Tag: cleaning | Apartment Therapy

Can You Guess This Collection?

Sure, we're a day late and a dollar short in getting this post up during September's Collections month, but we just spotted it last night. And we couldn't resist this collection — perhaps the...

How To: Remove Desktop Wood Stain?

It's shocking that we keep glasses of liquid anywhere near our computers. It's an expensive computer-ruining disaster waiting to happen. A recent glass spillage on our desktop fortunately didn't ...

Wall Mount Folding Drying Rack

We must be going through a wall mount phase. Earlier this week we blogged about wall mount cabinets from CB2. Now this - a wall mount drying rack that folds down when not in use. The environmenta...

Hot or Not? Drywalkers

So you're outside in the yard with muddy boots on and need to run in and answer the phone... which is... just across the room. Would you use a pair of these? Spotted on UnClutterer, Drywalkers are...

If you and your friends are tired of the smell and cost of traditional cleaning products and you'd like to learn how to use ordinary household products like baking soda, olive oil and vinegar to cle...

Clean Out Your Closet with a Clothing Swap!

Winter, the season of hibernation, is a great time to clean out your closet. (Wes & Kayla think so too - see their post yesterday about how to organize a closet clean-out.) All year long we stockpi...

Handwashing vs. Dishwasher: Which is Greener?

We don't have a dishwasher. There are times when it would be really convenient, like when we have lots of people over for dinner or parties. But day to day we actually find washing dishes by hand...

Survey: Must You Tidy Before Going Away?

We've had a ridiculously busy week and we're heading out of town tomorrow for the long weekend. Every time we go away we have a compulsive need to have our apartment be really tidy (which is diffe...

Do You Remember Slogans on Display at Your Grandparents House?

Yesterday's post about bathroom carpeting was ill received, to say the least. We get to learn a lot about ourselves while blogging for AT. And yesterday we learned that apparently we're not as eas...

Good Questions: Laundry Pick-Up & Delivery in Boston?

Boston AT: someone over on the SF site happily reports on something that seems to be so missing form Boston: a laundry pickup and delivery service. Anyone have any tips on that? NY is full of those; w...

Green Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Service

A couple years ago we needed to deep clean the carpeted hallway stairs that lead up to our third floor apartment. A friend of a friend had recently started an eco carpet and upholstery cleaning bu...