The holidays have come and gone, and yet, your holiday decor is still hanging around, like a New Year’s Eve dinner guest at 2am who can’t take a hint. (Please don’t be that house.) We’ve got all the tips, tricks and hacks you need for cleaning holiday decor in...
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In my home, we celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas - Chad and I have an interfaith marriage, and let me tell you, December is a CRAZY month in our house but by...
The holidays are upon us, and while festive parties and family dinners are still an unknown, one thing is for certain: dirt waits for no lockdown. Whether you're planning small celebrations or opening your door to a few choice family members (see ya never, annoying Aunt Edna), there are...
Doing the 2020 gift guide has been such a welcome project this year for me. Without getting into the gory details, let’s just say that 2020 has not been my year, and I know for so many other people the same holds true. Previously, our gift guide focused on...
For some, fall is the best time of year. It's a time for pumpkin spice lattes, cozy sweaters, refreshing walks through the leaves, and gorgeous trees as the leaves change color. Between enjoying all that pumpkin spice and colorful foliage it's also a great time to check off some...
A self-cleaning oven, i.e., the holy grail of appliances! Wouldn't it be great if all our appliances were self-cleaning? I could retire from Clean My Space, and we could all kick our feet up and watch Netflix all the time. Sadly, this isn't the case. And a lot of...
Down winter jackets and parkas are all the rage right now—they're pricey, but they really are the ultimate in warmth in the colder months. The key to making this investment worthwhile, is to take care of these jackets so you have them for a really, really, long time. So,...
One of the things I have started to do as part of #adulting, is changing over my fallwinter wardrobe to springsummer and vice-versa. I never used to see the value in doing this; it felt time-consuming and unimportant. However, my closet was starting to explode with clothes and I was struggling with...
We put Hayward's Aquavac 650 to the test to find out.
When Chad and I started looking for a new home, we knew we needed to find one with a pool. While we live in Ontario, Canada and have about 4 months of pool season each year, it was a...
Is your home clean from afar but far from clean when you take a closer look? An outward clean appearance does not a clean house make—sorry to burst that bubble! While cleaning the bathroom and cleaning the bedroom are must-do tasks, they're certainly not enough in the long run.
On...
Whether natural or synthetic fibre, fabric blinds or shades require a delicate approach! Here, we outline how to maintain, spot clean and deep clean them.
I've talked about home scent signatures before; this is essentially what you smell when you walk into someones home. When it comes to your own home you typically don't notice it. When you walk into someone else's home, you most certainly do. So with the holidays upon us, you can...
I know that the holidays can be hectic and stress people out—I know I've experienced this before. You have family coming over, food to make, presents to buy, the house to clean... the list goes on. Staying on top of all of these chores is a challenge to say...
I know many of you are hosting parties, dinners, and overnight guests this holiday season, and there’s a ton of planning and preparation involved. Since this can be a rather overwhelming time, I thought I'd arm you with some killer plan-ahead cleaning tasks and strategies so that as party...
If you live in a big city, you probably spend a lot of time in your car. For example, I live in the suburbs just outside of Toronto, and, for those of you who don't know, Toronto has traffic that rivals that of New York and Los Angeles. With...
Maybe you've noticed, but your yard really takes a beating throughout the winter months. You don't want to just roll out your patio furniture and—boom—start entertaining, because it will always look a little dingy and unkempt. But luckily if you hit all the items on this to-do list, it...
