One of the most diabolical enemies to a clean home is apathy. If we simply donât care about cleaning it wonât get done or if itâs done, itâs done in a hurry and without care. A great mindset for cleaningâwhether youâre cleaning your own home or cleaning professionally as a residential cleaning techâis simply caring. […]
What Belongs on a Cleaning To-Do List?
What are things that we should put on our cleaning to-do list? A thorough, cleaning to-do list should include enough to cover the basic cleaning of your home. Here are a few of the general things itâs good to include on your cleaning to-do list. A Basic Cleaning to Do List *A Top to Bottom […]
What Can I Do About Hard Water Stains?
Hard water stains are garish and unsightly. Theyâre an eyesore in an otherwise clean and lovely bathroom. When you move into a new place (with or without hardwater), youâll want to know how to prevent hardwater stains or youâll want to get hardwater stains up. Hardwater is an obnoxious thorn in the flesh for our […]
5 Deep Cleaning Tips for Baby & Toddler Toys
Here on the Maid to Shine weâre committed to giving you professional cleaning advice, helping you save time, and create a healthy, clean environment for your family. You might have noticed weâve been on a âcleaning for babyâ streak, and here is another post in that series. Cleaning your baby and toddler toys is one […]
A To-Do List for Wiping Down Baby Furniture
When bringing a new baby home, there are millions of things on our mind. And when itâs our first baby, all the things we are learning for the first time might be overwhelming. Weâre learning how to take care of a baby, nurture them, bathe them, feed them, etc. Keeping the baby furniture in the […]
Help Your Kids Clean Their Rooms
What should you do when youâre ready for your kids to begin cleaning their rooms? How do you teach them? What should you teach them? And is it even worth the fuss and bother? A child cleaning their room might not seem like a really big deal (at first), but there are endless perks. Below […]
All About Cleaning Rugs
Our rugs see a lot of traffic daily. Every member of our household and every visitor walk all over ours rugs with a great deal of frequency. With this amount of foot treading on our area rugs, itâs important that we know how to properly care for, clean, and maintain them. The proper care for […]
Teaching Kids that Cleaning Matters
Cleaning is such an important task. Itâs important to our health. Itâs important to maintaining our home. So how do we get our kids to understand just how important it is, especially if they aren’t predisposed to cleaning? Help! I want my kids to clean and know itâs important, but how do I get through […]
Living a Mess Free Life
Do you need tips for living a mess free life style? How do you transform your messy home (and life style) from chaotic, messy, and disorganised to completely mess free? Hereâs a few ideas to help you get started. These tips can not only change the look of your home, but they are intended to […]
Natural Cleaning Tips for Baby Gear, Pt 2
Weâve started delving into the multi-faceted world of cleaning baby gear. We began exploring this topic by asking ourselves âwhat we should use to clean our babyâs gear?â Itâs important to clean baby gear safely: and that includes cleaning in a way that effectively sanitizes and disinfects these items without using harsh, harmful chemicals. Natural […]