cleaning tips

We all know that recycling benefits the environment. But if we get smart about recycling, it can also benefit our home budget. Don’t just separate your trash for recycling – think about how you can re-use things. These 5 nifty recycling tips will save you money, and help to keep your home as clean as…

Guest Post: Kale Temple | There was a research done a couple of years ago, that women spend a total of 12, 896 hours during their lifetime cleaning and making sure the house is spick and span. Whilst men, just spend 6,448 hours in a lifetime. Admittedly, I spend a little over an hour cleaning my…

Cleaning your house need not be the chore you think it is. You can make the job more interesting by starting with these totally weird ideas for housekeeping. Think outside the square when you consider cleaning generally. Do a brainstorm of all the ways you could possibly do your housework. You will be really surprised with…

There are many pleasures in life and removing stains is definitely not one of them. Getting down on one’s hands and knees with some Baking Soda on the tip of a sponge to remove a mark from carpet ranks highly on my just-don’t-like-doing-it list. I wish removing a stain could be done with a twitch…

Dishwashing has to be done, but the job is a dirty rotten one and this duty takes a mum like me away from more fun activities. Frankly, the only bubbles I want in my life are either the ones I can soak in – as in a spa bath, or drink – as in Champagne.…

Running a small business is no easy task. As a small business owner you must be a jack-of-all-trades, proficient in finances, idea development, staff management and organisation. Here are some simple ways you can get the most out of your small business. Give your office a makeover Regardless of the size of your business, refurbishing…

Clean for Clarity There’s something refreshing about flowers and lemon over the smell of dusty, fusty socks and jocks. Don’t you think? Buffing the house is not only great exercise, but also cleansing for the mind. I fill my music player with motivating songs and then get to work. It’s a great way to zone out…

Stay-at-home holidays are a great opportunity to declutter. I spend most holidays bum-up and head down inside cupboards, boxes and crawling around rooms looking for junk. You’ll find me inside kitchen cupboards, pulling stuff down from our storage cupboard, fiddling in my kids toy boxes and digging around in bathroom cabinets on my BIG junk…

Baking Soda is a famous product used the world over for all kinds of purposes including putting out fires, in cooking, for medical remedies, personal and for a cleaning agent. Most modern housewives like Moi use it in cleaning and cooking. It has a few aliases including bicarbonate soda, sodium bicarb, bicarb soda. In Australia and NZ…

Vaseline is a nifty little product. If you were stuck on a desert island you would want to make sure you took a tub of Vaseline with you. The versatility of this product is incredible and it’s a bit of a girl’s best friend in everyday life! Keep a tub in your bag for all…