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Timing is Everything
I have had many clients ask how we do so much in such a short amount of time. The first thing I ask them is, “When do you ever have 3 or 4 uninterrupted hours in your home?” The answer to that is always never, or they wouldn’t need us! But to truly address the…
Read MoreReuse Ideas
We’re not just about the cleaning here at The Purple Fig…we’re all about the planet and doing what we can to not destroy it. With that in mind, I’ve decided to collect our reuse ideas in one spot. Right here in the blog! It makes it easier for all of us to search by tags…
Read MoreDon’t Be a Sucker
Today’s Tip Tuesday covers those sucker-bottomed tub floor covers. You know those mats that you stick in the bottom of your tub so that you don’t slip? The ones with the hundred little sucker cups on the bottom? Yes! Those! I hate those. I know, I know, they keep little Johnny or Susie from falling…
Read MorePurple Figger Confesses to Laziness
This Tip Tuesday is more like an anecdote with a lesson in the end. ‘J’ doesn’t clean very much. That sounds like a complaint, but it’s not really. I’m never quite happy when someone else cleans. I feel they either do too little or concentrate on the wrong things during a quick-y. I was doing…
Read MoreThe Pink Scourge
We’ve all seen it. How did it get there? How do you get rid of it? And why does it look like Barbie put it there? The pink stuff you find in the shower or tub and inside the toilet bowl right at the waterline is actually a bacteria. Nope, not a mold as it…
Read MoreKeep it Clean
Do you clean house (or have us do it) and look around in a week and wonder how it got so dirty? I did too. Of course, since I lived alone; I realized it was my fault. So the answer is to have a roommate/living partner to blame it on. Okay, I’m just kidding. Really,…
Read MoreToilets – Stop Dreading Them
If there’s one thing that most people hate cleaning, it’s the toilet. I don’t need to state the obvious reasons here. Cleaning the toilet need not be such a horrific chore. Most people’s inclination is to put it off, but that just makes it worse when you do get to it. Let’s look at the…
Read MoreLearn to Fake It
We might do this for a living, but our houses aren’t always as spotless as we make yours. We’ve just learned to fake it. Everyone has had unexpected guests at some time or another. Your partner or roommate gives you all of an hour to let you know there will be two more at dinner.…
Read MoreSeeing Spots: Glass Shower Enclosures
Sometimes I feel like Ophelia, only I’m seeing a less gruesome form of spots. I see soap and water spots on glass shower enclosures and I’m quite certain I know how she felt: insane! We have found through much trial and error, a couple of ways to remove these bothersome blotches. Remember the sponges? Last…
Read MoreDown with Dust
Our current drought in ATX is dangerous on many levels and inconvenient on a smaller scale. By smaller, I mean tiny. Dusty. The lack of moisture has caused creepy crawlies and dirt to invade our cool and moist homes. Many a client has bemoaned the increase in dust bunnies and cobwebs. So this Tip Tuesday,…
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