Color-coding is a great way to get – and stay – organized. Many different things can be sorted by color, simply by using different shades of pens, markers, paper and other items. The most common use for this is for organizing day planners and calendars, although you can go beyond…

For our next installment of house cleaning hacks, we will focus on techniques you can use to quickly and thoroughly clean the bathroom. The bathroom is, unsurprisingly, one of the dirtiest and most germ-filled places in the home, yet it is also one of the most pesky rooms to clean.

Despite the diligent efforts of parents, it can be difficult to control and remove the viruses and germs that are infectious to kids. Germs and viruses are not just found in visible dirt, they can be found hiding anywhere our hands have touched after being contaminated. Worse yet: the…

There is no way to get around the fact that employee turnover is very high in the Chicago maid service industry. While no official studies have been completed, turnover employee estimates range from anywhere between 300 and 400 percent. This means that for every single cleaning technician position is occupied by…

Most of us have had the experience of standing in the middle of a messy, dirty, cluttered home and thought that there was no way we would be able to clean it up. There was just too much to do! This feeling may be more familiar if you have small…

Part 1: Cleaning Chemicals and their Effect on Health, Safety, and the Environment Did you know that each year in the United States we dump six billion pounds of cleaning chemicals into our environment? This equates to approximately twenty pounds of toxic chemicals for each person in the U.S.

So many parents today have the same problem: It seems nearly to come up with fun and inventive ideas for children’s chores. It can be hard to think of a strategy to tackle this problem in the first place. And on top of that, there are only a handful…

Cleaning is a necessary part of ensuring healthy living inside your clean home. However, many of the household chemicals that we use to clean the home contain chemicals that are harmful to both people and unborn children. Sometimes even “green” or “eco-friendly” products are found to contain harmful…

What To Do With Your Furry Family Member This question is asked far more than you’d think. According to statistics, 39% of all households in the United States have at least one dog. Of those dogs, around 99% of them are well behaved and are trained to act appropriately when…

Winter in Chicago and the Midwest means cold and flu season is upon us. Despite diligent efforts of homeowners and businesses alike, it can be difficult to control and remove the viruses and germs that are infectious to adults and kids during the flu season. Germs and viruses are not…