I use baskets to organize and decorate at the same time all over my home.

Years ago, after reading Survival for Busy Women, I went out and bought all the accoutrement to make a Homemaking Chore Box. 

When the cold weather hits keeping the air inside your home becomes more difficult. Recycled air can mean recycled germs. Here are 7 tips to keep the air in your home healthier.

Places that can quickly get out of hand in the home are the surfaces. Flat surfaces just begging to be covered in the daily mail, work papers, shopping bags, or child’s homework.

It is now officially time to kick it into gear to get ready for the holidays and to get your house ready for company. It really helps to get your house in order now because if unexpected company comes you won't get caught off guard. Then you can concentrate on baking, finding gifts and organizing activities without having to worry about deep cleaning your house again until after the New Year.

Did you know it’s best to keep items to a minimum in the bedroom to help foster sleep and relaxation?

Find just 20 minutes a day to keep your home in company readiness. Now if you have a mcmansion add more minutes or if you live in a loft scratch off a good 10 minutes. In other words adjust accordingly.

Spring Cleaning is several weeks behind us but I’m still finding that things like the front door and the sliding doors and screens need regular cleaning.

Every year as the weather begins to warm and the sun shines just a little bit longer each day the furnace gets turned off and the windows are opened. Flowers begin to peek through the ground. Birds chirp happily. And people begin to clean out the dust and debris left behind from the long winter months. It’s been going on for years and beside the very visible benefit of having a clean home spring cleaning offers a number of benefits :

Just one look in your home and you will quickly realize that if you fail to plan you may as well plan to fail. In the cleaning department that is.

Dusting is one of those chores that is easy to ignore. I mean who notices dust! But it is also one of those chores if gone undone can affect your health. And again one of those chores that once done can make a big difference in how your home looks.

It’s the day or the evening after Thanksgiving. You’ve escorted the last grateful guest back out the front, so lovingly decorated for the season, door. Now you pivot on one foot to take in the view before you and the music starts...

The key to mini-blinds is dusting them often. Something I loathe to do so then I am forced to resort to drastic measures...actually cleaning them.
So learn from my mistakes and here is how to take care of your mini blinds to keep the heavy duty cleaning to a minimum.

An odorific home can be fallout from having a pet. Here are some tips to help keep thing smell fresh and renew the air in you home.

Here are 8 great tips I gleened from home cleaning professionals for a longer lasting, cleaner carpet.

Not my favorite of cleaning chores it nevertheless does make a difference if they are done. I’m talking about baseboards. Those things at the bottom of your wall right where the wall and the floor meet. Catchers of all dust and debris in your home.

If you haven’t already discovered chlorine bleach can be disastrous for your clothing. It may turn them whiter to begin with but in the long run will weaken the fabric fibers and cause a dingy hue on your once were whites.

As with all the details of your homemaking laundry care is made that much simpler by having the right tools and knowing the best and easiest ways to apply them.

Along with spring comes the desire for clean windows. Opening up all of those winter shades and letting the sun in also gives us a great view of the dirt and grime from winter. If the rest of your home is clean and your windows are dirty it destroys the overall effect.

If you have to walk a fair distance to pick up cleaning supplies each time you want to clean an area of your home maybe it’s time to put together a few mini cleaning kits to make the job go faster and thereby consume less of your time.

Are you trying to save more money each month? Well add regular household cleaning to your list and watch the bills drop.

So you’re supposed to toss your toothbrush after 3 months. Right? Three months on your teeth that is. But before you toss that old toothbrush for good take a look at how your old toothbrush can do double duty in the home.

I don’t know about you but I don’t have endless hours to clean the house. It only makes sense to put some measures into place so that you clean less and enjoy your home more.

Put your home on a cleaning schedule.

Your home carpet needs regular care to keep looking it's best. Pull out your calendar and put your home carpet on a schedule.

16 items to get you started on building your basic kit for cleaning

your home.

Step by step tips for having a clean home.

Tips to zoom through and have a clean home quickly when company is on the way.

Well it's official Spring is here. The days are longer and the air is warmer. Of course this means you can see the dust swirling in your home and the spots on the walls. A perfect time for Spring Cleaning. So for you here is a detailed list on how to get organized for deep Spring Cleaning of your home

Doing the laundry is a chore I don't look forward to. Dirty clothes, folding clothes, putting away clothes. It's all too much. To get through it I have to be organized....

The beginning steps on cleaning and organizing your home.

Has your home gotten out of order? Use the next few days to quickly bring clean and calm to your surroundings.

A fall cleaning and maintenance checklist for the areas around your home.