Your Ultimate GREEN Spring Cleaning Tips

Spring is here! Here come the flowers, bunnies and sunshine! It's also the time to open the windows and treating your home to deep spring cleaning.

Why do we emphasize the "GREEN?" It’s not because of the green grass we're going to start seeing as the snow melts and the grass grows. We're emphasizing "green" in because we encourage the use safe and natural cleaning products. Going green will clean your home naturally, while at the same time keeping you and your family safe without the use of chemicals. 

15 Green Spring Cleaning Tips

..But First: Open up the windows and let the fresh air come in!

1. Replace old pillows: Pillows that are over 2 years old can be composed of up to 10 percent dust mite feces and carcasses. 

2. Sprinkle baking soda on musty carpets: Instead of using chemical cleaners, baking soda will help get rid of odors. Let it sit for an hour or so and then vacuum it up.

3. Clean your windows with vinegar: Combine 2 teaspoons of vinegar with 1 quart of warm water in a spray bottle. Spray and wipe with a microfiber cloth. 

4. Flip your mattress and sprinkle with baking soda: Just like carpet, you can sprinkle baking soda to absorb oils and odors. After absorbed, vacuum it up. 

5. Install a clothes line: Dry your clothes naturally when the weather permits!

6. Eliminate chemical fabric softeners: Instead, add 1/4 cup of vinegar to your washing machine's rinse cycle.

7. Leave coffee grounds in the fridge: Coffee grounds absorb funky odors that may linger in your refrigerator.

8. Polish wood with olive oil: Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil to 1/4 cup of lemon juice for a non-toxic furniture polish that remove dust and make the wood shine.

9. Clean the dishwasher: Fill your dishwasher with 2 cups of vinegar. Run through on a hot cycle to clean and remove musty odors.

10. Clean the toilet: Pour 1 cup of baking soda in the toilet and let it sit for 1 hour. Pour in 1 cup of white vinegar, leave for 5 minutes and flush.

11. Natural Bleach: A mix of hydrogen peroxide and lemon juice creates a natural bleach. Use it in your bathroom, or even your laundry.

12. Help the refrigerator stay cool: Vacuum the coils about twice a year to remove any dust or dirt.

13. Bathtub and shower: Warm up white vinegar and spray it on shower walls once a week and let it sit for 5 minutes. Let the shower rinse it away, or wipe down.

14. Baseboards, door frames and walls: Scrub them down with a squirt of dishwashing liquid soap mixed with warm water (magic erasers work well).
15. Dust light fixtures: Use a microfiber cloth and lightly dampen your cloth with vinegar before wiping down.

GO GREEN! 

Check out this link to learn more about the harms of chemical household cleaning products.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/allergy-and-asthma/articles/2008/07/25/health-hazards-in-household-cleaners-exposed

Cleaned to Perfection will have your home spring and summer ready in no time!

Give us a call today and tell us about your spring cleaning needs. 631-941-4607

We're Taking the Cleaning out of Your Spring!

LET US TAKE THE CLEANING OUT OF YOUR SPRING!

      With the first chirp of the birds outside your window, you open your eyes to a new season.  Spring has finally sprung!  

      The jump-off to spring also means that it's time for spring cleaning.

Cleaned to Perfection is proud to offer a complete set of "extras" 

that meet your spring cleaning needs.

      

      We want you to wake up on the weekend knowing that your home is cleaned from top to bottom, and more importantly, that your family is breathing fresh, clean air. The extras that we've added have all come from our client's requests in the past.

Give us a call with your spring cleaning requests 631•941•4607
You can find our "extra" recommendations here! 
Let spring begin !

Welcome to the Perfect Clean Rotation System!

Spring Cleaning comes just once a year, but Cleaned To Perfection is here for you all year long! Our “Perfect Clean Rotation System” is designed to ensure that all areas of your home receive extra attention.

Our regular cleanings leave your home sparkling and fresh. The added touches of the Perfect Clean Rotation System focus on those fine details within each room that really makes it pop and shine!

Here’s how we do it: In addition to your regular clean, each month we will rotate through different areas of your home giving each of them their own extra special attention. Not all areas of your home require extra attention during each clean. For example, high dusting is not always done. Since we do not live in the upper parts of the rooms, the dirt settles down low on our living area. The Perfect Clean Rotation System will ensure that high dusting is done on a regular basis. Some areas of your home require just light, dry dusting during the regular clean, but will be cleaned with a damp wipe during it’s turn of the Perfect Clean Rotation System. Do you have a collection in your home, such as frames or figurines? These will also get extra attention during their turn in the rotation!

Have questions? Ask your cleaning team or give our office a call!

Work - Life (UN)Balance

Rat Race. Whirlwind. Chaos. All good descriptors of most Americans daily lives. The days of single income families are gone. You know, like in Happy Days? Smiling Dad leaves for work in the morning for a short commute to his 9 -5 job. Smiling mom stays at home and cares for the children and cleans the house. The smiling family reunites at a reasonable hour to enjoy a meal together followed by hours of quality time before they head off to bed. 

Wow! Does this sound like any family you know these days? More likely it is two harried parents rushing out of the door even before the kids have had breakfast and left for school. Long commutes and long hours have the harried parents returning home at different times each one hoping the other has already arrived and started dinner. If lucky, there will be enough time for homework checks, showers, and tuck ins. 

Where did the quality of our lives go?  According to the updated Better Life Index from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the U.S. ranks 9th from the bottom among developed countries when it comes to work - life balance! There just aren't enough hours in the day for us to balance all of our demands. 

This is why, at Cleaned To Perfection, we talk about freeing up your quality time. We know how important it is to find time for yourself, your relationships, and so much more outside of work and chores. Our job is to free up your time so you can enjoy quality time in your clean home. Schedule an appointment to learn about all of our services and devise a plan to keep your work - life in balance!

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Tips For Keeping a Clean Desk

Everyone wants a neat and tidy desk.  It makes it more enjoyable to sit and do your work, makes you look more professional, and keeps you organized.  If you're one of those who always have trouble keeping the desk organized, here are some tips:

1. Get Organized:  Go to your local office supply store, invest in folders, storage and trays.  Clean out the drawers, throw out anything you don't need and organize the items you do need so you can find them quickly and efficiently.

2. Go Paperless:  We live in a digital age now, and with smart phones and tablets we can truly go paperless on the cloud.  Take a look at the great features Google provides with Google Drive, invest in an app like Evernote.

3. Get rid of the Post It notes:  Can you not see your desk through all the yellow paper?  It's time to invest in a digital to do list.  Once again, take a look at Evernote, or the built in apps on your phone.

4. Calendar Desk Blotters:  Handy? Yes. Ugly and a mess? Yes.  Once again, look to Google, your apps, or perhaps invest in your own personal Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to keep you on track with your appointments.  ZOHO is a free CRM that can keep you organized.  Most people will admit that the desk calendar is their largest coffee mug coaster they own.

5.  Keep it clean:  Invest in a small compressed air canister to clean your keyboard.  Get rid of all those dust bunnies and small potato chip crumbs that collect in the QWERTY.  Don't leave items on your desk when you leave at night, take two minutes to put everything away in it's place.  

6. Cut the cord:  Don't actually cut the cord, but cut down on the amount of cords on your desk.  Many people still have computer towers, along with their phones and monitors on their desk.  You can purchase a handy cord organizer to cut down the clutter. 

If you have the need for clean in your house, please visit Cleaned to Perfection.

Introducing Better Life Cleaning Products

Cleaned to Perfection is always working hard to make your life Cleaner, Greener and healthier. We are now pleased to announce that we have partnered with one of the safest green cleaning companies Better Life.  Better Life uses only the safest cleaning solutions that are plant derived, non toxic, and independently verified as safe and effective by Whole Foods' Eco Scale. We have eliminated all paper waste in our cleaning process, and have reduced our environmental impact wherever possible. We have the best and most durable tools that withstand years of use, that way less of our tools end up in the waste stream. Lastly we use HEPA, microfiltration vacuums in our green home cleaning processes. These vacuums are proven to reduce indoor allergens and other airborne pollutants.