Category: cleaning tips

Removing Candle Wax

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.…

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Hiring a house cleaner for the first time? Your etiquette questions, answered

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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Hydrogen Peroxide

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…

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Dust Issues

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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How to treat your Cleaner

Luckily, for most people this is a simple question and they know the answer:”With Respect”.  I experienced it myself when I was a cleaner and I hear heartwarming stories from our cleaners. There’s a lot of beautiful, kind people in New York and we are so happy to have been chosen to work for them.…

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