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Keeping your home clean often seems like an endless challenge for most of us. However, even though you may not be able to diminish specific tasks, there are several ways that you can reduce the amount of time you have to spend cleaning. Adopting the following expert tips will help you achieve and maintain the crisp, clean home you deserve.

1. Pressure Washing

Opting for a pressure washing company to clean your home may seem slightly extreme. However, this professional service should be an on-hand contact for any homeowner. Pressure washing will ensure your home never showcases ghastly mold growth in bathrooms and even in kitchens. Rather than spending entire days battling to manually scrub mold and grime from kitchen and bathroom areas, opting for a pressure washing service will minimize time. You will also only need to make use of such a service at most twice a year.

2. Develop a System

Small chores build up quite fast when neglected, even for one day. Unfortunately, there is hardly an effective method to avoid duties, although you can craft a cleaning system that will break up tasks into tiny efforts throughout the day. While some chores can be left until the weekend, getting your dishes clean and wiping down surfaces is ideally an everyday chore. Adopting cleaning habits such as always putting items away after use is also a great way to maintain a tidy home.

3. Installing Extra Space

Most homes lack enough storage space, and unfortunately, lack of storage is often the culprit behind clutter. Rather than wonder if you should endure the time-consuming process of decluttering half your possessions, it may be the perfect solution to install additional storage. You can add storage to your home with shelving, extra cupboards, decorative trunks, and several other appealing options. 

4. Dust, Do Not Spray

If your counters and tabletops seem dusty quite often, it might be possible that you are not dusting correctly. Oddly enough, most of us tend to spray surface cleaner onto clean surfaces and then dust them. This leaves counters slightly damp, which attracts dust. It is far more efficient to dust without spraying at all. You may even find that your dusting efforts are no longer required every couple of days, but preferably weekly. 

5. Have Cleaning Services Handy

Hardly anyone is immune to a hectic day, and as mentioned, it is undeniable how fast one day’s neglect can snowball. Therefore, it would be extremely beneficial to consider searching for reliable and reputable cleaning services to keep on-hand. Even if you are not planning on employing a service regularly, now and then you may find that a one day’s assistance from a cleaning service is enough to maintain your home’s clean atmosphere. 

Alternatively, you could also make use of a service to handle the trickier tasks, such as window cleaning and managing the laundry. Some services allow customers to select chores instead of having to pay for an entire home clean. It is always best to evaluate reviews of cleaning services before making any decisions.

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How to Clean a Burnt Pot

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No matter how great a cook you are, you will likely come across a burnt pot. You let it sit and soak overnight but the next day, that burnt on food is just not coming off….

Last Sunday, I was cooking in my kitchen (as I tend to do most Sundays). I had chili in the crockpot and spaghetti sauce on the cooktop.  Somehow the burner on the cooktop was turned up and next thing you know, burnt sauce! I was able to salvage the sauce but the bottom of my pot was a mess.  I did the typical soaking overnight and managed to get most of the mess off of the bottom but there was still some burnt residue.

My Burnt Pot (Before):

As you can see, my husband was scraping the bottom to try and get the mess off of the bottom of the pot but it was pretty stuck.

So what did I use to save my burnt pot?

I know that vinegar and baking soda are natural products often used for cleaning and I also saw a video on Rachel Ray about removing burnt on food with aluminum foil. I have all 3 of those items in my home – so I thought I would give it a try!

I first tried the balled up aluminum (just like you see in the video) it worked a bit but not as easily as it did in the show.  My burnt on mess was a bit damp and I wonder if that was a factor (in the video it appears that it is completely dry).

So I moved onto the next plan:

  • Mix about 1/4 cup of white vinegar to my pot and about 3 cups of water.  (I didn’t measure precisely, that’s why I’m saying about).
  • Bring the mixture to the stove top and let it to a boil for about 5-7 minutes.
  • Once boiled for 5-7 minutes, return the pot back to the sink (carefully, it’s hot!) and add about a table spoon of baking soda.

And just like science class, it bubbles up like those mini volcanoes we built in class.  I could see some of the burnt pieces rise to the top of my water.  I let the water cool off to a point that it wasn’t scorching hot and I used my kitchen brush to clean off the burnt bits.  With minimal effort, most of it came off.  The little stubborn bits……I used that balled up aluminum and it worked like a charm!

TA-DA! My ‘Burnt’ pot (After):

And just like that…it looks like new! I love knowing how to get rid of a big mess without using harsh chemicals.  Don’t you?

 

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