I cleaned my own carpets last week and my dear husband is ever so grateful I’m done. I felt like a 5th grade science experiment with 5’x5′ patches of wet carpet around the TV room figuring out which one worked the best. Between the “Are you done yet? It’s loud” and the “Don’t step there, … Continue reading
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How to Get Rid of the Musty Smell {DIY Room Deodorizer}
There’s just something about having men in the house that makes it smell more… musty and I’m not talking about just the bathroom or bedroom. The mustiness spreads to the whole house and is there to welcome you when you get back from the grocery store; it’s a problem. I find the mustiness to be … Continue reading
Remove Cooked on Grease: The Oven
To be perfectly honest, my oven was not that bad. It had enough grease that I considered cleaning it when I finally had enough time. Saturday I decided I had enough time because I saw a homemade soft scrub on Pinterest; my motivation to do really cool projects, sometimes. Deviating from the recipe a little … Continue reading
Homemade Cleaner: Two Ingredient Soft Scrub
I’ve been seeing ideas around Pinterest for a diy soft scrub and it reminded me of using the real soft scrub a long time ago. The one thing I remember about it was that it worked really well. So I thought to myself, “my oven is really gross, I should probably clean it.” But that’s … Continue reading
Household Tips and Hints: Top 10 Best Vinegar Tips
I love cleaning with vinegar. I do. I really, really do. Vinegar has natural antibacterial properties and it’s acidic, making it a great natural cleaner. I have my all-purpose citrus vinegar that I use to tackle almost every mess I come in contact with, which is frequently because someone in my household has perpetually grimy fingers and … Continue reading
Get Stains Out Anywhere
Two Clothing Stain Facts You will spill on yourself when you wear white. You will spill at the most inconvenient time. Fact: I did both on my way to work. Maybe one day I’ll learn to not spill and stain my clothes, maybe. By the time I got to work the stain was nice and crusty and … Continue reading
The Real DIY to Clean a Burnt Iron {And it’s Not Salt}
Sometimes I burn things. Like dinner, clothes and most recently a while ago my iron. I iron most everything on super hot since I own a lot of cotton. Well, I was ironing some of Husband’s things and forgot to check what it was made out of and slightly burned one of his “donotirononsuperhot” dress pants. Luckily it … Continue reading
Citrus Infused Vinegar
I’m excited. I love my all purpose vinegar cleaner but sometimes it burns my nose. I love that it cuts through messes super easy (like last night when I spilled fresh berry juice everywhere) and leaves my table nice and shiny. But the smell of pickles lingers for a while. I like pickles but not all the … Continue reading
How to Clean Retainers
For those of you who have kids with retainers or if you have one, this post is for you. If not, check out the before and after picture anyways, ’tis a great transformation. After the orthodontist removed the braces and handed you the retainer, do any of you remember getting instructions on how to keep your … Continue reading
The Dangers of Household Chemicals
Have you ever actually read the warning label to see what is dangerous the chemical you’re using? I’m pretty sure I have once or twice and read “blah, blah, don’t swallowed, blah, blah, death, blah, poison control,” all the normal stuff, chemicals with more consonants than we can pronounce. The death warning isn’t a big … Continue reading