAY: CLEAN MY BATHROOMS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

THURSDAY: CLEAN MY BEDROOMS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

FRIDAY: CLEAN THE LIVING ROOM FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

SATURDAY: FAMILY DAY TO WASH CLOTHES THAT ARE LEFT FROM THE OTHER NIGHT

SUNDAY: FREE DAY CHURCH

Added by beverly turner on March 16, 2009 at 10:53pm — 1 Comment

CLEANING

The best cleaning stuff i have found out there is KRUD KUTTER. Most stores have it. I go this tip from a carpet cleaner. You can use it full strength or delote with water. I have found out it will take off any thing that is duty. On floors it is great because you do not have to rinse after mopping in one place. It doesn't leave any sticky floors either.

We are renting and i took off the handles that look like they where turning green from age and being used to much. I soaked them in the… Continue

Added by may on March 15, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

HI there

Well today. I had day off of not cleaning home not even mine. I thinking I'm getting better about little my house get a little dirty. I went out shopping at Goodwills and Salvation Army. I spent around 50.00 all together. Getting some home decor stuff, new kitchen stuff. So tonight I'm having my grandma come over which is going to be a little hard me, cause I want to explain how hurtful I was that she took my stuff. But I think I will cook a nice meal and won't bring up the subject if all… Continue

Added by Robert on March 14, 2009 at 2:29pm — No Comments

Spotless

My house is so clean you can eat off the floor. The reason is because I quit smoking the other day and needed to keep busy. I have gone over it 3 times eventhough it didn't need it. At least I can say I AM a NON smoker! YEAH!!!!!

Added by lisa on March 14, 2009 at 4:12am — No Comments

Shock of The Day

I came home today. I realize something was wrong. I was right. My tote with ALL my cleaning supplies and vacuum was GONE. I first called my grandma to see if she took it. She said yes. You need to do something beside cleaning that place of yours. That place is so spotless that I'm afarid to sit because if I do you might flip. I slam down the phone. I cried knowing that my world was coming to an end. I sat in my apartment going stir crazy because I didn't have my stuff. But my good friend Rachel… Continue

Added by Robert on March 11, 2009 at 8:17pm — No Comments

DAY IN THE LIFE OF ME

RISE AND SHINE, THEN MAKE PART OF THE BED HUBBY IS SLEEPING LATE CAUSE WE WENT TO BED LATE. I'LL FINISH IT LATER NEXT I OPEN MY BLINDS IN THE KITCHEN AND WELL PERTTY MUCH ALL OVER THE HOUSE. THEN I GET BREAKFAST STARTED , WHILE COOKING I CHECK MY EMAIL, AFTER BREAKFAST I WILL GET DRESSED AND BRUSH MY TEETH AND START MY DAY. WHILE I AM I

N THE BATHROOM BRUSHING MY TEETH I WILL STRAIGHTEN UP THE BATHROOM. THEN I COME TO MY KITCHEN AND I WILL DO MY DISHES FROM THERE I WILL DO THE KITCHEN… Continue

Added by beverly turner on March 11, 2009 at 3:01pm — No Comments

My Day

I got up around 6am to go to my clients house. I went to the store to get some scrubbing bubbles to see if that would remove the years of nicotine. To my suprise it did. I think I went through 10-20 cans of that stuff. So tomorrow is painting day! Got home around noon, when my grandma had stop by to have lunch with me. After lunch I kept saying to myself that I wasn't going to clean at all. I sat down and was ready to turn on the T.V.. I was up getting my cleaning supplies, when my grandma… Continue

Added by Robert on March 10, 2009 at 7:56pm — 1 Comment

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ME

COMEING SOON

Added by beverly turner on March 10, 2009 at 1:08am — No Comments

Cleaning Tips

I was given a piece of paper today of some things that I had around that I could use instead chemicals and rags. After trying some of them, I was amazed! They not only work but the really help me cut my cleaning in half! Because I clean about 10 hours a day, I'm that particular on my house cleaning. Here is some cleaning tips:

Use a fabric Softners on Mirrors so next time you take a shower your mirrors would fog up. TRY IT

To keep sponge lasting longer, throw them in the… Continue

Added by Robert on March 7, 2009 at 1:49am — 6 Comments

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