All Posts in Category

Home Matters

Setting Standards for the “Clean-Enough” Home

Establish a standard for household cleanliness that suits your family composition, cleaning style and personal preferences. Set the Right Standard for Yourself Some families, such as those with crawling babies or immuno-compromised elders, will need to reach for a very high standard of cleaning. Others, such as a clan of healthy young adults, can live…

Mighty Vinegar: 8 Tricks You’ve Never Tried

It cleans, it tenderizes, it fights odor — what can’t it do? Vinegar is far more than something to be mixed with oil. Check out the following unconventional uses for this wonder worker. Inhibit mold on cheese. Just lightly dampen a piece of cheesecloth with white vinegar, loosely wrap the cheese in it and slip…

10 Creative Ways to Declutter Your Home

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” —Dale Carnegie The idea of living a simplified, uncluttered life with less stuff sounds attractive to many. They have considered the benefits of owning fewer possessions: less to clean, less debt, less to organize, less stress, more money and energy for their greatest…