Kitchen

I did a THOROUGH job of this two weeks ago and it was very rewarding. EVEN my kids noticed!  Wow! 
The Sweet Hour of Prayer blog does a good job providing tips on getting the job done.  What I really like is the tips on ‘keeping it clean’.

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Does Your Home Make The Grade? Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality and Overall Clean Factor

(NAPSI)-Here’s the inside scoop on indoor air quality: It’s a hot topic these days because the levels of air pollutants indoors can be two to five times higher than outdoors. You can improve your indoor air by following a […]

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There is hardly anything more dangerous than a dull knife except perhaps a ‘rusted’ one!
MyCleaningProducts.com says that,
“Rust can develop over a short span of time and of the rust’s favorite victim is something which we oftentimes use in the kitchen – our knives. Because of this, we have listed down several tips on how to […]

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DesMoinesRegister.com offers some very good advice…
Americans spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. Since we are indoors the majority of our time, it’s important to pay attention to the things in our environment that can promote or affect our health. Many health issues that result from an unhealthy home can be prevented.
Read on - […]

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 From, Tips for cleaning up, in the Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
“Here are five tips for cleaning up:”

Microwave
Wash Your Hands
Don’t Rinse Chicken
Toss It
Don’t Drown in Chemicals

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Masterclean offers the following tip:
“When you come across really greasy kitchen tiles, try this
get some soda crystals and mix them up into a nice strong solution, apply to the tiles and leave to dwell for a while, maybe 5 to 7 minutes, then wipe the tiles down with a clean, damp, soft cloth. Your […]

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NotesFromVenus.com posted a good article on ‘green cleaning’. The author says,
‘there are natural products that can be used as good cleaning agents, and a substitute to the sometimes harmful chemicals we use with such liberty.’
‘The main green necessities in natural cleaning are, vinegar, baking soda and lemon (though for Asians, we can use limau, […]

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In the article, ‘Stylist’s tips for a company-ready kitchen‘, Lydia Somerville of MyHomeIdeas.com offers some great tips on make visitors to your kitchen ‘think they’ve stepped into the pages of your favorite magazine.’  Highlights include:

‘First thing a stylist will do is peruse your countertops with a merciless eye for clutter’
‘Remove everything attached with magnets to […]

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On About.com’s Spring Cleaning Guide you will find the following useful checklists/tutorials to help you clean your house room by room:
“These tutorials help with spring cleaning for any room. Each tutorial gives a list of steps, tools and supplies needed, and tips to help you get the job done.

Kitchen Spring Cleaning
Bathroom Spring Cleaning
Living Areas […]

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Good Housekeeping.com has a very ’special section’ by Heloise, ‘Spring Cleaning in 10 Minutes a Day“.   The online version has a ‘graphical’ index that is quite clever.   Another view of the article can be found at Good Housekeeping.com‘.
Equally good is her Home Speed Cleaning Guide.  It, too, has a picture index.
Heloise does the impossible […]

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