I am officially embarrassed to say that this was the condition of the middle room of the basement. I cleaned it 18 months ago, but it’s an easy dumping spot for, well, just about everything. I know the intention was to “put it away later”, but things just kept accumulating. After taking donating three carloads […]
Making it Sparkle
Once a year, I clean the crystal chandelier in the dining room. It happens to coincide with my holiday decorating. For some reason, the rest of the year I overlook the dust on the crystals, probably because it is evenly dusty! But once the glitter village and snow globes go up, the dullness of the […]
Deep Cleaning and Cabin Love
Last week, I spent 3 days deep cleaning our little vacation rental cabin in the mountains. In January, my property manager/cleaning couple quit. For years, I had so heavily relied on them to manage the cabin’s maintenance issues as the geographical distance (a 3 1/2 hour drive) precluded me from doing it myself. And now […]