Best Cleaning and Household Tips I have learned over the years, Part 1, and Gone Green in the Living room

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Sweet Friends,

Only 2 days till St. Patrick's Day,

so hope you have something green

picked out to wear on Thursday!  

Don't want to see any of you all

bruised up from being pinched....lol

Thought I would show you some scenes

from our living room gone Green in

honor of St. Patrick's Day and Spring,

since it will officially be here on Sunday

Just the coffee table today.

Here it is for Valentine's Day

So just decided to add some

green and change out the pitcher

and leave it be............

then later thought well I should

 just reposition things opposite of

 what they were.....so did that!

Ya Gotta tweak, ya know!!  lol

Also................

 decided to start a series on the

"Best Cleaning and Household tips"

 I have learned and gleaned over my

 45 years of  taking care of our home.

Hoping it might be of help to some

 of you at least.  So here goes for

Part One...................These are not

in any special order, just random

thoughts as they came to me.

#1.

Never start cleaning in the kitchen

or you will never get out of there,

as there is always something to

clean...........

That was certainly true for my single

parent, hardworking Mom...she would

always start in the kitchen,  but never

got out of there............. 

I sort of modified that....I will go in

their once everyone has had breakfast

take care of the dishes, wipe down 

counters,  then start in another room,

but if you find you can't stop at that,

then I would definitely recommend 
you don't start there................

#2

Find a starting point in the room

 (maybe the door) and work your 

way around the room clockwise
 cleaning from top to bottom. 
That way you are dusting walls, 
pictures, door frames, mirror
 doors, baseboards, table tops
 or whatever comes next in

 the room.

#3

Dust a room before you vacuum,

that way you don't have to worry

about getting the floor messed up

again............and having to redo

your work.

Moss and blarney stones....lol



#4

The difference between messy's

and cleanies - Cleanies have a good

habit of walking into a room and 

looking at what is out of order or

seeing what makes the room look

bad.  Maybe the throw pillows are 

not in place,  or the french doors

have smudges from pets noses or

children's hands, or some debri on
 the floor. So they take care of those
 items first, and then the room looks 
good again.
  Good News is..........
 If you are a messy you can train 
yourself to scan a room and see
 what is out of place, then take
care of it and you will be very
pleasantly surprised at what a
difference it makes.........

Of course, this does not take the

place of deep cleaning that will

need to be done at some time,

but it is a matter of keeping your

home neat and looking well.

#5

Using microfiber clothes on mirrors

and windows.  You only need to 

spray a very small amount of window 

cleaner on the cloth to do  a good

 cleaning job.  I have found the best

window cleaner is in the automotive

Dept........it is what they use to clean

car windshields.  Work Great!

I also like to keep some window

wipes on hand for when you need

to do a really quick clean up. They

can be pretty expensive, but in the

last year or so I have been finding

them at the dollar tree, and before

that I found some in the automotive

Dept. at Target.

#6

Need to clean your stove plates under 

your burners.............just put them in

 a sink full of hot soapy water,( I prefer
 "Dawn" Dishwashing liquid, as it is
 a good grease cutter).  Then let them
soak an hour or so, while you do some
thing else, and when you come back
they should be ready to wash very
easily.



Happy you came by...........

  I will have more tips for you next 
Tuesday!

Hope you are having a great day!

Hugs and Blessings,

Nellie


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