Knowing how to effectively clean a house or office properly is one of the fundamentals of making life smooth and pleasant for family, friends and colleagues. There are a few things that can be done by everyone at the beginning of their day to ensure a calm start . . . . As soon as […]
Visiting the school toilet facilities was always a disturbingly grim procedure. In the late 1960s with the proliferation of massive great secondary schools and technical colleges, there were always a great number of toilet blocks and for some reason, a call of nature could so easily be made to wait for as long as possible, […]
1. Fight cooking smells. Try this to remove the fragrance of the broiled seafood of recently: In a pot, blend 1 glass of water and 3 tablespoons of vinegar, and steam for all moments. Vinegar is not alkaline and smells are not amphoteric, therefore the latter will be neutralized by the former. 2. Handle the […]
I was away on a cruise recently – very lovely it was too. The luxury of having a room steward to clean my washroom and refresh the cabin twice a day was wonderful. I’ve managed to create a little cleaning routine for my own abode but I’d be hard pushed to do 18 cabins with […]
A small family lives near me – the mother is a bright cheerful young woman, usually with a small child firmly hanging on to her right and the other child hurtling around on a new on trend scooter. The mum works unsocial part time hours, evening and weekend shifts some drive away. The dad of […]
When I was younger, as a break from chores and cleaning for mum, my parents would take us out in the car for Sunday rides out. It was a familiar pattern – dad would find a lovely little village pub and we’d be allowed to sit on one of the outside benches with a glass […]
Helping out at a heritage property has beenan eye opener for me. I have always enjoyed looking around old properties – the tudor ones really keep me engaged but the one I volunteer at is 18thC and has had many changes over the years. Last year the trustees opened up the basement area after a […]
The art of home organising Some people have it. Some don’t. Looking around at one or two of nearby houses, we’re veering towards the latter. I take heart that after many years of fighting my way through chaotic junk strewn hallways and living rooms that I now appreciate the fundamentals of having a system. It’s […]
There are some families who are just so much busier than others – one happy bunch up the road are on the go constantly. The parents both work and take other children to school with their own offspring and after school, a car load gets offloaded in a lovely busy and noisy 5 minutes. Every […]
This is really a very good time to be cleaning up at home and the office. Nothing puts folk off visiting a client’s office than a badly maintained kitchen or washroom facility. To get things into better shape, gather together a cleaning kit – two buckets with sturday handles. In one put good quality rubber […]