Apartment Therapy Tagged: cleaning

Red Sharpie Marker vs. Furniture

Have you ever had one of those moments when you're reading one of your favorite blogs and you catch yourself saying out loud, "Oh no they didn't!" Our heart sank as we came across the misuse of a re...

Before & After: Slip Covered Rocker

Furniture that's intended for use in the nursery is sure to see its fair share of spills and messes. Jennifer had her eye on a white ultrasuede Nurseryworks rocker. But when the orange cloth model ...

Getting Kids To Clean Up Their Room: Use Songs and a Timer

Don't we wish we could all clap our hands like Mary Poppins and the toys would jump into their boxes, the clothes would fold themselves, the hangers right themselves in neat order? While it's unlikel...

Quick Teen & Tween Tidy Trick

We're all for instilling the wonderful joys of house cleaning in our children. But sometimes, life just gets out of control and the bedrooms of our tweens and teens can look more like the aftermath...

Spit Happens: 8 Ways To Clean & Prepare For The Worst

The first few years of being a parent is synonymous with the thoughts of cleaning, preparing and combating spit on a daily basis (plus uh... other expelled bodily fluids). After the jump we've round...

Roundup: 10 Cleaning Tips & Techniques

As you might have noticed, we've been keen on cleaning ideas this month and with June knocking on the door, we thought it would be a great time to roundup some of our favorite ideas when it comes to ...

Green Cleaning: Tawashi Dish Scrubbers

click thumbnails for larger pics Spring cleaning is not only a good time to give your home a good top-to-bottom clean, but to evaluate how you clean and what you clean with. While we'll probably ke...

5 Ways To Use Pop Up Sponges
Besides Doing Your Dishes

Several years ago we ran across an idea from Martha Stewart Baby Magazine (RIP) that utilized pop up sponges for bath time fun. Since then, we've put this idea to work in more places than the bathtu...

Green Ideas: Ten Ways to Use Baking Soda To Care For Your Baby

We all know baking soda is a great natural cleanser and deodorizer, but you may not have thought of all the ways you can use it to clean baby and kids' stuff. ...