Bathroom on Shine

Countdown to clean

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By Susan Sulich

I love that serene “ahhhhh” moment when you can sink into a comfy chair, look around your sparkling house and breathe a sigh of relief. Now, if I could just figure out how to get there without the hours-long top-to-bottom scrubathon. Lucky for me (and you!), there’s a shortcut: Get into a clean routine.

“The more often you clean, the less buildup you have and the faster you can do it next time,” says Debra Johnson, training manager for Merry Maids. Let our experts’ checklists take the guesswork out of housework.

Tools of the Trade
“The quality of the work depends on the quality of the tools,” says Weber. So choose good ones, clean them after use and put them away in the same place.

Potty training problem: no poop on the potty

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Last night my cousin was telling me about a problem she's having with potty training her 3-year-old son: He has quickly learned to use the potty when he has to pee; but when it comes to poop, he refuses to go in the potty.

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A quicker way to clean house

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By Arianne Cohen

A few years ago, I found out that I’ve been cleaning all wrong. I was in a hotel room, when a maid came in and sprayed a solution on every surface…and then left. Right when I thought she’d forgotten, she returned. She wiped for less than two minutes with a thin dry cloth, and the whole place sparkled. It had, frankly, never occurred to me to let one solution do all the work, so I asked her what she’d used. It was something called Butcher’s Bath Mate—an industry standby.

Pro cleaners have brilliant tricks to get the job done. We asked three pros to school us.

Renovations for Less

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Renovating a room in your house is exciting-- not to mention expensive! Most of us can’t afford to work with an interior designer to help us realize our vision, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t achieve the designer look that you’ve always wanted while getting the most bang for your buck!

User Post: How do you organize your stuff?

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So I've talked about organizing clothes in the closet , but what about everything else? Like jewelry, makeup, and hair/beauty products? How do you organize your stuff? Is it organized at all? Mine…