*This post is sponsored by Bona but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.* Forget spring cleaning, it’s holiday cleaning that gets the most attention in our homes. After all, that’s when we host the biggest gathering of family and friends. Today I’m going to share 5 Holiday Cleaning tips to help get your […]
A Clean Slate With Jonathan Scott
I have two huge pieces of news to share….ready for this? #1. Jonathan Scott of HGTV’s Property Brothers is stopping by the blog today! And I’ve got an exclusive interview with him you don’t want to miss. #2. I’m moving!! I’m leaving the beautiful but snowy shores of Lake Erie in Ohio for warmer acres in […]
Spring Clean Your Decor
[left]Hello Spring and hello HMC readers!! This is Kathy from Up to Date Interiors and I’m delighted to be hanging out with y’all today.[/left] [right][/right] I have the doors open and curtains fluttering in the breeze! While you start thinking about Spring Cleaning or printing out that gorgeous checklist, let’s do a little housekeeping […]
My Dirty Little Cleaning Secret
Are you sure? It’s not pretty… Oh ok, it probably isn’t little either, and I’m not even sure it’s a secret anymore! 😀 If you’ve been reading along for a while, you know that I have no fondness for cleaning. Organizing I can do, decorating I love… but cleaning takes a big fat back seat. […]
The Most Effective Fruit Fly Trap
That moment when you come home from a long week of vacation only to be accosted in your own home by a swarm of well organized ruthless fruit flies. 🙁 Yeah ok, so maybe it wasn’t an actual swarm, but who knows how organized or ruthless they really are? What I can tell you is that there were […]
A Gorgeous & Effective Cleaning Closet
I don’t relish cleaning…I don’t know why since I enjoy organizing. Creating a beautiful and effective cleaning closet (although it’s more like a cleaning cabinet), helps get me a little more motivated to do the cleaning tasks at hand. What can I say? I’m motivated by pretty things…if it is beautiful, I want to hold […]
Living Green
I’m gett’in my greeeeeeen on! *said in a sing-songy voice, of course* I love that my kids school curriculum teaches them what it means to be responsible stewards of the earth they live in. Let me tell you, kids soak info up and spit it right back out at you! The kids are always saying […]
Chore System for the Kids
Keeping a clean house can be like pulling teeth…a lot of pressure now, and painful later. Most of us fuss and “remind” until we’re blue in the face. Hi, my name is “most of us”, and I’m a recovering fusser. It has been quite a journey, I have gone through several chart variations, attempted several […]
Cleaning Checklists
I am SO glad I thought to put these little checklists together. Nothing gets old faster than hearing “mom, do I have to clean the sink too?”, “mom, is this hall a part of the entryway?”, “mom, is it good enough yet?”…yep, something had to be done. I quickly (and a little frantically) typed up […]
