Miscellaneous Cleaning Tips

How to Clean a Gas Fireplace

Getting Your Gas Fireplace Clean and Ready to Use. Cleaning a Gas Fireplace Gas fireplaces are a convenient and cleaner alternative to traditional wood-burning fireplaces, but they still require regular maintenance. While wood-burning fireplaces typically remind us of the need for professional cleaning, gas fireplaces often...
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How to Clean and Care for Oriental Rugs

Cleaning and Caring for Your Beautiful Oriental Rugs. Tips for Cleaning, Vacuuming and Caring for Oriental Rugs I love oriental rugs. They are so vibrant and come in such beautiful patterns. Being a bargain hunter extraordinaire - it has taken me some time to find the...
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How to Clean Black Mold

Cleaning and Removing Black Mold and How to Prevent Mold From Coming Back. How to Get Rid of Black Mold You probably wouldn't be surprised to know that I am "on top" of cleaning up dirt and grime and that there are very few grimy things...
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How to Clean Ceiling Fans

Cleaning the Dirt and Dust from a Ceiling Fan. Cleaning Ceiling Fans Since the layer of dust is on the top of a ceiling fan and seldom seen by anyone, you probably put cleaning it low on your list of house cleaning priorities. OK, now is...
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How to Clean Ceiling Tiles

How to Clean Ceiling Tiles. Cleaning and Removing Stains from Ceiling Tiles When I first told my friends and family about my plan to install ceiling tiles in my new kitchen, the most common response was, "Why?" Ceiling tiles today aren't just the plain, white, square...
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How to Clean Curtains

How to Wash Curtains. Cleaning Curtains in the House Curtains are an elegant addition to homes but are often neglected. They look so lovely when you first put them up but you really don't realize how much dust and dirt they collect until, years later, you...
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How to Clean Dirt and Grime from Mini-Blinds

Cleaning Dirty and Grime from Mini Blinds. How To Clean Dirty, Grimy Mini-Blinds So, you've finally had enough of your nasty, grimy and dusty mini-blinds? Well, good for you! Cleaning mini-blinds is not hard to do, as long as you know the proper method. You may...
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How to Clean Interior and Exterior Doors

How to Clean Doors. How to Clean Wood and Glass Doors A door is a door is a door - not anymore is a door a door. Doors are made with various materials and come in a lot of sizes and designs - plain solid wood,...
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How to Clean Window Shades

How to Clean Window Blinds. Cleaning Horizontal Blinds If you're really up on today's home decorating lingo, you don't have "blinds", "mini-blinds", or "shades" - you have "window treatments". However, for those of us who still have plain old window shades (like me!), we know that...
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