Category Archives: Cleaning

All natural wooden baby toys aren’t cheap, as any parent who is sick of crappy plastic toys and has replaced them with wooden toys knows. With so many nasty bugs around, including the winter vomiting bug, it is important to know how to clean wooden toys without damaging them.  Why choose wooden toys?   I loved buying my kids wooden toys […]

Oh no! You’ve let your little darlings loose with the paints, and now it’s everywhere! If only you knew how to remove acrylic paint from carpet, upholstery, and clothes! Well, guess what, you’re in luck; getting acrylic paint on a carpet doesn’t mean they are ruined forever. I’ve been there and done that, so I’m going to share with […]

We all love our kids, but jeez, they are grubby little things! When my kids were little, my car was always filthy, and it’s not much better now!  Often, we ferry our kids around to their sibling’s sports events, on shopping trips, long journeys, and we nearly always give them snacks along the way. One tiny […]

There’s nothing nicer than the feel of new carpet under your toes, but what if you’ve got an old carpet and have nasty carpet smells? In this post, we talk about carpet smells, their causes, and how to eliminate them. Types of carpet smells Feet If your carpet smells like stinky feet, it could be […]

There’s nothing more annoying than not being able to figure out what is causing a bad smell in your home, especially if it’s coming from your air conditioning unit. Some of the smelly air conditioning problems are reasonably minor issues, but some smells can be a sign of something potentially dangerous. In this post, I’ll […]

Whether you’re a parent or a pet owner, you will to need to know how to get pee out of a mattress at some stage in your life. It’s not the most exciting subject to discuss, but it’s something that gets asked a lot in my Facebook group (you can join here), so here goes! […]

In my last post, we talked about how to get rid of maggots in a bin, which led to a considerable amount of emails asking if I had any tips for cleaning a wheelie bin, so in this post, I will address some of those dirty bin questions you’re all dying to know! The bacteria […]

We all love a long lazy summer when we fling open the windows and doors and enjoy the gentle summer breeze drifting through our home. Then we open the lid of our recycling bins and are faced with a disgusting maggot infestation. In this post, I’ll be showing you how to get rid of maggots […]

 Shark vacuum brush not spinning? Follow these simple steps to get it working like the first day you brought it home.   I love my shark duo pet hair power brush, it’s the best vacuum I’ve ever had, but it is very annoying when I’m in the middle of an enormous housework purge, and it […]

Help my house smells like burning plastic what can it be? This is a question that people ask me all the time. It is a nightmare to have a burning plastic smell and to not know where it is coming from.  Firstly, let’s begin by saying that if you notice a strong electrical burning smell […]