With this helpful tip from Virginia Housekeepers, nobody has to wait for cleaners to clean the circular moisture stains left on the coffee table. How It’s Done All that’s needed for this home cleaning chore is non-gel toothpaste, baking soda, furniture polish, and a cloth. To get started, simply mix [...]
There are two main categories of furniture in most homes - upholstered and wood. Each type of furniture has its own special cleaning methods. There are many commercially available cleaners on the market for both. We recommend purchasing a quality brand name product - saving on an off-brand may be [...]
When fruit flies start appearing in your kitchen, it's time to take action. How It's Done First, reduce their presence by taking care of what's attracting them: the ripening fruit, dirty dishes (especially wine glasses and any dishes with jelly or fruit juice), sticky counters and full-of-organic-waste garbage disposal that [...]
What does the inside of your refrigerator look like? Packed to the brim? In need of a good clean? Unknown containers of food hiding in the back? Just about everyone can likely agree that their kitchen could use a little love when it comes to fridge organization and cleanliness. Not [...]
Keeping kitchen cabinets clean can feel like a full-time job for anyone who spends a lot of time cooking at home. From the spills that are bound to happen to dirty hands reaching for another ingredient, kitchen cabinets always take a beating. We have tips for keeping those cabinets clean [...]
Cloudy wine glasses don’t have to rain on the family’s next dinner party or special occasion. Follow these wine glass cleaning tips from the housekeeping experts at Virginia Housekeepers and have your wine glasses ready to go in no time. Best Way to Clean Wine Glasses All that’s needed to [...]
There’s more to the sink than just washing dirty dishes. The professional cleaning experts at Virginia Housekeepers know cleaning up the sink is just as important. How It’s Done This is an extremely easy process to complete after getting the dishes done, requiring only baking soda and a sponge. Simply [...]
Housekeeper services from Virginia Housekeepers can include cleaning of your refrigerator. To clean it by yourself, consider these techniques: Defrost the freezer section of your fridge when the frost gets to be about a half-inch thick, not when you have to chip away at it to insert a half-gallon of [...]
Housekeeper services from Virginia Housekeepers can include a top-to-bottom oven cleaning. Our residential housekeepers thoroughly clean every room based on your custom cleaning plan. But to clean the oven yourself, consider these techniques: Older stoves Older stoves with ovens that are neither self- nor continuous-cleaning need to be scrubbed using [...]
Housekeeper services from Virginia Housekeepers can include cleaning of your microwave oven. To clean it by yourself, consider these techniques: This is a pretty straightforward appliance to clean, but there are a few tricks, such as this one, for an especially difficult (messy, caked-on grief) microwave situation: Add a quarter [...]
