Are dusty, fuzzy lampshades putting a cramp on your clean home style? Or, you might glance at your lampshades in panic, realising you never even thought about cleaning your lamp shades! Even though it’s a tricky item to clean—or an item we overlook—there are plenty of professional tips for cleaning our lampshades so that they’re […]
Cleaning Mistakes to Avoid
Here at the Maid to Shine blog, we’re quick to give you tips to help you achieve a cleaner home. We love giving helpful tips and tidbits. There are tricks for making your routine faster, and there are even tips to get the best deep clean. There are even cleaning habits that can become a […]
Quick Hacks to Get the Most from Your Cleaning, Pt 2
Last week, we began looking at several different cleaning habits and tricks that can help us get the most out of our house cleanings. Our efforts to clean our homes efficiently can be a mere matter of the habits we keep while cleaning. Adjusting them to make our process more proficient can give us a […]
How to Get Kids Cleaning
One of the big questions of being a parent is how, when, or if you should get your kids to help with the cleaning chores around the house. Should parents expect kids to help with cleaning? And if so, when? Enlisting the help of our kids can be a great asset to a household’s cleaning […]
New Year’s Cleaning Resolutions
What better to sweep out the metaphorical cobwebs of the old year than with a New Year’s Cleaning Resolution? Give your home a fresh, new start with the New Year by creating your own, New Year’s resolution for cleaning your home! A New Year’s Cleaning Resolution Check List You don’t have to follow these tips […]
Pro-tips for the Best Vacuuming
Vacuuming floors is the cornerstone of a thorough cleaning. Not only is it the final, finishing touch to the cleaning regime; but it’s important and pivotal to the upkeep of clean floors. It takes up dust and dirt that’s settled into the fibres of carpets and rugs, making the air and home that much cleaner! […]
The Best Professional Dusting Tips
Dusting is a key, important element to our cleaning routine. We expect it when we hire professional maid services to clean our homes, and it’s something we can’t skip over ourselves for the times we are cleaning our homes. Dusting not only cuts down how much dust is in the air, but it can also […]
Chase Away Winter Blues with a Clean Home
What should we do when the winter blues come? Winter can impact us emotionally in unique ways. Winter might not affect us all in a negative way, but it can be known to bring on the winter blues. One creative way to boost one’s spirits and be rid of the winter blues is to declutter […]
The Gift of a Clean Home
Who knew you could give your loved ones the gift of a clean home? Can you really gift someone with a clean home—even when your own schedule is too full and busy to be able to clean yourself? The answer is absolutely. Maid to Shine makes it easy to buy gifts for those you love […]
Why Hire Maid to Shine for Your Holiday Cleanings?
Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner once again, and for many of us, the never-ending to-do list is growing exponentially. No matter what our holiday plans look like this year, there’s no doubt that we all need to keep our homes clean. But with all of the shopping, baking, preparing, and extra errands […]