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Let's Bring Your Home's Big Picture Into Focus with One Small Step

                                                                (Image credit:  Heather Keeling ) Even though it is no longer January, the same can still be said for February...it's important to get your house up to date and organized for the 2019 year. Here are some tips on how to do just that!

Marie Kondo's 'Tidying Up' Explains Our Anxiety Over Clutter

                                                                (Image credit: Denise Crew/Netflix) In the popular Netflix series, "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo," she explains all the ways people have anxieties over clutter and how to clean it up. 

9 Cliché Decorating Rules We Should All Start Breaking

                                                                  (Image credit:  Carina Romano ) Looking to decorate your newly built Hamilton home, but are scared to make it look like just another cliche? Here are some tips on how to avoid that.

Scientists Genetically Engineered a Houseplant for Cleaner Air

                                                                   (Image credit:  Aimée Mazzenga ) Nowadays, with all the pollution in our outside air, sometimes you just can't wait to get home and breathe in the fresh smell of your own home. Here is something scientists have been creating in order to give you just that!

No Time to Declutter the Whole House? Try These 6 Ideas Instead

As January comes to a close, let's make sure you are taking all that new positive energy from the 1st of the month and keeping it going into the following months of 2019. Here are some ideas on how to keep your life clean as well as your home!

How to Create a De-Stress Zone at Home

New year, new you! Leave the stresses of 2018 behind and bring more peace into your life in this new year, and here are some ways to do it.

10 Times to Hire a Professional Organizer

How do we know we've reached the breaking point with the messes in our homes? Sometimes we can't handle organizing on our own, and that's fine...h ere are some reasons for maybe stepping aside and letting a personal organizer come in and help clean up your home!

20 Transformative Ways to Give New Life to Old Furniture

                                                       (Image credit:   Anna Spaller ) Here are some ideas to help you restore any of the wood, metal, leather, etc. in your home. 

Joanna Gaines Just Shared Her 5-Ingredient Secret for Making Her House Smell Amazing

                                                             ( MAGNOLIA/Pinterest) The former "Fixer Upper" star, has some tips for the homeowner who wants to make their home smell amazing at all times. 

Here's the Best Way to Work Through a Big Mess of a Closet... In Just 30 Minutes

Closets can often times be one of the messiest places in our home, apartment, etc. Here is some advice on how it only takes 30 minutes to really buckle down and clean out your closet...you could be surprised at what you find in there! 

Need Some Breathing Room at Home? These Design Tricks Can Help

                                                           (Image credit:  Marie-Lyne Quirion ) Less is more, is a classic saying that should be applied to everyday modern home design. The reason being, because often times, too much can cause a bit of clutter in your newly designed space. Here are some ideas on how to keep your home decluttered but also stylish! 

15 Bad Cleaning Habits You Need to Break

(https://www.retailmenot.com/blog/post-holiday-cleanup-tips.html) Messy house after a fun filled holiday? If you tend to have any of these bad cleaning habits , change them now to make holiday clean up a breeze!

6 tips for a garage facelift

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBqyJAItpDI) People often abuse their garage space. They dump old and useless things in there season after season, causing useful storage space to become cluttered. Here are some tips on how to clean out your garage and get it fully functionable again.

How To Remove Pet Hair From Furniture, Floors, and More

If you have cats or dogs (or both!), I hope for your sake you've got a leather sofa, because we all know that pet hair clings to fabric. Alas, leather furniture is expensive, so most of us are left on our hands and knees, with a roll of tape, going over every inch of each surface, and praying that— just this once —we get it all. That's no way to live. So here are a few tips and alternatives to preserve your energy and mental fortitude:

8 Must-Know Tricks for Cleaning Hardwood Floors

Hardwood floors are more complicated to keep intact than you may have thought. Use these tips to keep them looking polished for years. Find out all the tips here .

The Clever Trick That Will Save Your Floors From Salt This Winter

Winter weather is pretty and fun until 1.) white snow becomes brown slush and 2.) your wood floors are covered in salt dust. Salt dust is what I call the white stains your shoes leave after walking through a driveway or sidewalk which has salt on it to prevent ice from forming. The salt is great, the salt dust is not. And, if you don't clean the stains quickly enough, they could permanently damage wood floors. Find out how to protect your floors here .

39 Ways to Your Deepest Clean Yet: The Ultimate Fall Cleaning Checklist

Fireplaces, blankets, warm drinks... There is no doubt fall is the beginning of the home-y season. But before you begin to transition to spending more time indoors—especially if you're hosting guests during the holidays—get your house   super   ready for increased habitation with this ultimate cleaning checklist found here .

7 Tips and Tricks to Keep Your Home Cleaner Longer

When cleaning your home, why not do it in such a way that’ll keep your home cleaner with less effort? Here are 7 ways to keep your spring-clean fresh all year long.

7 Places You're Forgetting to Clean

Once the obvious things are cleaned away, do you forget about the rest of the room? Take a look at seven places here you're forgetting to clean.

25 of the Most Popular Cleaning Hacks on Pinterest

https://www.countryliving.com/home-maintenance/cleaning/g3118/house-cleaning-hacks/?slide=8 Make your life easier with these cleaning hacks. The most popular ones found on Pinterest, these tips and tricks have been tested and given the seal of approval by homeowners, and renters alike here .