Help keep your home clean by taking your shoes off at the door!Sometimes a wet mess is small but more disgusting than a big one: No one likes cleaning up any “pet” accidents, but we probably don’t think much about the other “accidents” we walk through every day and carry around on [...]
Here are some common spring cleaning myths and mistakes that either don't get things cleaned as they should or waste valuable time that could be spent on other areas of your home Many of us learned our spring cleaning habits growing up. Like other home remedies, for every spring cleaning tip that has served [...]
Here are some common spring cleaning myths and mistakes that either don't get things cleaned as they should or waste valuable time that could be spent on other areas of your home Many of us learned our spring cleaning habits growing up. Like other home remedies, for every spring cleaning tip that has served [...]
The influence of these wipes and salves does not end with our hands, but instead spreads from them down our drains and out into society. A few weeks ago as I was walking out of a Harris Teeter grocery store in Raleigh, North Carolina, I saw a man face a moment of crisis. You could [...]
The good news about potential health hazards around the house is that they are easy to uncover, and relatively inexpensive to correct. By Kate Carter, DivineCaroline You may have detected subtle hints that something might by awry: A persistent cough that seems related to the musty smell in your basement, the dastardly scent lingering on [...]
While vinegar meets the “safe” and “natural” categories many moms are looking for in a cleaner, we wanted to check out the “effective” part of the equation.Ask any mom-blogger who wants a clean and disinfected home for her little ones and who knows the dangers of toxic cleaning chemicals, and you’ll hear that vinegar has long [...]
While vinegar meets the “safe” and “natural” categories many moms are looking for in a cleaner, we wanted to check out the “effective” part of the equation.Ask any mom-blogger who wants a clean and disinfected home for her little ones and who knows the dangers of toxic cleaning chemicals, and you’ll hear that vinegar has long [...]
When Americans were surveyed to determine the five worst homeodors, more than eight out of 10 said rotting garbage or "garbage can" odor is the most offensive household smell. Rounding out the top five, in order, were pet odors, mold, body odor/sweat and tobacco odor.When Americans were surveyed to determine the five worst homeodors, more [...]
As more and more moms, kids, schools, doctors, vets and more are concerned about the chemical toxins in cleaners, the claims that several natural products…ones you probably have in your pantry or refrigerator right now…will both clean and disinfect your home better and more safely than anything you could buy or pay someone to clean [...]
Here are just a few of the many ways you can put salt to good use in your homeHow many ways can you use salt? According to the Salt Institute, about 14,000! I can’t think of another more versatile mineral. The use of salt to preserve food was one of the early cornerstones of civilization (preservation lessened the dependence [...]
