Living Areas

What are the living areas in your home? Loosely interpreted, these areas of the home are anywhere that you spend a significant amount of time. A very brief list of these rooms would include the bedroom, our kitchens, the garage and the living room to name just a few. There are a few problems when it comes to cleaning these rooms though, for example how you clean your living room furniture is going to be different than how you clean your bedroom furniture and bedding. Take a look inside here for all the latest hints and tricks to help guide you through our living areas.

Tips, Tricks, and Answers

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A Tidy Home Is More Appealing
When doing an emergency cleaning job for short-notice guests, you'll want to keep a few things in mind that will save you both work and time. You only need to clean the rooms that your guests will be entering, including one bathroom. You also only need to do a surface cleaning, organizing or hiding things that are at eye level or otherwise easily visible.

Clean Up Soot and Your Fireplace
These neat tricks allow you to easily remove soot and ash from the inner surfaces of your fireplace. If you add salt to your next fire, it will take the soot right off of your fireplace stone or bricks. A mixture of vinegar, ammonia, and water will make a great cleaner for your fireplace door, and if you place foil in the bottom of your fireplace, it will allow you to pick up your ashes with ease.

Clean Wooden Chairs
Wooden chairs have got to be one of the most common types of furniture available today. No matter where you go and where you live, chances are you will find a wooden chair fairly close by. Since they are so popular, it might just be beneficial to know how you can get clean wooden chairs. Here's how.

Cleaning a Water Stained Sofa
Water stains are not caused by water, but by the things the water leaves behind when it evaporates. If you can remove the sediment, you can remove the stain, but check your fabric care labels before you get to work.

Cleaning Artwork
Because artwork can accumulate dust, just like anything else in your home, it needs to be cleaned. However, fine artwork requires special attention when cleaning it. Here are some tips for cleaning artwork, and preserving its beauty for years to come.

Cleaning Living Room Furniture
From hardwood to soft cloth, a living room has a lot of different surface types to keep clean. A methodical approach to cleaning all of your living room furniture is the best way to cut time and increase cleanliness.

Cleaning Out Your Attic
It might not be so childish to fear the attic. Instead of ghosts there's something much worse up there: a massive, multi-year mess for you to clean up. Here are some tips on how to tackle the organizational nightmare lurking upstairs.

Cleaning Stained Hearths
Whenever the weather begins to get a little colder, or you are looking for a romantic evening, thoughts naturally begin to drift towards the fireplace. While a fireplace is a wonderful thing to have in the home, often it can be a cleaning headache, one of the biggest causes being the hearth. Cleaning stained hearths is possible, but may take some work.

Cleaning Your Ceiling
Ceilings are often forgotten during spring cleaning. Here's how to quickly and easily clean your ceiling.

Cleaning Your Couch Cushions
Best-case scenario: your couch cushions are just a little dingy from use. Worst case scenario: kids or pets leaving their unique mark. For either of these cases and any case in between here are a few tips on how to clean, sanitize, and deodorize your couch cushions.

Cleaning Your Living Room
Cleaning high-traffic rooms in your house, like your living room, seems like a long chore. Following these easy steps will help you keep that room in good cleanliness.

Easy Sofa Cleaning
Your sofa says a lot about you. It can show your sense of style, your temperament, your favorite colors and sometimes what you ate for dinner the night before. Over time, even the most well maintained sofas collect dirt and dust. If it is time for a sofa sudsing and you are on a budget, look no further than a steam cleaner and a washing machine.

Grand Piano Care
Grand pianos are a wonderful piece of musical equipment that can add elegance to just about any home. However, if you don't properly take care of this gorgeous item then all you have is an expensive hunk of wood. If you happen to have a grand piano, then you need these basic guidelines for grand piano care.

Removing Musty Smells from Upholstery
Just about all upholstery can end up smelling really terrible. It is possible to get the scent out though…and possibly wash off the mold from which the musty smell might be coming.

Removing Rust Stains from Wood-burning Stoves
If you've ever used an iron skillet or pot, then you probably know that you have to safeguard the metal from rust, keep the metal dry, and cure it after use. The same principles apply when using a wood-burning stove. Follow these tips to remove rust from a wood-burning stove.

Removing Soot Stains From the Mantel
Just about everyone loves to see a fireplace whenever they go to look at a new home or go away on a vacation. However, what many people do not realize is that these wonderfully romantic additions to any home can be a wonderfully major hassle to clean. Here is everything that you need to know about removing soot stains from the mantel of your home fireplace.

Removing Stains from Draperies
Draperies can make a room look beautiful, but they also absorb sunlight, dust, dirt, smoke, and grime. Make sure to vacuum your drapes once every six months or so to stop a build up of dust. Several preventative measures exist to keep your draperies looking good, but if they do get stained, most of the time you will have to turn to a professional cleaning service. If the draperies are water resistant, you can also try steam-cleaning them.

Removing Stains from Wood Furniture
Stains in wooden furniture can be treated to return the furniture back to its former beauty. Each stain needs certain chemicals and a particular treatment to remove the stain without damaging the wood. Follow all instructions to the letter to restore your furniture.

 

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