Green House Cleaning Tips

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,…

Sponges. Nature’s little mops. We have just a few thoughts on sponges we’d like to share with you. Abrasiveness: Most sponges have an abrasive side. We call it the scritchy. But you can definitely scratch your beautiful fixtures and even glass with a too scritchy sponge! The easiest way to tell the difference between the…

Welcome to the new Tip Tuesday! We occasionally have clients that ask for cleaning tips and advice and we thought it would be a great idea to share these with everyone. Feel free to share your favorites with us in the comments! I was getting ready to clean Kristen’s sink and she asked how we…

Here’s your chance to support a wonderful theatre group that is committed to sustainable practices. Theatre en Bloc is having a benefit fundraiser for their outstanding group and one of the raffle prizes is a 3 hour clean from us! Party en Bloc happens on Friday, Septenber 2nd from 7pm ’till 12am at Jovita’s (1619…

We’re all human and occasionally we give in to temptation. Maybe to please others (as in my case) or just to ease the way. As the wise Kermit the frog said, “It’s not easy being green.” Or is it? Let me tell you my story. I am about to move in with the love of…

A brief summary of cleaning chemicals: do benefits outweigh the cost. Since conventional cleaning products can contain upwards of 20 individual ingredients, it is difficult to directly link an individual cleaning chemical to increased asthma, allergies, fatigue, cancer, etc. My initial reaction to this agrees with the The Precautionary Principle: a moral and political principle…