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Pet-Friendly Furniture: Tips and Tricks for Keeping Your Upholstery Fresh

Owning a pet is one of life’s greatest joys, providing unparalleled companionship and endless moments of fun. However, along with the love and laughter pets bring into our homes, they also introduce unique challenges, especially when it comes to maintaining the cleanliness and style of our living spaces. Among these challenges, one of the most

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The Ultimate Pre Holiday Cleaning Checklist

cleaning, holiday planner, holidays / By Jen Walshaw

There is nothing nicer than coming home from a wonderful holiday to a clean home, and that is where this pre-holiday cleaning checklist comes into its own. Some families start the process by getting a little help from a trusted cleaning company like Sparkly Maid San Diego so the house already feels fresh before they even leave.

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How to Clear your Clutter Once and For All

1 Comment / cleaning, organisation / By Jen Walshaw

Learn how to clear your clutter once and for all with our simple to follow clutter cleaning strategies perfect for families. I love a calm and clean home but I am not a fan of all the hard graft that constantly cleaning means. Instead, I am all about working smarter not harder and the best

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DIY Eco Cleaning Products perfect for Spring Cleaning

1 Comment / cleaning, Spring / By Jen Walshaw

The days are getting longer and lighter and you know what that means – yes, Spring Cleaning so I have some DIY Eco Cleaning products that are brilliant for cleaning your home without harming the environment.

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How to Make Citrus Vinegar Cleaner

1 Comment / cleaning, environment / By Jen Walshaw

Our Citrus Vinegar cleaner came about as I wanted a natural cleaner but my youngest son hates the smell of vinegar and even though the smell dissipates really quickly when you use it for cleaning I looked for an alternative. This citrus-infused vinegar cleaner is a brilliant way to clean naturally without the lingering vinegar

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Laundry Tips for Sensitive Skin

cleaning, parenting, Tweens/Teens / By Jen Walshaw

Laundry Tips for Sensitive Skin is a paid collaborative post with Surcare UK. We are a house where 50% of the household has eczema and skin issues (well 3 out of 5 of us if you count Alvin the dog as he has issues too) and this means that we have to take a lot

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Unusual Carpet Cleaning Methods You Can Use at Home

1 Comment / cleaning, parenting / By Jen Walshaw

Sometimes some simple carpet cleaning methods can turn to be much more effective than the professional cleaners, which you find for hire in the supermarkets (you know the ones I mean)! So I have collected some of the most useful and affordable products you can use for domestic carpet cleaning. They are safe and can

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5 Tips to Get Kids Involved in Cleaning – Fun and Effective Strategies

23 Comments / parenting / By Jen Walshaw

Do your kids help with the cleaning? I hate cleaning up, but love a tidy house! So it is important to me that the boys know what is expected of them and one of those things to to be involved in cleaning. So yes my kids do the housework and no they do not moan

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Chaos cleaning for busy Mums

23 Comments / cleaning / By Jen Walshaw

Housework, cleaning and organisation, hate it or love it, the one constant is that it has to be done and seen as I can not afford a cleaner it mostly falls down to me. In the past we have gone from control freaky clean, to total mess depending on my mental state! Now we are

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