Let's Clean!

 OK, I admit, I like to clean.

I don't really like to clean like a madwoman every time we have a showing.

But I like it when our home is clean.

I like leaving it like that.

This is one thing I will enjoy when my kiddos leave home

A clean house.

(Oh, gosh, I'll miss everything else!)

OK,  maybe not everything! (click the link)

My cousin Jana and I, when we were young, used to talk about

how we'd make our beds and want it to stay that way all day. 

I'm the same way today.

So in a perfect world, I'm a neat freak.

But I have kids, and they are not.  (neat freaks)

I've just found these past couple months of massive cleaning 

some really awesome products.

I'm going to start with this Orange Glow wood polish product.

It smells really nice when using and brings all wood back to life.

I love it!

I ended up polishing all our cupboards, doors, dressers, coffee/end tables,

anything wood!

 Look how the cupboards shine!

A friend stopped over to pick up her girls and noticed our doors!

She said, "Wow, these doors are really nice!"

I'd just shined them up!

 This stuff!! 

Found at Wal-mart!

I admit, I never even knew there was a "polish"

I've tried Murphy's Oil Soap among other "wood floor cleaners"

but none shined it up.

Well, duh!

 Here is "BEFORE"

 Here is "AFTER"

This is 3 coats

Wish I knew about this stuff like years ago!!

I asked online and my friend Dwija sugested this Holloway House product.
She said it was AWESOME and it is.

Several others

gave some great suggestions, but Wal-mart had this one,

so this is what I tried!



 With 4 house showings and an open house these past 9 days,

I am loving the Swifter Sweeper, with the extra spendy sheets.

Such a quick way to mop up while the kids are waiting outside to leave.

 Now this was amazing!!

We painted almost everything, but some things we did not.

Like our closet.

It had marks on it's white walls, some, I think were there when we moved in!

(almost 8 years ago)

I scrubbed with these cool little things and all marks came off!

We have 2 white rooms, I painted a couple years ago,

our school room and the toyroom.

Basically they still looked good, except a few scuffs and marks.

Used this Magic Eraser and BOOM!! 

Gone.

White and Clean!

I have to at least give an "honorable mention" to these next 2 products

because they make a home selling cleaning fanatic's life so much easier!

Bleach Wipes....I love you.

Seriously, for quick cleaning toilet seats...counters, door knobs,

ANYTHING! 

 Windex, how I love you too!

You clean my windows, patio doors, glass top coffee table,

the outside of my microwave....my mirrors...and you do it so quickly.

I only wish you could clean my Stainless Steel appliances.

 That's OK, I have this product.

I got it at Wal-mart.

This is kind of a spray foam kind of product,

I spray it on and polish it in the grain of the steel, til it's shiny and

fingerprint free.

Yes, I use it a lot.

I noticed this in my images when looking for an image of the polish.

I wonder if it does as good of a job?

Might have to try it out!

Now, I know these products all have fragances and will probably give us cancer.

But good ol' vinegar

 (which is what I usually use for our floors and more)

just doesn't smell that great. 

One more product, though not a "cleaning product"

I think it's a  house seller.

We've been baking these at a lower temp,

turning the oven off right before we leave,

and letting them stay in the oven while we are gone.

Heavenly smell.

If you like brownies that is.

And they make a great treat for when we come home!

I can't believe I'm going to say this,

I am getting a little tired of brownies though.

But

that heavenly smell will hopefully

make someone think,

"Yes!  I want to live here because it reminds me of home!"