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Spring Cleaning? Don’t Miss These 9 Overlooked Spots Where Dirt & Germs Hide
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Spring Cleaning? Don’t Miss These 9 Overlooked Spots Where Dirt & Germs Hide

Common spring cleaning tasks such as washing windows, changing bedding and organizing closets are important. Here are 9 overlooked spots where dirt, germs and bacteria hide.

Mold-Proof Your Home: Use This Checklist
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Mold-Proof Your Home: Use This Checklist

Mold can turn up in nooks and crannies of our homes where we’d never think to look. Following the strategies…

Five Cleaning Tools That Make Housekeeping Easier
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Five Cleaning Tools That Make Housekeeping Easier

These five effective, affordable products can make your home cleaner and your cleaning easier.

Cutting Board Wisdom
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Cutting Board Wisdom

Keep your cutting boards germ-free and smelling good.

Should I Clean My Kitchen Counters with Oregano Oil?
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Should I Clean My Kitchen Counters with Oregano Oil?

Oregano oil is in many all-natural cleaners and recipes for making your own. Does it really kill the germs that can make you sick? Find out…

Check Your Kitchen for This Surprising Cause of Food Poisoning
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Check Your Kitchen for This Surprising Cause of Food Poisoning

You can probably name most of the germiest spots in your kitchen, but scientists have identified a surprising item that’s a hotbed of bacteria…

Handy Laundry Substitutions
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Handy Laundry Substitutions

Help for when you run out of detergent or bleach.

Many Wood-Floor Cleaners Are Bad for Wood Floors
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Many Wood-Floor Cleaners Are Bad for Wood Floors

Many of the best-known, wood cleaners, including Murphy Oil Soap and Mop & Glo, are bad for your wood floors.

Favorite Fixes for Common Carpet Catastrophes
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Favorite Fixes for Common Carpet Catastrophes

Carpeted floors are such a comfort, but spills and messes are no picnic. Here are our favorite fixes for those…

The 8 Home Smells That Could Be Signs of Danger
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The 8 Home Smells That Could Be Signs of Danger

Household odors can serve as clues that there are hidden problems with your home. Here are eight to pay attention to.

Fixing Sticky Things
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Fixing Sticky Things

How to unstick things in your home and car.

No Shoes Please
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No Shoes Please

If you’re always trying to get your family to take their shoes off when they come home so that they…