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Posts tagged “clean”

Inspiration: Clean and Organized Black, White and Green

These past few days have been muggy and sticky and we've spent them entertaining out of town guests: making beds, serving food, picking up. Coming across these photos of a clean, bright and smart l...

Roundup: Best Carpet & Rug Cleaning Ideas

When we moved last year, we finally had some nice hardwood floors. We decided to go with a shaggy cream rug although the room it's in has the most foot traffic. It's definitely time for a little clean...

Unwanted Visitor: The Dust Bunny

We like to think of our house as clean. We vacuum once a week, we dust daily, we take off our shoes when we come in the door. But then we do a dry mop and there they are, living under the bed, the d...

How To: Build A Habit

Sure, when things get messy and/or overflowing enough we can all stop what we're doing and go on a cleaning binge to finally get that closet/cupboard/landing strip sorted out, donated, recycled or put...

What do your cleaning habits say about you?
Australia

The above quote is from Seb, the young son of David Thorn, owner of one of our favourite Australian blogs– 27b/6. While we laughed, it also got us thinking about what our home and our cleaning habit...

How To: Fake a Clean House
Real Simple

Our new year's resolution included having people over more often and while we definitely have upped the frequency, we'd like to be hosting people a couple times a month instead of once a month at best...

The Bathroom: A Sacred Space During the Holidays

Obviously bathrooms are important all the time. But around the holidays they get an influx of use. People come over, there are overnight guests, there's a lot of getting ready and grooming before pa...

Green Roundup: Best Green Cleaning Solutions

As we draw near the close of AT's Green@Home month, we thought we'd round up a few of our favorite Green Cleaning posts. There were some great ideas and tips. Check out our favorites below the jum...

Spring Scents: 12 DIY Air Fresheners

Last Fall we blogged about making your own fall air fresheners to battle the shut in feeling of impending winter. Now that it's the spring, we've updated our list to include some fresher, rather than...

How Many Bottles are Under The Sink?

We've been shocked in the past when we realized that we had about 12 bottles of various cleansers under the kitchen sink. Some we used all the time, some were a mistake. And let's just say not all ...

Small Space Solution: Going Vertical

While we normally look at the footprint of a space to find more room, when space is tight, don't forget to look up. If you're lucky enough to have an upstairs, Gregory pointed out that you can use th...

Ikea Bathroom Inspiration

Spa style bathrooms on the cheap! We're loving the styling that's gone into these Ikea bathrooms. Maybe we wouldn't buy it all at Ikea but it's a good cheat sheet: ...