Gay Pride Portland!

Gay Pride Portland!

Gay Pride Portland was another success for Maids by Trade. Much like previous years, our booth in PDX Pride had great attendance. We’re glad and appreciate you joined us at the 2015 Pride Festival celebrated on Portland’s Waterfront. We are thankful to all Pride...
Recharge with Spring Cleaning

Recharge with Spring Cleaning

The birds are chirping, green has returned to the grass, and most importantly, the sun is shining. Beautiful weather reinvigorates the entire body as Mother Nature begins a new cycle. Right about now the exterior of your home probably looks inviting, but does the...
How to Remove Clutter Before It Ever Appears

How to Remove Clutter Before It Ever Appears

In most American homes, needing to tackle and appropriate clutter is a more complex and daunting task than other chores. Unlike simply scrubbing a toilet or sweeping dust out of the garage, downsizing and removing clutter requires mental organization before the...
How to Prepare Your Home for Moving

How to Prepare Your Home for Moving

Very much like cleaning, moving is a task that most people dread – not always for the fact that they are moving, but because of the complexity. Sifting through hundreds of belongings is emotionally and physically taxing as it is, and then once you arrive at the new...
4 Ways to Prepare Your Home for Fall

4 Ways to Prepare Your Home for Fall

Summer brings many joys, including the freedom to appreciate a clean house and step out into the warmth of the sun. Sooner or later however, everyone gets a little worn out from the heat, and the refreshing cool of fall weather slides in. Along with the departure of...
3 Reasons to Review House Cleaning Services

3 Reasons to Review House Cleaning Services

Do you think of yourself as a critic? Whether or not the answer to that question is yes, we all have valuable feedback to provide to the world. People review everything, from movies to restaurants to, you guessed it, their professional house cleaning services....
How to Prepare for Spring House Cleaning

How to Prepare for Spring House Cleaning

Springtime is fast approaching and the next few weeks are the perfect window to tackle your spring house cleaning to-do list. With the nights getting shorter and days lengthening, everyone wants to be fully prepared to take advantage of some much-needed warmth and...
House Cleaning According to the Urban Dictionary

House Cleaning According to the Urban Dictionary

When we started this house cleaning blog, we wanted to cover everything about house cleaning. Everything. That includes even the different definitions people have for this term. For that information, we turned to Urban Dictionary, the online dictionary where anybody...