Green Cleaning Tips
Best way to clean a home?
Just the other day someone asked me the most efficient way to clean a house. And lo and behold a few days later this brilliant piece appeared in The New York Times. So even if you have one of my incredible teams cleaning your house every week, it’s super smart and well written and worth a read. …
Greenwashing…
I subscribe to a great site called, Women’s Voices for the Earth, and last week they released a new report about companies that produce cleaning products. You can access it here: Deep Clean: What the cleaning industry should be doing to protect your health. And guess what? The four companies that we think we should …
Boulder…one of the happiest places
I’m sure the reason Boulder made one of the happiest places in America is because of all our happy clients!
Why You Need To Clean Your Oven
A client recently asked how often she should clean her oven. Rule to live by: if something spilled or there are lots of grease splatters – clean the damn thing. Why? Ta dah: Next up: And if that doesn’t motivate you, food that falls off in your oven and just sits there could eventually start …
This just in…
My friends, I’m afraid The Wall of Shame continues to grow. The photo below was from an apartment where the tenant lived for only two very short years. Apparently he was really into cooking pizza without using a pan. Or maybe he was cooking meat right on the rack or maybe he tried to make …
Teach your children well…or else!
Next week I am sending my only child off to college on the east coast. You would think I would be deluged with emotions of loss and panic over the impending adjustments we both have to make now that our lives are heading in their own directions, but I have not felt anything of the …
Shoes off!
We’ve talked about this before, but now Elephant Journal has a say: Take off your shoes. And they even quote God. So, for the last time people, take off your shoes in your house!
Great Site for Truly NonToxic Products
There is a lot, and I mean A LOT of greenwashing going on out there. Companies who say they are “green” or “non-toxic” but when you scratch a little beneath the surface or hell, just even just actually read their ingredient list (!!) you find nasty chemicals everywhere. Which is why I was so stoked …
Easy Trick to Cleaning Oven Racks
Cleaning an oven is never really fun. But a client of mine, John R., recently told me that he learned how to clean his oven racks by soaking them in a bathtub overnight. He read about the trick at Life Hacker. However, instead of dishwasher powder, he just popped two dishwasher detergent gel packs in the …