10 Amazing Cleaning Uses with Cornstarch

10 Amazing Cleaning Uses with Cornstarch

Cornstarch is commonly used in kitchens around the country. It thickens gravy and sauces and helps an unfathomable number of desserts to congeal. Did you know that cornstarch is used in several home cleaning capacities as well? There are, in fact, dozens of way to use...
How to Clean a Picnic Basket

How to Clean a Picnic Basket

A picnic basket usually gets used more during the summer months than the rest of the year. Picnics are a big part of summer fun. We take our picnic baskets to the park, the beach, and even on camping trips. With all this travel—plus the fact that they’re filled with...
How to Clean a Register Vent

How to Clean a Register Vent

When it comes to tidying up, cleaning a register vent probably doesn’t top the to-do list, but these simple tools are responsible for much of our indoor comfort, ensuring we stay warm during the winter and cool during the summer. Why Clean Your Register Vent?...
How to Clean a Boat

How to Clean a Boat

Your boat is like a member of the family, and since you use it regularly (especially during the summer months) it’s important to keep it clean and looking good. Not just for aesthetic purposes, but to ensure it lasts for years to come. Before you run out to the...
Get Ready It’s National Gummy Worm Day

Get Ready It’s National Gummy Worm Day

National Gummy Worm Day is celebrated worldwide on July 15. It celebrates the candies first created by a German company called Trolli in 1981.     Gummy Worm Cleaning Dilemmas Gummy Worm Day also brings to mind the many housecleaning issues brought about by...
How to Clean Dairy Out of Your Carpet

How to Clean Dairy Out of Your Carpet

Dairy is synonymous with the American diet, but regardless of its health benefits, or ability to cool the burn of eating a hot pepper, it’s by far one of the most difficult food products to get out of your carpets. Even worse, if you don’t take care of it...
How to Clean and Whiten Grout

How to Clean and Whiten Grout

Your grout need cleaning again?  Have you noticed that no matter how often you clean your tile, granite, or composite surfaces the it never seems to look clean? That’s because cleaning and whitening it requires specific action. This action doesn’t need to be taken...
How to Clean a Chicken Coop

How to Clean a Chicken Coop

Chicken Coops are to the chicken like your home is to you. Chickens make great pets, and chicken keeping is quickly becoming a popular hobby even within city limits.  As with any pet, chickens require upkeep and maintenance.  Part of this maintenance is keeping the...
How to Clean a Wooden Cutting Board

How to Clean a Wooden Cutting Board

We use wooden cutting boards almost every day in our cooking.  From meat to veggies to potatoes, just about everything that needs cut in the kitchen utilizes it.  The wooden cutting board is a crucial element in the kitchen, yet many people do not know the proper way...
Spend Time Together on Friendship Day

Spend Time Together on Friendship Day

Friendship Day was started by Hallmark back in 1919. Seeking a way to capitalize on the relationships between people who weren’t necessarily related, the holiday bombed. By the 1940s it had become a moot point. No one had ever heard of the day by the time the 1960s...