Did you know that your home sweet home is also the home sweet home of about a 1,000 chemicals (most of which aren’t seen) In fact, indoor air is about thrice as polluted as outdoor air....

Spring has sprung! The word spring evokes the thoughts of flowering trees and lilies, cherry blossoms and to many a fastidious home owner- spring cleaning! Usually we prefer to do our cleaning...

It is a fact that these are highly toxic times; naturally, we are all increasingly on the lookout for eco-friendly products to make life safer. For example, how great would it be if you could get...

Hardwood floors have garnered more admirers these days, thanks to its beauty, richness and utility. To take a little care of the much-loved floors and prevent them from losing the sheen, you just...

Since Diwali cleaning is the topic du jour, and I am an eclectic products junkie, I decided to do some research on the latest and coolest cleaning implements out there. These are not only fun or...

If an easy classification of mankind were possible, I would like to divide them into the `keepers’ and the `throwers’. The `keepers’ being the kind who keep everything that even...

I hope you read my earlier blog on week-wise Diwali cleaning http://homeneeds.sulekha.com/get-a-head-start-on-diwali-cleaning_609041_blog. In this blog, which is a continuation, we will...

The heart rending Uttarakhand tragedy still looms large in my mind, and I’m sure in many an Indian mind too, largely thanks to the media and the picture of utter desolation they paint. The...

Dear Pillow, how will I ever look at you the same way again If you’re wondering what I am on about, I will tell you. But, first, brace yourselves! Because, as it turns out, mites use our...

Even today, the maid will innocently look up and ask for, `acid’ when cleaning the bathroom. Acid bottles are ubiquitous in any grocery store and are dirt cheap compared to the Mr Muscles...

While many of us have often been warned of being cheated by furniture and upholstery stores, I did not expect it to be so bad when I recently got my sofa cover changed. Mine was a small three...