Our October team event was a roaring spook-tacular time! We’re clearly pretty excited that our Maid to Shine team got to visit the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo during their Halloween festivities. Our group bopped around the zoo dressed in our most festive attire. Getting to see wolves in October is a great way to get into […]
Most Common Items You Miss While Cleaning
Light fixtures Don’t forget to look up when you start to clean. It doesn’t matter the room you’re in, there’s probably a light fixture or fan that needs to be dusted. Use your lambswool duster to reach those higher up items and knock the dust to the ground to sweep or vacuum up at the […]
How to Build a Cleaning Kit for Your Child
Building good cleaning habits can be a difficult thing, but if you have a little one at home you can encourage them to love cleaning from an early age. Once they’re an adult, they’ll thank you! So many of us don’t enjoy cleaning but maybe that’s because we think about being forced to do our […]
The Easiest Way to Clean Your Microwave
Microwaves and mess almost go together like peanut butter and jelly. With food popping out of the bowel and reheated coffee boiling over the mug there might be a spot or two inside your microwave that needs a good cleaning. Unfortunately, when we open the door and see so much splatter, cleaning suddenly feels very […]
The Maid to Shine Organizing Challenge
Organizing your home can sound so difficult, so time consuming, and so boring. Unless you love to clean, like us! We’re encouraging you to take on the Maid to Shine 3-Step Organizing Challenge. Set aside about three hours to accomplish this task, but most importantly, have a reward waiting for you at the end. Maid […]
Why the Direction You Clean in Matters
Some people may think as long as you’re cleaning it really doesn’t matter which way you go. Bottom to top, right to left, back to front! Maid to Shine’s here today to rock your cleaning world and break the news, that it does make a difference which direction you clean in. We’re not just saying […]
Changing Your Cleaning Mindset
For so many people cleaning isn’t fun. I guess they don’t call them chores for nothing. When you don’t want to do something it only makes it that much harder to do it. So what do you do if you have a negative mindset towards cleaning? You could try ignoring it, but we think it’s […]
How Do You Know if your Maid Service Is Doing a Good Job?
Hiring a maid service is a big deal. You’re letting someone into your home to take care of your belongings. It can be a very personal thing for some people. If you’re not a cleaning fanatic (like your maid should be) then you may not know what to look for to ensure the cleaning company […]
DIY All-Natural Air Freshener
We want our homes to smell nice but we don’t want to sacrifice our health and safety for it. Many air fresheners you can buy in store unfortunately have harmful chemicals in their ingredients. We, at Maid to Shine, think it’s so important to research the ingredients that are in the cleaning products we bring […]
Common Household Items You Can Clean With
It may surprise you just how many items in your home can help in your quest for a clean space. There’s a good chance that you’ll have most, if not all, of these products nearby. Get ready to add these items to your cleaning caddy, and start cleaning like the professionals at Maid to Shine! […]