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Home Buying Help - How To - Home Decorating Ideas - Free Recipes - TheNest.com. How to Clean Vertical Blinds. One of the most aggravating, but necessary, jobs in keeping your house spic and span is cleaning your vertical blinds.

How to Clean Vertical Blinds

Blinds represent your house both inside and out, and your house represents you. Fabric Blind Considerations Soaking fabric vanes will cause them to lose their sizing, fire retardant and soil repellent additives.Never use hot water to clean fabric vanes.To dry fabric vanes, never put them in a clothes dryer, wring them out, fold them over a clothes line or crush them. Instead, use a towel to gently remove any excess moisture. Then re-hang them and allow them to air dry completely. Dusting Vertical Blinds You Will Need: DusterDust or enzyme spray Steps to Dust Blinds: Dusting vertical blinds regularly, as you do the rest of your home, will keep them cleaner longer. Use a dusting detergent spray or enzyme spray on the slats to loosen dust.Starting at the top, run the duster down to the bottom. Quick (Dry) Cleaning for Vertical Blinds Steps to Clean the Blinds:

Make It Do: clean it. Declutter with online organizing courses and tips. Get Rid of Clutter In Your Home - and Make Some Money While You're At It. Clutter has taken over the American household.

Get Rid of Clutter In Your Home - and Make Some Money While You're At It

And I don't mean just the serious clutter that A&E features in TV shows about hoarders and storage lockers. The size of the average American home has grown by 53% in the past 30 years, up by 800 square feet to about 2,300 square feet. If that isn't enough room, they can move their stuff to a storage facility and pay someone to keep it safe for them.If you're home isn't filled with clutter, congratulations. You've won the war and can rest easy. For the rest of us, it's a nagging headache that makes things difficult to find and opening a closet a nightmare.

The average U.S. household has approximately 35 unused items sitting around the house with a resale value of $670, says a survey that WalletPop wrote about earlier this year. There are many more ways to go about doing it than having a garage sale, giving things to charity or throwing things away. Here are seven ways to get rid of the clutter in your home: Sell Your Electronics Sell Books. Cleaning. A reader recently emailed asking if I could put together a detail of what my day looks like and how I stay on top of uncluttering and organizing tasks.

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I’ve written something like this before, but I’ve become a mom since writing the original article, so I thought I’d put together an updated routine. This one-day example shows how a little bit of effort each day can keep most people’s homes in good condition. Not every Tuesday works exactly like what I have listed here, but this is a fairly accurate representation of how I move throughout my day. All of the chores I share with my husband, so where the schedule says “load the dishwasher” or “take son to school,” it might be either of us who does this activity. One thing to note is most weekdays I work until 5:00 p.m. A Typical Tuesday Morning Home Routine: 6:30 a.m. Morning Work Routine: 8:30 a.m. Mid-day Routine: 11:30 a.m. Afternoon Work Routine: 1:00 p.m. After-Work Errand Routine: (Tuesdays only) 2:45 p.m. Expiration Dates for Beauty Products. Daily Quick Cleaning Checklist. ‪*Bathroom* Cleaning With StillGlamMom‬‏

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