Beautiful temperatures outdoors, flowers blooming everywhere, and sunlight streaming through your windows can mean only one thing – that spring’s arrival is quickly approaching. Spring cleaning is an annual tradition that provides us with the perfect opportunity to freshen up our homes and, when completed early enough, allow us to enjoy the great outdoors before...
Category: Detox Your Home
Professional Carpet Cleaning Benefits
Your carpet is an investment. Protect it with professional carpet cleaning. Here are four professional carpet cleaning benefits. #1. Improves Your Health It’s important that you vacuum at least three times a week with a High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter. However, vacuuming may disturb settled pollutants (e.g., dust mites, pet dander, mold spores, bacteria,...
No Shoes Policy: Leave Them at the Door
In many parts of the world, it’s customary to take your shoes off before entering a home, leaving them in a designated spot outdoors or just inside the door on a mat or rack. Although this custom is not yet widely accepted in the United States – many consider it rude, uncomfortable or at best,...
Home Allergens: Is Your Home Making You Sick?
Comfort. Security. A place of refuge. Favorite family memories. Dorothy was spot on when she said: “There’s no place like home.” But what happens when you literally feel ill at home? One obvious reason for this is the surprising number of hidden home allergens. Chances are, if you’ve been experiencing some discomfort in your own...
Surviving Cold & Flu Season
Fact: Adults get about three colds a year on average, each lasting seven to ten days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As if that’s not bad enough, 5 to 20% of us will get the flu, which can make life miserable. You can help strengthen your family’s immune system – and...
Time-Saving Cleaning Tips
There’s no way around it – every home has to be cleaned. And the more active your home is, the more often it will need to be cleaned, which often leaves us without much time for anything else. If you feel that you have too many household chores and not enough time, then it’s time...
Detox Your Home
How is the air quality in your home? Fact: The average American home contains over 500 synthetic chemicals, many of which we cannot see, taste, or smell. And while the vast majority of these chemicals are undetectable, they are present in the air we breathe, which prevents its own set of health problems. In fact, the...