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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
How To Keep Your Bathroom Nice and Clean
It is important to keep your bathroom nice and clean. Aside from the fact that germs acumulate fast in the bathroom, it is also the most frequent room visited by your guest.here are some tips to maintain a clean bathroom.
1. Clean your bathroom at least once a week or every two weeks depending on how much and how many people uses the bathroom.
2. Do not leave soap on your shower area, they leave unsightly soap scum. Keep them under the sink or use liquid soap. If possible leave your shampoo on your personal tote and hide it under the sink.
3. Keep the bathtub, shower glass, counter top and mirror clean by cleaning it every time you use it. Make it a family rule and be strict about it. If you do it every day it will become a habit. It doesn’t even take a minute to do it.
4. If you use curtain shower instead of shower glass door, use curtain showers that can be machine wash to make cleaning easy. Wash it at least every 6 months or once a year.
5. Keep your floor dry.
6. Empty the trash cans every garbage day. Use only small trash can so you will be force to empty it more often.
7. Do not display shampoo bottles, cosmetics, lotions and other beauty or medical products. Not even a toothbrush holder. Keep them on your drawer, medicine cabinet. Don’t even put any figurines or other display other than a flower vase, a lotion and liquid soap dispenser becasuse these tend to accumulate dust and have mildew residual. Unless you are willing to really clean it at least every two days. Less clutter looks clean.
8. If it is a bathroom shared with other member of the family, keep a personal tote and find a designated cabinet where it will be unsightly.
9. Keep your cleaning supplies organized under the sink and keep clean cloth or paper towel to make cleaning easier.
10. Wipe the toilet bowl every time you use it and put the toilet lid down. It makes it look neat.
11. Keep the bathroom smells fresh by opening your bathroom window at least once a week or when not in use, to allow air to circulate; this will discourage the growth of mildew.
12. Cleaning your bathroom every week will be easier now.Enjoy a sparkling clean bathroom everyday.
also published at ehow.com
http://www.ehow.com/how_4751304_keep-bathroom-clean.html
1. Clean your bathroom at least once a week or every two weeks depending on how much and how many people uses the bathroom.
2. Do not leave soap on your shower area, they leave unsightly soap scum. Keep them under the sink or use liquid soap. If possible leave your shampoo on your personal tote and hide it under the sink.
3. Keep the bathtub, shower glass, counter top and mirror clean by cleaning it every time you use it. Make it a family rule and be strict about it. If you do it every day it will become a habit. It doesn’t even take a minute to do it.
4. If you use curtain shower instead of shower glass door, use curtain showers that can be machine wash to make cleaning easy. Wash it at least every 6 months or once a year.
5. Keep your floor dry.
6. Empty the trash cans every garbage day. Use only small trash can so you will be force to empty it more often.
7. Do not display shampoo bottles, cosmetics, lotions and other beauty or medical products. Not even a toothbrush holder. Keep them on your drawer, medicine cabinet. Don’t even put any figurines or other display other than a flower vase, a lotion and liquid soap dispenser becasuse these tend to accumulate dust and have mildew residual. Unless you are willing to really clean it at least every two days. Less clutter looks clean.
8. If it is a bathroom shared with other member of the family, keep a personal tote and find a designated cabinet where it will be unsightly.
9. Keep your cleaning supplies organized under the sink and keep clean cloth or paper towel to make cleaning easier.
10. Wipe the toilet bowl every time you use it and put the toilet lid down. It makes it look neat.
11. Keep the bathroom smells fresh by opening your bathroom window at least once a week or when not in use, to allow air to circulate; this will discourage the growth of mildew.
12. Cleaning your bathroom every week will be easier now.Enjoy a sparkling clean bathroom everyday.
also published at ehow.com
http://www.ehow.com/how_4751304_keep-bathroom-clean.html
Saturday, January 24, 2009
home improvement stores
lowes, homedepot, target, sears, home expo, ikea, contractors warehouse are just few of my favorite stores we used for renovation.
Buying a house vs renovation
One advantage of renovating a house vs. buying a new house is you can renovate your house according to your own style. You can put fixtures that are according to your taste rather than buying a house that was designed by other people.
Another benefit is you can build the house according to your needs and customize the house in a way you will be more comfortable. Like for example, I don't like to see too much mess in my room so I decided to put a dresser in the bathroom to hide my make ups and other stuff. Also when I'm changing my clothes, most of the times I need to choose from several clothes so having my closet inside the bathroom have save me lots of time. Placing the laundry room away from my room also help me sleep better especially I sleep during day time.
While renovating the house there were times that I wished I should have just bought a new house because buying lights, door knobs and other little things is a headache. Plus having a choice sometimes can make you exceed more than your budget. Most of the time you will choose the prettiest thing you can see for your house usually they are the most expensive things you can see in the shelves. I didn't like it when I need to settle for the second best or the cheapest one because of budget. Now that I am starting to pay the bills I wished I just bought the cheapest one.
The biggest remorse I made is financially. Overall the renovation is not that expensive, but I wished I tried to budget tighter. But who will not choose the best things if you were given the choice right? So if we bought the house already assembled, no need for renovations or fixing anything, then there will be no more decisions to make as to what things to put in the house like hard wood vs. tiles or laminate, big living room vs. small, best equipment vs. affordable, save vs. spend. (But I don’t think I will have the same attachment to other house compared to this house we made.)
Another problem we encountered during renovation was inconvenience. We were all sick from the dust and it was very cold because there were open areas in our house. We even experienced sleeping with the ceiling open. I will never sleep again in a house during renovation.
Another nuisance was not having a kitchen. It was very costly buying food from outside and when we tried to cook with a portable stove I don't think it’s very hygienic, owing to the dust and debris flying around. Even though we are happy with the overall result of the renovation it’s inevitable that there will be things that you have an aversion to and buying a brand new house is preeminent.
At the end having a nice house that pleased your lifestyle is what matters and of course budget. It’s just a matter of contemplating with the pros and cons and which one you are willing to deal with.
I am delighted we renovated our house in view of the fact that I don't think I'll find a house like the house we have. It’s not the nicest house you can have but I can definitely say it’s our house and it’s the house that we put together. And looking at the fixtures, the cabinet and other part of the house makes you happy because I can proudly say I choose that. And we didn’t just point out things to put in the house, we researched, we read, we went to different stores, got some headaches and work really hard to reckon what is best.
Sometimes I wonder who will be the next person to live in this house. Will it be our kids or grandkids. I hope they will know I designed some of the things in the house. Or are we going to sell the house someday...whoever will buy, I hope they will be happy with the choices we made. If not I will hunt them when I’m dead hehehe
Another benefit is you can build the house according to your needs and customize the house in a way you will be more comfortable. Like for example, I don't like to see too much mess in my room so I decided to put a dresser in the bathroom to hide my make ups and other stuff. Also when I'm changing my clothes, most of the times I need to choose from several clothes so having my closet inside the bathroom have save me lots of time. Placing the laundry room away from my room also help me sleep better especially I sleep during day time.
While renovating the house there were times that I wished I should have just bought a new house because buying lights, door knobs and other little things is a headache. Plus having a choice sometimes can make you exceed more than your budget. Most of the time you will choose the prettiest thing you can see for your house usually they are the most expensive things you can see in the shelves. I didn't like it when I need to settle for the second best or the cheapest one because of budget. Now that I am starting to pay the bills I wished I just bought the cheapest one.
The biggest remorse I made is financially. Overall the renovation is not that expensive, but I wished I tried to budget tighter. But who will not choose the best things if you were given the choice right? So if we bought the house already assembled, no need for renovations or fixing anything, then there will be no more decisions to make as to what things to put in the house like hard wood vs. tiles or laminate, big living room vs. small, best equipment vs. affordable, save vs. spend. (But I don’t think I will have the same attachment to other house compared to this house we made.)
Another problem we encountered during renovation was inconvenience. We were all sick from the dust and it was very cold because there were open areas in our house. We even experienced sleeping with the ceiling open. I will never sleep again in a house during renovation.
Another nuisance was not having a kitchen. It was very costly buying food from outside and when we tried to cook with a portable stove I don't think it’s very hygienic, owing to the dust and debris flying around. Even though we are happy with the overall result of the renovation it’s inevitable that there will be things that you have an aversion to and buying a brand new house is preeminent.
At the end having a nice house that pleased your lifestyle is what matters and of course budget. It’s just a matter of contemplating with the pros and cons and which one you are willing to deal with.
I am delighted we renovated our house in view of the fact that I don't think I'll find a house like the house we have. It’s not the nicest house you can have but I can definitely say it’s our house and it’s the house that we put together. And looking at the fixtures, the cabinet and other part of the house makes you happy because I can proudly say I choose that. And we didn’t just point out things to put in the house, we researched, we read, we went to different stores, got some headaches and work really hard to reckon what is best.
Sometimes I wonder who will be the next person to live in this house. Will it be our kids or grandkids. I hope they will know I designed some of the things in the house. Or are we going to sell the house someday...whoever will buy, I hope they will be happy with the choices we made. If not I will hunt them when I’m dead hehehe
Friday, January 23, 2009
next topic
When I get a chance I will talk about
1. Mistakes we made on our renovations
2.How we could have save money with our renovation.
3. Home improvement ideas.
4. My future renovation and homeimprovement project
5.
Feel free to let me know what other topic you want to be
discussed related to home renovations and home improvements
in the meantime enjoy browsing my blog :)
1. Mistakes we made on our renovations
2.How we could have save money with our renovation.
3. Home improvement ideas.
4. My future renovation and homeimprovement project
5.
Feel free to let me know what other topic you want to be
discussed related to home renovations and home improvements
in the meantime enjoy browsing my blog :)
home renovation project
Many people wish to find their dream home only to come up empty.
So instead of looking for another house we decided to keep our house and renovate it instead.
We renovate the house to something that reflect our distinct style, all within our budget. Well we spend a little more than what we planned.
So our family put together ideas and talked how we want our house to be.
We started our renovation project last December 2008.
It was a very tidious process. I did a lot of research over the internet
searching for nice houses and designs.
I spend most of my time with HGTV.com, then I tried to show to our contractor what we wanted the house to look like by showing a house I created at sims city deluxe.
Sim city is my favorite game,
Its a game where you design your house from scratch.
You pick the wall, layout your plan and decorate it with accessories like plants, curtains and other stuff that we used in real life.
It was a fun game for me because I can use my creativity
and I can visualize my dream house.
I didnt expect though that aside from the fun the game gives me,
it actually has a useful purpose in real life.
It helped me arrange my furniture, where to put the windows,
where the bathroom and kitchen should be, where to place the bathroom cabinet,
the jacuzzi .
Choosing the area for dinning was the most difficult
part of the project because me and my mom wants a big living room.
Sim city has helped me solved this problem
after trying to place the dining table to different areas of the house.
Another problem we encountered was where to put the kitchen.
After trying several areas we finally figure out the best location for our kitchen. We decided to make the kitchen and living room a one big open area
and it created a big open space that is good for entertaining.
When I get a chance I will post some of the pictures of the house I created at sims city.
bathroom
lights, faucets, mirrors, sink, kitchen cabinet from lowes
small mirror from ikea
soap dispenser from biglots
glass shower door from home depot
shower , shower tub from lowes
also posted at HGTV.com
http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/Bathrooms/bathroom-number-1/detail.esi?oid=5819249
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