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Clean sweep? The case against spring cleaning

By Cynthia Townler
From: organizedhome.com

Spring blows in with warm wind and the promise of ... spring cleaning? With the coming of spring, even the most casual home managers feel an inexplicable urge to move furniture, clean windows and vacuum baseboards to welcome the return of sunshine and warmer weather.

Certainly, there's a lot to be said for the notion of spring cleaning. It's a good time of year to rout out the dirt, dust and disorder that's crept into the home since the holiday season. By doing a thorough clean once a year, no area of the home gets too far removed from the results earned by energetic mops, vacuums and cleaning cloths. Longer days bring a new burst of energy for many of us, and using that bonus to deep-clean our homes seems like a good match for rising springtime spirits.

Then there's another point of view: that spring cleaning is unnecessary in an organized modern home.

Christmas Cleaning

Fom: all-about-christmas.com

It's Not as Hard as You Think

I know... Christmas cleaning doesn't sound very festive, now does it?

Think of it this way: If the house is clean - I mean really clean - it will eliminate more stress than it causes you to get it done in the first place!

And.... once it is done, instead of spending hours each week keeping it up, it will take a few minutes each day. This leaves a lot of time for enjoying the season, and removes one more item from the 'to-do' list for your perfect holiday!!

To keep things manageable, make a separate Christmas cleaning list for each room of the house. Keep the chores on this list simple. Next to each item, insert the name of a family member who will be responsible for that chore.

Because Christmas cleaning work has to fit into the existing schedule, plug only one room per day into your Christmas calendar. If you find that your family is more cooperative than most, it might be possible to do more than one room per day. However, on the calendar, keep your Christmas cleaning chores to only one room a day - even if it only looks like less work that way.

Make sure that each family member understands that these chores are to be accomplished on the day in question, and hold them accountable for doing so!!

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Clean Like a maid!

Not from me but from curbly.com

Let's talk about cleaning. Cleaning is a drag. I hear there are people out there that actually like to clean, but I am not one of them, even though I used to work as a housecleaner. The good thing about having that job is, I learned to clean very quickly and efficiently. Now, I pass that knowledge along to you, Curbly readers! Read more

Five Tips for Spring Cleaning with Kids

From Organizedhome.com

Spring cleaning is on the horizon, and you could use some help. How do you get the kids to pitch in when it's time to spring-clean the house?

Try these five tips to involve children with housecleaning chores:

• Think teamwork. It's downright lonely to be sentenced to clean a bathroom on your own, but paired with a parent, even a 5-year-old can work safely and happily. While Dad wields the bowl cleaner and the tile brush, his helper can scrub the sink, polish the fixtures, empty the trash and trundle towels and rugs to the laundry room.

  Working as a team involves kids in the cleaning process, helps them learn cleaning skills, and most important, models both the attitude and the job standard you're trying to teach.

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Releasing clutter lets you dream big

By Marla Cilley for the Deseret Morning News

...Clutter has a way of sucking the life right out of us. When it consumes our homes, it consumes our brains. We spend our waking moments trying deal with it: piling it up, stuffing it away in closets and putting it in plastic tubs! Why in the world are we trying to organize our clutter? All we can really do is get rid of it — purge it from our lives so we can live without having to give up on our dreams. These are dreams we have never had.

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Winter Preparedness Checklist

From organizedhome.com

When wintry weather blows, will your family be prepared?
Take time now to review your family's emergency preparedness with our Winter Preparedness Checklist. It'll help you prepare your home and automobile for cold-weather hazards.
Out and About:
Will your home welcome winter visitors safely? Be prepared for snow, ice or rain on walks and driveways with:
Snow shovel

De-icing compound
Waterproof floor mats
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Fall Cleaning Chore Checklist

From organizedhome.com

It's Autumn.

Pumpkins glow in golden fields. Shorter days, crisp mornings signal winter's approach.

Can the holidays be far behind?

Use Autumn's brisk and breezy days to conquer deep-cleaning chores for a clean and comfortable winter home, and wrap up summer's outdoor areas for the coming of cold weather.

Our Fall Cleaning Chore Checklist will help you prepare home and hearth for the coming of winter:
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Spring Cleaning List

About once a year we all the get the urge to really clean the house. We used to call this spring cleaning, but it can be done anytime. There are some heavy duty cleaning jobs that take more muscle and time. This list has a few of those chores listed for those Saturdays when you just feel like cleaning. List

Mistakes that will keep you disorganized

By Maria Gracia

Avoid these slip-ups to succeed at becoming organized:

Mistake #1: Assume that containers will organize you.


While containers certainly can be wonderful tools for helping you get organized, containers alone will not help you. For instance, Jack, a photographer, purchased 10 large plastic containers to organize all of his photography equipment.


He divided all of his equipment among the containers, but when he was done, he still couldn't find what he was looking for when he needed it. Jack mistakenly assumed that all he needed to get himself organized was a few containers.


What he really needed was a bit of know-how about, for instance, what kind of containers would best suit his needs, proper sorting techniques, labeling and appropriate storage.

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New Year Gran Plan Challenge

by Cynthia Townley Ewer

Editor, OrganizedHome.Com

Cleaning got you down? Clean house fast with the 2006 New Year Grand Plan Challenge from OrganizedHome.Com
Working together, we'll tackle a 14-week plan to clean and organize a spring-clean house. Find friends, fun and motivation on the message boards--and our printable forms make it easy to organize and track cleaning.
The New Year Grand Plan Challenge begins on January 9, with a preview week for lists and questions starting January 2. Read the complete plan or use the week-by-week links below. Each week, we'll work through a different area of the home together. Join the message board to get motivated, and use our free printable weekly checklists to organize your own cleaning challenge.

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Less is More

Not from me but from Home Advantage Plus

It would always be nice to have more time, more money, more energy, more sleep! But when it comes to clutter "less is more." Simplicity has become a watchword for many of us because we realize that our daily life is so filled with activities, noise, and "stuff" that we don't have time to reflect and enjoy what we do have.

Clean your Room!

Try these organization strategies from organizedhome.com to get kids organized.

Latest News

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www.flash.nl

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For years I was looking for this. I don't know who is the distributor.





www.novosan.com

It has good products:

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• novonet-cleaning cloths for wet use
• novoclean-untra microfiber cleaning cloths

www.chicopee-europe.com

TYPE AND SEE

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