Spring into Cleaning
House Decluttering Tips
First published 2011.05.19 | Ottawa | Family Life
The term ‘spring cleaning’ hardly conjures up happy images of our favourite season. We prefer butterflies, fresh cut grass and buds on the trees. But as moms know, it’s not all glamour and the real...read more

Your Double
The Everything Girls
First published 2011.03.17 | Ottawa | House & Home
Imagine a world where someone else could book your kids’ camps, wait around for the furnace guy or give your grimy baseboards a deep-clean—a world where someone could be you, so you could be free to...read more

Curb Your Clutter
Organizing Tips
First published 2010.09.09 | Ottawa | House & Home
It’s time to declutter, and a young mother’s fancy turns to stomping wildly through the house, yanking up 90 percent of all the toys and random articles underfoot, tossing them into big black garbage...read more

Keep It Clean
Pure Cleaning Co.
First published 2010.02.18 | Calgary | House & Home
Moms get all the best jobs. Cleaning toilets, scrubbing the oven and taking out soiled diapers are just three of our faves. The entire must-do list likely wouldn’t fit on this page so let’s just say...read more

Dump It
Garbage Management Ideas
First published 2009.07.02 | Toronto | House & Home
Garbage took on a whole new meaning when changing diapers became common practice in our world (whether you made the decision to go cloth or not). With the strike showing no signs of imminent change,...read more

Parking Pretty
Garage Makeovers
First published 2009.05.21 | Vancouver | House & Home
We all love the change of seasons, especially the one from winter to spring…until we open the garage door. Invariably, the first spring jaunt into the garage to retrieve junior’s bicycle entails...read more

Playfully Clean
A Guide to Cleaning Toys
First published 2009.04.14 | Canada | House & Home
If you’re feeling a little urge for spring cleaning around now (after all, clutter is one thing we can control in these uncertain times), you might be thinking of tackling the kiddos’ much loved but...read more