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Freeze Thanksgiving Leftovers

Seasonal Cleaning Along with friends, family and an excuse to break out your best dishes, Thanksgiving dinner brings a surplus of food that almost always results in leftovers. And after stuffing...
Organizing Tips for Your Gift Wrapping Supplies

Organize Gift Wrapping

Seasonal Cleaning It’s one thing to hang festive decorations for the holidays, but it’s quite another when your home looks like a gift wrapping company exploded inside of it. Ribbon on the countertops...
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Handwashing Delicates

What are “delicate” clothes, really? Well, they’re items of clothing that you don’t want to risk damaging in a regular wash cycle. Think padded bike shorts, bras, silk shirts or ties, your favorite...
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Dont Let Your Drain Clog Up Your Day

The bathroom is one of the most frequently used rooms in your home. And when your sink, shower or toilet gets backed up, it creates not only a mess, but a major inconvenience. So if you see water...
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Stay Organized During Move

Moving is notoriously stressful and unpacking is overwhelming to say the least. However, if you incorporate some planning and strategy into the process, getting organized after a move will be a lot...
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Washing Bed Sheets

Learning how to wash bedsheets is fairly easy. Knowing when to wash bedsheets is an entirely different story. To be perfectly honest, many people don’t wash sheets and pillowcases often enough. It may...
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Overlooked Kitchen Items You Should Be Cleaning

Has your kitchen been seeing a lot more activity than usual these days? As the main room where we store food and prepare meals, kitchen cleanliness is vital for preventing food-borne illness. However...

10 Ways to Use Baking Soda for Cleaning

Can you imagine getting rid of your assortment of cleaning supplies and investing in one inexpensive cleaning solution? Fortunately, you don’t have to dream any longer! Our secret to cleaning is one...
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9 Tips to Make Guest Rooms Comfier

We’re entering that time of year when it’s common for people to start traveling to visit family and friends for extended Memorial Day weekend trips or quick weekend getaways. As such, you should start...
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How to Safely Clean Various Table Surfaces

Use the Right Products on Wood, Glass, and More Tables, whether dining, coffee, or decorative, are at the heart of your home, brimming with life, memories, and —sometimes—a lot of smudges and spills...
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Habits Of Organized Mom Dad

Home Organization Being a parent is a full-time job. Running a household and keeping a family on track can be incredibly time consuming, and many parents have jobs outside the home, too. Sometimes...
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How to Maximize Space in a Tiny Apartment

Home Organization Do you have a tiny apartment but don’t want to feel cramped? Are you looking for ways to make it appear bigger than it is? You can give the appearance of openness in a seemingly...