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Livin’ the dream Ahhhhhh, the beauty of stainless steel appliances. So many of us were swept off our feet by your illustrious sheen. We ripped out old stoves & dishwashers and yanked out refrigerators. Those old appliances were replaced with top-of-the-line, brand spanking new shiny stainless steel. We treated you like a baby (heck many of us even spent night after night coming back into the kitchen just to look at you ) But our dreams of never-ending, not a smudge anywhere, I can see myself in the reflection love affair, would come to an abrupt end with the very first greasy handprint. Soon after you bought your shiny new appliances you then went out and bought any product that came with a promise of getting that glow back and erasing those tiny little fingerprints. But once again you would find yourself heartbroken as many of the products geared towards […]

Recently I wrote an article for Martha Stewart Living on this very subject. Here is the detailed method of how I like to clean and maintain my kitchen floor and my favorite tools to get the job done. The link to the article is at the bottom. Let’s Be Honest… The kitchen is the hub of the home, and everyone in your household is in the kitchen multiple times a day from sun up to sun down so it sees a TON of traffic. Adults coming home from work, kids coming in from sports, furry friends coming in from running outside. It all adds up and equals outside dirt and debris in your home. The key factors that would determine how often you should clean your kitchen floor either vacuuming or with soap and water, would depend on different factors. The location of your home. Do you live in a […]

My Top Picks For Quick Carpet Clean Up Ahhhhhhh… Imagine one of those rare moments where you just finished cleaning the house and go to put your feet up and notice something staring at you from across the room. Someone must have spilled hot chocolate on your carpet and now it’s screaming “look at me, look at me.” It might only be a small spot but it’s right in the middle of the living room where everyone can see it. It doesn’t require dragging out the steam cleaner but you still want to make it completely go away. In this post, I go over a few of my favorite go-to carpet cleaners in a spray that I personally tested and recommend. My recommendations were published in an article for Reader’s Digest. The link is below and here are my notes on the products I tested and how well they worked. […]