Baby Stepping Towards Saving the Planet
I never thought I’d see this day: My family has run out of plastic bags. We used to have several giant plastic bags filled with smaller grocery-sized plastic bags hanging on hooks in our garage. Back in the day, I wouldn’t even give that stash of plastic bags a second thought. They came in handy, […]
Dealing With Pet Messes During the Dog Days of Summer—and Beyond
Can you believe that less than three months ago we were still shoveling the remnants of the winter of 2017-18 off of our sidewalks? It’s crazy when you think about it: snow in April, followed by two months of rainy season, and somehow we already find ourselves in the midst of the Dog Days of […]
Cleaning tips that could save your life!
How’s that for a headline? Do you think it’s a little dramatic? Well, I admit that I do have a tendency to exaggerate and be a bit dramatic sometimes, but in this case, it’s not really much of a stretch to say that cleaning your house the right way could possibly save your life. […]
Resolve to Beat the January Blues
It’s the new year, and by this point you’ve probably been celebrating Christmas for almost two months. That’s just the way we do things in modern America, where each year the Twelve Days of Christmas seem to inch closer to becoming twelve WEEKS of Christmas. I don’t know about you, but as much as I’ve […]
5 Tips for Tackling Your Holiday To-Do List
If you read my blog post last month, https://immaculateclean.com/blog/tis-the-season-for-holiday-stress/ you already know that I have been stressing about this year’s Christmas preparations since before Halloween. After much careful analysis, I’ve concluded that most of that stress is due to the fact that the holiday “To-Do” list in our house looks much like this: Wife’s Christmas […]
Pro Tips to Help with your Stinky Refrigerator
It is no secret or surprise that over time refrigerators pick up the smells of the foods in your fridge, especially if anything was left in the fridge too long. Routine fridge cleaning can help reduce the smell, but a deeper cleaning periodically can help eliminate bad smells all together. Let’s look at some cleaning […]
Back To School Organizing
School is now back in session for most schools in Maryland. As Mom’s rejoice over the extra time they will have for housekeeping and organization, there are a few things that can help your kids to stay neat and organized. When we present children of all ages with organizers and “homes” for all of their […]
Immaculate Clean: Questions and Answers
Recently one of our clients from Carroll County, Maryland asked: “How often should I vacuum my carpets, really?” We think this is a great question, after all carpets can take a beating during the week, they get walked on, played on, laid on. Let us put to bed the question of vacuuming frequency! Let us […]
How Often Should You Clean Your Home?
So your sister stops by to drop off a box of your painting supplies she borrowed a few weeks ago to paint her new apartment. She asks you where to put them and you point her to the basement. She returns horrified at the amount of dust and spider webs in your unfinished basement. […]
