What exactly are “germs” and can we take our obsession with eliminating germs from our lives to the extreme?No one likes germs. We don’t like it when people sneeze on us, we cringe when someone coughs and then extends a hand for a friendly shake. We wipe off shopping cart handles and cover the high [...]
Typical showerheads may be crawling with germs, in particular a kind of germ that can cause lung disease in people with compromised immune systems For many of us, the shower is a sacred place. It’s where you make yourself come awake in the morning. It’s where you generate your best business ideas. It’s where you escape [...]
What’s a good housekeeper to do to best minimize the dust levels?Probably many of us would admit our houses would fail the white glove test thanks to a dusty shelf or coffee table. And definitely don’t look behind the refrigerator or under the couch. Dust just seems to find a home on almost every surface. [...]
When it comes to men’s participation in house cleaning, our guess is many women want to see more involvement and most men think they do plenty. When it comes to men’s participation in house cleaning, our guess is many women want to see more involvement and most men think they do plenty. A recent survey from our [...]
Just in time for flu season, Castle Keepers is offering a Flu Shot for Your Home one-time cleaning service.When it comes to protecting ourselves against the flu, we can’t control the cleanliness of the school, the grocery store, public restrooms and shopping malls, but we can control the cleanliness of our homes. So, just in [...]
Add some luster to your silver serving utensils and platters. (You want people to think your family dines in style all year, right?) With the holiday season just around the corner, it’s time to spruce up the house for the family Thanksgiving dinner, holiday parties and New Year’s Eve festivities. That probably also means it’s [...]
From the cleaning products we use to the dust settling in the air vents, our indoor air quality can be just as icky as the smog settling over Los Angeles. We spend a lot of time worrying about air quality – pollution, ozone levels and carbon monoxide emissions. But we don’t pay near as much [...]
This is a good time to make sure your kitchen is clean and ready to handle the influx of food plus a dozen helping hands all vying for a spot at the counterAs we launch full force into the holiday season, we’ll be kicking our kitchen time into overdrive. Food is huge part of the [...]
That’s not exactly what you want to rub on your face after a shower Last week one of our Twitter followers asked about why her towels come out of the wash smelling like mildew. We understand her concern – that’s not exactly what you want to rub on your face after a shower. The [...]
Don’t commit yourself to spending four hours each Saturday cleaning when you have a million other things to do (and who really wants to spend four hours cleaning each Saturday anyway?)Better time management and organization always seem to fall on our list of New Year’s resolutions – just behind exercise three times a week and [...]
