When Dusting Isn’t Enough

Dusting, as a part of our regular cleaning habit, is a good practice, but dusting only maintains objects. It isn’t meant to deep clean, and day-to-day dusting doesn’t work up the dust that has settled down into the grooves and surface of your household items. Sometimes, what’s needed is a good, deep and detailed cleaning. […]

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Tidying Up Kitchen Cupboards

When tidying up the kitchen, we’re quick to wipe down the stove and counter surfaces. We might even think about wiping down items we keep on top of these spaces, but what about the fronts of cupboards and cabinets? We touch the surfaces of these items a million times, but we never think about sanitising […]

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Keeping Blinds Dust Free

A great chore for spring or fall cleaning is a thorough, deep clean of your blinds! Sometimes, the best cleaning routines can be spruced up with a good cleaning of the blinds. It’s a good idea to keep them dusted, or at the very least, to deep clean them twice a year! Cleaning the blinds […]

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The Natural Wonders of Baking Soda

It’s much easier to advocate for natural cleaners and cleaning techniques than to simply jump in and use them. This isn’t because they’re hard to use, but we aren’t used to cleaning green. At Maid to Shine, we love to advocate the many reasons we should all be quick to use natural, green cleaners. It’s […]

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Deep Cleaning Your Interior Doors, Pt 1

Do you have dusty doors— with years of grime, dust, particles, and pollen collected in the little nooks and grooves? Dingy, grimy doorways can give an otherwise immaculately clean room a lackluster feel. With these cleaning hacks from Maid to Shine, you can take initiative and insure that your home feels as though a professional […]

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Deep Cleaning the Ceiling Fans

Cleaning ceiling fans effectively poses a cleaning quandary for us all. Finding an easy way for home owners and local cleaning services to efficiently clean in a timely manner. But, once you’ve hit upon the magic formula to clean ceiling fans well and quickly, cleaning them often will be a no brainer. Not only will […]

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Dusting out the Cobwebs

With spring finally in full swing, most of us are looking at our houses, wondering what we can do to insure our homes are as clean as possible. There are so many things beyond our regular cleaning routines that we can do to help our home stay cleaner. There are shelves, nooks, and objects we […]

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Deep Cleaning Light Fixtures

Just like any other part of cleaning homes, cleaning the light fixtures and chandeliers are important parts of a deep clean. Deep cleaning a home’s light fixtures, whether it is your own or for the client you clean for, the difference between spotless light fixtures and so-so fixtures is stunning. And after you’ve deep cleaned […]

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Handy Sanitizing Tips, Pt 2

It might feel as though sanitizing, disinfecting, and keeping our homes clean to combat viruses and bacteria seems more important than ever. Last week, we took a look at the ways sanitizing our light switch plates is a small step in keeping our homes cleaner. This week, we’ll look further into sanitizing things we mightn’t […]

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