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Best Green Cleaning Products 2009: Editor's and Reader's Home Lineups

It can seem hard to be green when you live in an apartment in a big city. Particularly if you live modestly and don't drive a car everyday, you can come to feel that your environmental footprint is...

Spring Cleaning Tip #10: Make A Cleaning Schedule

It's almost the end of May, and the end of Cleaning Month. So, until next year when we clean again...! No, no, just kidding. We hope you clean your house at least once before May 2010 (preferably...

Spring Cleaning Tip #9: Invest and Nest in Your Home

We've heard Maxwell say that nothing you do for your home is ever wasted, and we think that's particularly true in the current economic climate. We're all spending more time at home (less money, le...

Spring Cleaning Tip #8: Don't Forget To Clean These Places!

We know the basics: floor, windows, countertops. But there are a number of spots in your home that you might not think about when you're cleaning. Click below for our list of easily-forgotten plac...

Spring Cleaning Tip #7: Fix What's Broken

Spring cleaning is a great time to finally do all those household repairs that have accumulated over the last few months. So take a walk through your house and make a list of all the repairs that y...

Spring Cleaning Tip #6: Use the Right Tools

Spring cleaning is a chore. We all know that. But having the right tools will make you more willing to do it, and will make the job easier once you get going. We've rounded up some of our favorit...

It's Spring Cleaning Month on Re-nest!

Rise, shine and pick up those scrub brushes, Re-nesters, because it's time to spring clean your home! We're gonna dig in and dig deep this month, and come June your home will feel more beautiful, org...

Welcome to Spring Cleaning Month

It's finally spring, and we're already looking forward to summer -- long, warm evenings; picnics; novels. But first we're planning to really get things in shape around the house: we want to clear out...

Blogging Real Simple: Donate It or Ditch It?

OK. So maybe it's only March 3rd, but we're already thinking spring. The weather was warm this weekend, things are blooming, and maybe you're thinking about Spring Cleaning? Cleaning out the cup...