Spring Is In The Air

Spring is in the air! If you live in the south, you've already had a glimpse of the warm weather that's in store for us. As the season changes, you smile as you hear the birds singing and enjoy longer days. As you look around your home inside and out, there are so many things you want to do or need to do. Where do you start?

If you start inside your home, R U Looking? recommends that you start by decluttering your home room by room. Having too much stuff in your home makes it difficult to find things and it also makes it harder to clean. It can hinder movement throughout your home and it prevents you from seeing the corners in your home. Spring is the perfect time to go through your home and discard items that may be broken or things you're not using or those things you just don't need anymore. This is also a great time to check and/or change filters especially since pollen and other allergens are in full force.

R U Looking? suggests that if you cleaned the halls before you decked the halls, you may not have much to do.  Some of the "spring cleaning" items include:

1. Cleaning and/or painting baseboards and checking corners for trash accumulation especially in the kitchen and bathrooms.
2. Moving and cleaning underneath large furniture and appliances including the stove and refrigerator.
3. Washing windows and window sills.
4. Having air ducts professionally cleaned including the dryer duct.
5. Stripping the floors and applying a new coat of wax.

R U Looking? has tried and true tips not only for spring cleaning, but for maintaining a clean home at all times. Get your copy today!

Wannie and Lillie

6 Ways To Avoid Our Biggest Pet Peeve (Kitchens) 2011

One of our biggest pet peeves is a dirty kitchen! And if the kitchen ain't clean, the house ain't clean! Many times when cleaning the kitchen, problem areas are sometimes overlooked and buildup in these areas will cause the kitchen to appear what we call "powdery" and the kitchen looks dirty. Listed below are some cleaning techniques for cleaning and sweeping corners, baseboards and floors in the kitchen that we will demonstrate later:

1. If you have area rugs in the kitchen, we recommend shaking them after cooking to remove any food particles that may  have become trapped on or under the rugs.
2. You can also use an angled broom or a cleaning rag to remove any dirt or food particles from the corners beneath kitchen cabinets.
3. Since you're already sweeping, this is a good time to swipe the baseboards with the broom as well.
4. One other thing to remember is to move the stove at least twice per year and sweep and/or mop underneath and behind it.
5. If you have a pantry or any portable carts in the kitchen, check the floors in and underneath them periodically because dust, dirt and particles tend to settle in these areas when sweeping.
6. One final thing to do when cleaning the kitchen is stand back and look at everything in detail to make sure you haven't missed anything.

By paying attention to details, you can see things like a spot on the floor, the counter or an appliance. You can just spot clean to add the finishing touch. When it comes to the kitchen, are you seeing what's really there? In order to be sure, get your copy of R U Looking?


Wannie and Lillie