Removing Wax from Fabric Is As Easy As 1-2-3 Literally, that’s how few steps there are By Lindsey Mather, Architectural Digest On a 1930s Mexican pine table in the dining room of interior designer Peter Bowman’s Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, home, tall candlesticks are arranged with a rustic Guatemalan chicken box filled with handblown glass spheres.…
By Renee Jacques, Article in Huffington Post Even if you don’t have a TV in your bedroom, chances are you have Netflix on your laptop. And now that the weather’s getting colder, there’s probably a good chance that you might curl up under the covers with a flick and a snack of some sort. But…
Setting up the perfect sleep haven only requires a few things: The bedroom should be cool, dark and quiet and feel like a true respite from the hectic world outside those four walls. But there are a handful of things the ideal bedroom layout definitely does not include. Here are a few of the things we’d like…
BY VIRGINIA K. SMITH, Article from Brickunderground. Been using the not-that-nice weather as a reason to put off your spring cleaning? No more. Once it warms up for real, you won’t want to spend weekends inside with a Swiffer. With the help of some of the city’s cleaning gurus, we’ve put together a room-by-room guide…
BY VIRGINIA K. SMITH, Article from Brickunderground. If you’ve never turned to a cleaning service before, the process can be fraught with etiquette issues. With that in mind, we asked the pros for their perspective to make sure the whole process goes smoothly for everyone involved: Should I tip my house cleaner, and how much? Opinions…
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BY LUCY COHEN BLATTER, Article in Brickunderground. There’s nothing quite like coming home to a clean apartment after a long day of work. Especially when you had nothing to do with said cleaning. While hiring a cleaning person (whether it’s a one-off service or a single person who comes on a regular basis) is certainly a luxury,…
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Spill something? Don’t panic. You’re about to discover the amazing cleaning power of hydrogen peroxide on stains and more. By Joann Pan, Freelance Writer Photo: Shutterstock / Serenethos We’ve all been there, screaming “noooo!” at the top of our lungs, among other unsaintly things, after splashing summer sangriaon our white jeans, or taking a lucky…
Here’s Why Your House Is Always So Freaking Dusty Photo: Courtesy of Giphy Article from Reader’s Digest One day your home is sparkling clean; the next, it’s covered in a layer of dust. There might be no more frustrating housekeeping conundrum, and we’ve all been there. Perhaps endless dust is just one of those things…
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