Category Archives: Cleaning

How to clean oven trays, it’s the age-old question, and yet we still seem to be flummoxed as to how to keep our baking trays sparkling clean. After years of trying to keep my oven trays fresh, I eventually came up with a fail-proof way to keep your oven dishes and sheet pans in tip-top […]

Everyone has areas in their home that they miss each time they clean. Years ago, people used to deep clean their houses every spring, hence the name spring cleaning, so what is deep cleaning, when should we be doing it, and what should we clean?  What is deep cleaning?  Traditionally a deep clean is where the whole house is […]

Did you know that you should be using a colour code for cleaning cloths to prevent cross-contamination in your home?  Have you ever wondered how professional cleaners stop spreading bacteria and faeces from one home to the next? When I ran my cleaning company, limiting cross-contamination was a huge factor in stopping disease and dirt from being passed […]

With the trend for tiling becoming ever more popular, the question I’m regularly getting asked is, “what is the best mop for tiled floors? ” In this post, I’m going to give you the low down on all the mops I’ve worked with and advise you which one was the best. I’m going to say […]

If you’re a cat lover like me, you, the last thing you need is a smelly house or, indeed, a smelly cat. In this post, you’ll learn how to get rid of nasty cat smells in your home and your cat! Before we get rid of the cat smells in our home, we first need […]

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 […]