Dusting the winter cobwebs away doesn’t have to be a dirty game. In addition to sprucing up your space, spring cleaning can add lightness to your life by clearing your mind and helping you establish fresh habits all year round. After all, once you’ve gone through the effort to whip your rooms and closets into … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day cards are already lining the store shelves, Christmas themed commercials have stopped playing and everyone is back to their routines. It’s safe to say the holidays are over and it’s time for some clean up, a process that can cause quite a bit of stress and anxiety. Streamline the process and help the … Continue reading
Landlords are getting in on going green with the Multi-Family Home Energy Savings Program. In major metropolitan areas, such as Chicago, renters may start seeing changes in their apartments made available through the Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas “Natural Gas Savings Program” and ComEd’s “Smart Ideas for Your Home.” This past weekend, Chicago-based real … Continue reading
Let’s face it. Doing laundry is a pain in itself. Many of us can remember cringing at an Easter pink dress shirt that used to be white before it went into a washer. So adding more knobs to turn, temperatures to set and buttons to push can make the laundry experience even more of a … Continue reading
If you’ve read our blog before, you know that it’s possible to make any holiday green, and in most cases, it only requires a bit of extra effort. All of that remains true for Thanksgiving, a holiday that’s surprisingly wasteful. Each Thanksgiving, over 100 pounds of food per person goes to waste. To make Thanksgiving … Continue reading
If you have the luxury of regular access to a washer and dryer, you’re likely to use it often. Who could possibly forgo that convenience? But washing and drying our clothes via machine is an energy intensive process that pulls money from our wallets and pushes carbon emissions into our atmosphere. Surely, we can green … Continue reading
We’ve all experienced it: our once favorite T-shirt now has holes, stains and rips – a sign of clothing well-worn with love over time. Usually, our next thought is to reluctantly throw this T-shirt in the trash, saying goodbye to it along with the rest of the week’s garbage. Stop. There’s another use for those well-worn … Continue reading
Why spend so much money on harmful, expensive chemical cleaning products when vinegar – which you probably already have somewhere in your kitchen – will do the job? The uses of vinegar are endless: Clean and disinfect countertops Clean carpet stains Keep those pesky ants away Clean windows and wood paneling Remove strong odors Vinegar … Continue reading
