My very best cleaning tip is to shake out all the cushions and loose hangings, beadspreads, towels etc. first to get rid of the dust and hairs.   Once those are clear of debris, pop any moveable and liftable furniture up onto a table or put outside.  I’m thinking here of dining chairs and pouffes.  Just […]

After the lovely relaxed months during summer, there is probably an inclination to leave some of the less regular cleaning chores ‘for a rainy day’.  There is always that niggling feeling that spending too much time on cleaning up and tidying around the place, somehow it is a shame that the good weather is not […]

I am currently listening to the mens’ singles final at the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.  That funny little part of south west London that is the byeword in absolute sporting and behavoural perfection.  It is wonderful to note that all the contestants have to abide by strictly applied dress rules.  All playing […]

I was at the wake following a family funeral and the thorny subject of industrial cleaning and janitor services came up.  Not quite as balmy as that may seem as we had all witnessed the unfortunate incident when a member of the waiting staff tripped on something and upended the large bowl of potato salad […]

In a lifetime ago I worked for a small company out in the sticks – a funny little industrial unit way out of town a few miles off the nearest bypass.  It was idyllic though, we were surrounded by nature, birds, squirrels, farmland.  For those of us who were not in a tearing hurry to […]

There is a tiny office near me where a relative runs a web based business – all kinds of activities online and so her business is all contained within the one room – no goods arriving or going out, no packages to worry about and no garbage beyond the usual lunch packets and chocolate wrappers, […]

I used to share a bedroom with a sister who was always much tidier than me.  It would be a battle ground and after a while, her irritation with my less tidy ways would boil over and a clear demarkation line would appear, beyond which I dare not let anything of mine stray – particularly […]

In the fast moving work life both men and women are busy in earning bread and butter because of which it becomes very difficult to keep an eye upon cleaning things at home. To hire a cleaner is not easy because individual services are expensive than the expectations. You can get the cleaning services by […]

It’s impossible to understand how difficult washday used to be for every generation main thrust of washing machine purchase for the masses became possible.  I quite well remember the first little machine my mother had – it was a twin tub that you poured hot water in via a hose – it had agitation post […]