We are expected to be clean and have good habits if we have been brought up properly. Every child should be washing their hands thoroughly after going to the toilet, after playing with messy stuff and having been in the garden and after playing with a pet. They must certainly have been taught from birth […]
My neice works with her partner in business – so they live together, travel together, work very hard together and when possible, relax and mess up their lovely house together. The latter made all the more by them acquiring dogs . . . . . For their first years the breakdown of household chores was […]
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 […]