Cynthia Ewer's Blog, page 45
February 18, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: Five-Minute Bathroom Cleaning Routine
What's the secret to an always-clean bathroom? A daily cleaning routine!
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, consider how to keep your bathrooms clean on a daily basis.
The easiest solution is to craft a simple, 5-minute bathroom cleaning routine to keep grime at bay.
Create your own personalized routine--or use our example--to keep bathrooms fresh!
February 17, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: Manage the Medicine Chest
When family members fall ill, they call for "Dr. Mom" ... so today, we're headed to the medicine chest.
We'll consider the proper location for the family's store of nutritional supplements, prescription and over-the-counter medicines.
After decluttering the medicine chest, we'll decide how to dispose of expired medications safely.
Ready? We're making for the medicine chest in the New Year Cleaning Challenge!
Printables:
First Aid Kit Checklist
February 16, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: Take Stock of Towels
Towels. They're daily companions at shower, tub and sink. Who doesn't love their thirsty softness after a hot bath?
Over time, however, towels become tattered, scattered and faded. What's the state of the towels in your organized home?
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, we'll make a check of the household's stock of towels. Is it time for a fresh new set?
February 15, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: Declutter the Master Bathroom
As a center for personal care, the master bathroom attracts a special kind of clutter. What's living in your cabinets, shelves and drawers?
A good bathroom declutter session will promote products in daily use and give them a front-and-center home, while dispatching those "As Seen on TV" marvels.
Follow one master bathroom declutter, and learn the secrets of allocating scarce real estate in the bathroom today, in the New Year Cleaning Challenge.
February 14, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: It's Bathroom Week!
It's a new week in the New Year Cleaning Challenge: we're headed to the bathrooms to bring them to a new level of order.
It's where we shower and shave, primp and prepare for the day. Are your bathrooms up to the job?
We'll tackle clutter, create a new level of clean, and organize bathroom storage this week in the New Year Cleaning Challenge.
Printables: Bathroom Cleaning Checklist
February 13, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: Family Room Week Wrap-Up
This week, we've worked on the household's gathering space: the family room. Time for a weekend wrap-up!
Today, take the last steps to clean, declutter and organize the family room.
Tomorrow, we'll tackle family bathrooms in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, bringing these personal care areas to a squeaky clean state.
February 12, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: Coping with Children's Toys
They're colorful, cute ... and scattered everywhere! Are children's toys taking over shared space in your family room?
With tiny pieces and a tendency to stray, children's playthings can create instant clutter in multi-use spaces. How to calm the chaos caused by children's toys?
To tame the toy monster, try these ideas for routines and storage to make peace with children's toys, in today's New Year Cleaning Challenge assignment.
February 11, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: Bring Order to Bookshelves
In the family room, the bookcase must do multiple duty,
Whether it houses books, decor items or digital media, it's easy to overload family room bookshelves.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, it's time to bring order to the bookshelves. Cut the clutter for a clean and organized home!
February 10, 2016
New Year Cleaning Challenge: Manage Magazine Clutter
Surveying the family room, do you find mounds of magazines ... everywhere?
Periodicals like magazines and newsletters are great fun to browse, but have a marked propensity to descend into clutter, and that right quickly.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, try these tips to get a grip on magazine clutter in your organized home.
February 9, 2016
Cleaning Challenge Day 38: Turf Old Entertainment Technology
In recent decades, entertainment technology has changed at a rapid pace.
Does your family room contain successive layers of old technology? In an age of streaming media, it's time to release the jumble of outdated entertainment formats.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, we'll consider ideas to turf the "old tech" clutter from family room shelves.
