Last updated Aug 27, 2018 at 4:07PM | Published on Jan 26, 2016 | Cleaning Tips |
Ready for your fun fact of the day? Faucets collect more grime and dirt than a sink basin. That’s right! Touching them after handling yucky items covers them in germs and they can be hard to clean because of their awkward shape and hard-to-reach nooks and... 
Last updated Jun 22, 2016 at 11:48AM | Published on Jan 26, 2016 | Cleaning Tips |
During cooking the stove top can get covered with gunk. Grease coats the surface and the drip pans have burnt-on food. Like any workspace, your stove top should be neat and organized, and getting a clean stove top doesn’t have to take long at all. Here are tips... 
Last updated Aug 26, 2018 at 3:46PM | Published on Jan 26, 2016 | Cleaning Tips |
What’s the biggest difference between your kitchen and the ones in beautiful magazine ads? The kitchen sink. Everything else can be neat, but if your sink is dirty, your kitchen will still look dirty. Most real-life sinks are full of dishes and when... 
Last updated Aug 26, 2018 at 4:22PM | Published on Jan 22, 2016 | Cleaning Tips |
Why would you need to clean your dishwasher? Isn’t it responsible for doing all the cleaning? A fun fact is that your dishwasher has a very messy job and it can accumulate grease and soap build-up faster than you might think. You need a clean dishwasher that... 
Last updated Aug 26, 2018 at 4:40PM | Published on Jan 22, 2016 | Cleaning Tips |
Use it a while and your microwave will get splatters of food that make it look and smell bad. Fortunately, it’s easy to get a clean microwave if you have the right instructions. Breeze through your cleaning with these do-it-yourself tips. Inside... 
Last updated Jun 22, 2016 at 11:37AM | Published on Jan 22, 2016 | Cleaning Tips |
Your poor kitchen cabinets. They get hit with splashes, splatters, and sticky handprints. Spot-cleaning is easy enough but at some point a serious cleaning will be needed. We’ll get you started with the below tips for quick and all-natural cabinet cleaning.... 
Last updated Dec 3, 2018 at 6:39PM | Published on Jan 22, 2016 | Cleaning Tips |
The refrigerator is where you store your food, and of course you don’t want your food sitting in someplace dirty. That logic tells us that you should have a clean fridge, but odds are you’re like many others and your refrigerator is a collection of strange... 
Last updated Aug 19, 2018 at 9:58AM | Published on Jan 21, 2016 | General Blog |
Portland got its first taste of real winter weather this past weekend which meant scraping windshields, scooting along treacherous sidewalks, and dreading the next heating bill. As an adult, snow days seem to be more of a nuisance more than anything. Unless you’re...Last updated Jul 24, 2018 at 11:33AM | Published on Jan 18, 2016 | Reviews
After a multitude of cleanings as per her ongoing service agreement, a long time client of Maids by Trade, Karolyn, posted this review on the Yelp website to convey her sentiment toward the service we provide her: We appreciate your continuing patronage to Maids by...Last updated Jul 24, 2018 at 11:40AM | Published on Jan 18, 2016 | Reviews
One of our clients, Abby, commented on Yelp about her favorable house cleaning experience with Maids by Trade. We were elated to find out how she felt about the outcome of her cleaning: Maids by Trade was very pleased to receive such positive remarks about the house...