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From those health smoothies that keep you going in the morning, to grinding veggies to cook a hot meal for dinner; you can always depend on your blender when you need it! That is, of course, until it starts to underperform due to the lack of cleaning and maintenance you’ve given it! Yes, like any motorised appliance, proper and regular cleaning is imperative if you want to extend the life of the unit. In this case, cleaning does not relate to the blender jar alone, but rather the entire unit. What’s more, you get the added perk of a blender that looks as good as new, sitting pretty in your …

We’ve covered a lot of residential cleaning tips here in the past with Simply Maid, however, one specific area that we often don’t touch on is how professional cleaning also benefits your professional life.

In this article, we’re joined by the commercial cleaning experts over at Evolve Cleaning to provide us with some tips about the benefits of professional commercial cleaning.

1. Clean environments all around

Keeping a clean and well-maintained home is the key to a productive and happy family. However, your office or office environment is also equally important. Most of us spend at half of our lives working in the office. Our colleagues are like our second …

Vacuum cleaners are certainly one of the most valuable aids in home cleaning. If you take a walk around the house, you’ll find several instances where you think “I need to vacuum that up”! What’s more, with advancements in technology, today, vacuum cleaners are built for more than just floor cleaning. Having said this, it’s important to know how to use the appliance to the best of its ability! Misusing attachments and incorrect vacuuming techniques may be the reasons why you aren’t achieving satisfactory results. To know how to get the most out of your vacuum cleaner, check out these useful tips!

1. Go Over an Area Multiple Times

Don’t …

Whether you’re moving to another country or just another neighbourhood, there’s a lot to be done and you’re going to want to get ahead of things. On top of it all, you have to consider cleaning the place before you can think of putting the house on the market or returning the keys to the owner before the lease ends. Yes, it can be an overwhelming process, to say the least, but it can also be a smooth sailing one if you’re well prepared and organised.

Where cleaning is concerned, having a checklist definitely helps to keep things organised; going in with a foolproof plan, however, is what will separate …

By now, I think we all know that the stay-at-home parent has a lot more work and responsibility than their working partner does! Particularly for mums who are nursing or new to parenthood, it can be rather overwhelming to attend to their child’s needs while balancing a ton of other responsibilities.

For a typical stay-at-home mum, the amount of chores and household duties to complete in a day literally swallow up any ounce of free time you may have hoped for. While being a parent is the most fulfilling thing in the world, it can wear you out if you don’t take care of yourself.

So, if you’re a stay-at-home …

While a house guest brings about a nice change from the usual, mundane daily routine, it also keeps you on your toes where maintaining cleanliness and order is concerned. Of course, it can be rather tricky to keep things in tip top condition when you’ve got a guest staying in your house; you feel rather awkward to clean in front of them while you try your level best to keep them happy and entertained for their entire stay.

Playing the perfect host to a house guest doesn’t only involve spending as much time with them as possible and being hospitable, but also keeping your home in a “presentable” condition. This …

The smell of new upholstery furniture is an absolute delight! Not to mention the look and feel of it too. It’s soft, comfortable and more importantly, 100% clean! But then the weeks and months roll by and your brand new upholstery now smells dusty, looks dingy and feels dirty. It’s true; upholstery ages quickly if not cleaned or maintained regularly; and when that happens, it makes the whole room look rather drab. No one wants that, so if your upholstery furniture needs cleaning, you’ve come to the right place!

Here’s a step-by-step guide to clean upholstery furniture the right way and get the cleanest and safest results!

Step 1: Vacuum