8.31.2015
How to Make Homemade Oven Cleaner
Practically all commercially made cleaners contain toxic, hazardous chemicals that can lead to respiratory issues, skin problems and can pollute the air you breathe in your home. A natural disinfectant cleaner made from cheap and common household ingredients will let you clean your house and reduce your family’s exposure to harsh chemicals while you do it.
What You Will Need:
- Clean sponge and spatula
- 3/4 cups baking soda
- 1/4 cup salt
- 1/4 cup water (extra for moistening surfaces)
Procedure
Moisten all of the oven surfaces with sponge and some water. Using the baking soda, salt and 1/4 cup of water, make a thick paste and spread throughout the oven’s interior, avoiding bare metal and any openings. Let it sit overnight. Remove any remaining residue with a spatula and wipe the surface clean. Gently rub stubborn areas with fine steel wool.
8.30.2015
How To Clean Your Mirror Without the Nasty Chemicals
How would you like to stand in front of a mirror and see yourself in all you glory? Imagine looking at a mirror that looks like it was just delivered to you straight from the factory – shiny, streak free and perfect.
Here is how to clean your mirror without the nasty chemicals.
What you will need:
- Newspaper (lots, if you have a lot of glass surfaces to clean
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup rubbing alcohol
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 2 cups warm distilled water
- clean spray bottle
Procedure:
Make sure your spray bottle is clean and dry. Mix everything (except the newspaper, of course 
There you have it. Your very own non toxic glass cleaner!
8.17.2015
Feng Shui Tweaks For Small Homes
Compact living is now becoming a part of the rapidly urbanizing metropolitan lifestyle. Minimalism has even become the preference of many a small space dweller, whether in a studio condo unit or modern single detached starter homes. And even here, proper feng shui is essential. Thus, necessity leads to the reinvention of tweaks to manage chi or life energies.
Feng shui tweaks mainly come in the form of the spatial compass layouting of the main door of the house unit and the master bedroom, kitchen and ultimately, the master’s bed. These are complemented by feng shui enhancement of symbolic lucky charms or symbolisms both in art and furniture accessories.
8.15.2015
How to Clean Your Home The Old-Fashioned Way
There is a way to make your home sparkle like how our grandmas made our home sparkle when we were kids, by using five simple ingredients.
No kidding. Five Ingredients.
Here they are.
(Knowledge of these five ingredients thanks to Michael De Jong in his book Clean: The Humble Art of Zen Cleansing)