Helpful tips
Housekeeping tips: Sofa upholstery damaged by pets
Pets can be amazing friends and companions, but they can also cause some damage to your house and belongings. For example, if your cat doesn't have (or like) a scratching pole, then it might destroy your sofa upholstery quickly.
Kate Yakimchuk upholstery cushioned furniture maintenance pets scratches 19 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Getting rid of glue stains on furniture
If you have to glue your furniture, then you better do it carefully – it can be pretty hard to get rid of glue stains. But even if you already have these stains, you can get rid of them, or at least make them less noticeable.
Kate Yakimchuk glue cleaning tips glue stain maintenance tips 19 January 2024
Cleaning Tips: How to Remove Yellow Plaque from Plastic
A soap solution that can be made using grated soap and water works great with yellowed plastic - mix the ingredients until it becomes a paste, wait until it swells, apply to the surface for half an hour and rinse with warm water.
Diana Dashkevich plastic materials cleaning cleaning tips cleaning mistakes 19 January 2024
Helpful Tips: What to Do If Your Refrigerator Smells Bad
The synthetic smell from the refrigerator is a fairly common “irritant” to the sense of smell. It is typical for new devices that have not been used. To ensure that the purchase does not cause negative feelings, you need to wash all parts of the refrigerator using detergent, vinegar or plain water.
Diana Dashkevich refrigerator cleaning cleaning tips home odors 19 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Cleaning laptop dynamics safely
If you love listening to music and watching films without earphones, then you should keep the dynamics clean. Dirty dynamics can make the sound quieter, and they may also change the quality of the sound a lot.
Kate Yakimchuk laptop cleaning tips gadget cleaning dynamics maintenance 19 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: When your dishwasher smells bad
Your kitchen is a place that collects lots of dirt and odd smells from food particles and trash, so you have to clean it regularly. A dishwasher that is supposed to make your dishes perfectly clean shouldn't smell bad, but it happens to many people.
Kate Yakimchuk dishwasher smell cleaning tips hygiene washing dishes 18 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Cleaning glue from a table
When you fix something with glue, then you have high chances of leaving a few stains or drops of glue on a surface. Usually, it's your table that suffers the most – it's almost impossible not to put some glue there by accident.
Kate Yakimchuk glue cleaning tips washing tips furniture table 18 January 2024
Helpful Tips: How to Clean Mold Safely
Poor ventilation is the main cause of dampness. When there is no air circulation, humid air is not removed from the apartment.
Diana Dashkevich mold cleaning cleaning tips lifehacks housekeeping tips 18 January 2024
Helpful Tips: How to Wash White Sneakers
During intense spinning, the sole may come off, and the drum itself may fail under heavy load. In the car, shoes become heavy due to water, and several pairs loaded into the drum can break the door.
Diana Dashkevich shoes shoe care cleaning washing washing tips 18 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Why Christmas lights burn out
Some high-quality Christmas lights can last you for years, so you can use them annually to decorate your house. Meanwhile, some lights can burn out pretty quickly, without any visible reasons, so you will have to fix or replace them.
Kate Yakimchuk led lights christmas decorations fixing burnout tips 18 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Glued hands – how to clean glue from skin
When you use glue, it's almost impossible to prevent glue from getting on your bare hands, especially if you work without gloves. While sometimes these tiny drops of glue won't harm you, they can also glue your fingers together and create a rough and unpleasant surface on your skin.
Kate Yakimchuk glue cleaning tips washing tips stains ideas 17 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: You accidentally glued something – what should you do?
Glue can be quite dangerous – it can immediately connect two things together, even those you didn't plan to glue in the first place. Sometimes, it's pretty hard to reverse it, but it's still possible – so don't panic!
Kate Yakimchuk glue cleaning tips cleaning mistakes fixing ideas 17 January 2024
Useful Tips: How to Remove Hair from a Bathroom Drain
This is what causes drains to clog most often, so it is better to remove hair from the bathroom drain in a timely manner, and especially not to flush hair from the comb into the toilet.
Diana Dashkevich bathroom drain shower drain cleaning cleaning tips 17 January 2024
Helpful Tips: How to Wash Leather Pants
It is best to bet on “Delicate Wash”, “Wool” and similar soft modes. The temperature is the same as in the manual version – 30 degrees. The best is the minimum rinse mode and “no spin”; if the spin is not turned off, then the maximum value is 300.
Diana Dashkevich clothes clothing care washing washing tips cleaning 17 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Suede shoes – take good care of them in winter
Suede shoes can be not only beautiful and comfortable, but also long-lasting – so you should take good care of them. In winter, you can easily destroy your shoes with snow, water, sand, and salts, so your footwear needs more protection.
Kate Yakimchuk suede shoes footwear cleaning tips materials tips 17 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Taking care of antique furniture
If you love the sophisticated beauty of antique furniture, then you probably have a nice collection of amazing art pieces and furniture. Antique furniture can be extremely expensive, so it requires regular and careful maintenance.
Kate Yakimchuk antique cleaning tips maintenance old furniture care 16 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Dusting cushioned furniture
If you love soft and comfortable furniture, then you probably have lots of cushioned items – they are beautiful and extremely convenient to use. The main problem is that even if you don't spill anything on them, they can become dusty in a few months, or even years.
Kate Yakimchuk cushioned furniture dusting tips cleaning maintenance dust 16 January 2024
Helpful Tips: How to Clean a Whirlpool Bath
Cleaning the surface/covering of acrylic whirlpool baths must be done with a sponge dampened with a small amount of detergent, which can be purchased today at almost any plumbing store. It is strictly forbidden to use detergents containing abrasive components.
Diana Dashkevich bath bathroom cleaning cleaning tips lifehacks 16 January 2024
Thermal underwear: How to wash correctly
Thermal underwear can be washed in a washing machine at a water temperature of no higher than 30 degrees. Higher water temperatures lead to the fact that the fabric partially loses its antibacterial, thermal and aesthetic properties, air and moisture conductivity, and the material simply melts in boiling water.
Diana Dashkevich clothes winter cleaning washing washing tips 16 January 2024
Housekeeping tips: Keep the entrance clean in winter
When it's cold and wet outside, it's almost impossible not to leave any footprints in your house. While you can always clean the floor, it often takes time and effort to do it – so what can you do?
Kate Yakimchuk cleaning tips winter footprints floor cleaning maintenance 16 January 2024