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GRACE OLIVIYA:

I am a housewife, and I love being one. The reason is that I love every aspect of housekeeping, be it cleaning the mess, tending the garden, or decorating my home. Being a housewife, I have a lot of free time during the day, when I can do anything that I feel would give the house a better look. On this site, I’ll be giving you a lot of information on the various aspects of housekeeping, like interior design, gardening, furniture and much more. I’ll also be very happy to give you some useful cleaning tips, and help you out with information on some of the necessary everyday appliances we require.

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    PostHeaderIcon Clothing Stain Removal

    Dear Friends! It is quite common for some stains in our cloths. Some of the stains are easily removable using some things like Vaseline, vinegar, bleach and detergents that are normally present in our house. We need not prefer any costly cleaning agents that it available in our market today. Let us discuss what we should do immediately to remove the stains from our cloths in this blog.

     

    We have to blot it immediately when it happens. We have to apply the stain remover first in the hidden area. We have to apply it in the backside of the stain also. Fresh stains come out easier so we should treat it as soon as possible. We should not use anything that would damage our cloth. Do not use hot water as it would set the stain. Following the instructions given by the manufacture is must. Ironing should be avoided until the stain gets out completely.

    PostHeaderIcon Two in one!!

    Next, coming to the children’s study room, the habit should be inculcated within the children itself about the necessity of keeping the study room neat and tidy. Insist them to clean their study tables and the adjoining shelf to be kept clean. During the weekends, when your children are with you, make the cleaning team ready, so that they could get into full-fledged cleaning. However, the top most of bookshelves and any electronic items cleaning need your supervision. Once in a month do not fail to wipe the walls of the study room too, if your kid is too naughty that he keeps on scribbling in the walls too! Keep a small rag within the reach of the children so that they could clean their desks each day before they sit to study. By practicing so, not only you bring the good habit of cleaning within your kid, but also succeed in keeping the study room perfect!

    PostHeaderIcon Keep your drawing room perfect!

    Within our home, there are so many things which are to be taken care of. Let us take the drawing room for an example. As this is the first room which we or any guests would be witnessing the moment they enter the home, this room needs the most vital attention. At least, once in a week, the members of the home or any one of them, should put in the effort to keep the things clean in that room. Proper arrangement of books in the shelf, cleaning the table with soap water are some of the tasks which should be given more importance. Also, if you have any flower vase decorating the table, then do not fail to clean them too. Cleaning the plastic flowers is quiet an easy task. Remove the flowers from the vase, put it in a plastic bag, add one table spoon of solid salt to the bag and shuffle it well. The salt will remove the dirt deposited in the flowers and your flowers will dazzle as if they are new!

    PostHeaderIcon Ants Out

    Hello Pals!

    Here are some tips to control ants from your house.  There is no need to spray poisons to keep ants out of your house or apartment. Even the most serious and dangerous ants attack can be controlled with a few simple home remedies, which are chemical-free and work just as well as the strongest venom. Don’t kill single ants inside the home because the live ants are attracted to the smell of their dead companions, and will swarm to the place to be able to carry away the carcasses.

    Solutions that focus on keeping the ants out of your house, or work by discouraging them to come back are the best options.  To keep ants out of your house, start by finding the place they use to come in. Try to seal the possible holes to keep the invasion at bay, and make sure there is no garbage or anything attractive to ants near the entrance of your home.

     

    PostHeaderIcon Bathroom Cleaning

    Dear Friends! Bathroom is a room which we all use daily and so it should also be cleaned in daily basis. As like kitchen bathroom also should be kept clean and tidy to live a healthy life. First thing we have to do is we have to gather the things we use for cleaning the bathroom. Things that are commonly needed are rubber gloves to give prefect protection to our hands, bucket, sponges, toilet brush, ammonia and some water and some cleaning liquids.

     

    Clean the bathtub and the shower using the mildew remover. Bathroom should be ventilated properly for the fumes to escape. Toilet should be cleaned using the paper towels and it should be thrown away, if sponge is used it should not be used for any other household activities. Then  is the sink which also has very important uses in a bathroom.

    PostHeaderIcon Cleaning

    Hello Pals!

    It is our duty to keep our home clean as and when possible.   This is an interesting hobby, but avoided by most of us because it takes lot of time to do.  Cleaning is not an easy task.  Before starting the work, you should decide from where to start and where to end and how much time you need to take to clean each room.  First you need to clean the toughest room, and then end with easy room, which take less time to clean.  For this we should have proper equipments to clean the dust from all the things in our house.

    By listening to music and chewing something, you can make your work easy.  Since there are many advanced equipments came to clean easily, you can purchase that and use it for your home.  Nowadays, vacuum cleaners are very much useful for those who suffer a lot out of dust allergies.

     

    PostHeaderIcon Use domestic help

    Hello Readers!! Every family likes to keep their house spick and span. Unfortunately, due to work pressure and since both men and women go for work, it may not be possible to do so. Despite the availability of cleaning machines to keep rooms free of dust and dirt, working couples find it difficult to use them. Engaging domestic helps to clean the house daily or once a week can make them satisfied very much.

    Hiring laborers to clean the house by engaging them with the help of such industries has become easier. They use environment friendly products manufacture by standard companies and the best equipment to satisfy the customers. All the household items like sofas, carpets, electronic and electrical items, wardrobes, shelves can be vacuumed to be free of minute dust particles. It is necessary to spend some amount to keep your living place free of germs and harmful bacteria.

    PostHeaderIcon Ceiling Cleaning Tips

    Dear Friends! Cleaning our ceiling is also very important in house cleaning. Let us discuss some tips for ceiling cleaning in this blog. First thing we have to do is to protect our furniture, lighting fixtures and floors with some newspaper sheets or some other cloths before starting ceiling cleaning. It is better to use long handled device for ceiling cleaning instead of using ladder or stepping stools.

     

    Ceiling should be cleaned before wall cleaning so that we can have clean walls after completing our house cleaning work. Cobwebs should be removed first before using any liquid for cleaning. It is a must for us to wear rubber gloves while using any cleaning liquid for ceiling cleaning. We have to protect our eyes and nose so that the dust would not enter into our body.

    PostHeaderIcon Cleaning

    Hello Pals!

    Cleanliness of our house resembles our character and by this one can judge our status in the society.  It is common for everyone, when we walk into someone’s house, our eyes immediately notice how clean the house is? Vice versa they will, so cleanliness is utmost important.   The most tedious part of all household work is the cleaning and maintaining its cleanliness.  Most of us are really not interested in doing house cleaning chores because they don’t know from where to start and they often take too long to finish the task.

    At times, cleaning a house can appear to be awesome.  It can make us want to stop before we start.  To prevent this feeling of overwhelm, we need to organized and we need to make a plan first by listing out the works to be done.  Cleaning the rooms one-by-one is better than taking everything out at once.

     

     

    PostHeaderIcon Maintain your garage

    Hello Readers!! Your home can have all the facilities according to your convenience. There can be many rooms which can be used in many ways. To place your vehicle you need a garage. This can be constructed at the back or at the rear end of your home. They can be built with the proper security to avoid anybody entering the place.

    This place has to be maintained by cleaning it often to place your vehicle in a neat way. There are best cleaning solutions available and with the help of this you can clean the place once a month to avoid dust accumulating in that place. And you can see that there are lots of air circulation and also with much lighting facility.

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