Helpful tips & tricks from your Maid service company Buckets and Bows
Diet and eat healthier, exercise more, and lose weight are this year's top three New Year's resolutions. 71% percent of us have one or more of these goals on our New Year's resolutions list this year. It looks like we are a nation working to get healthier...and perhaps struggling to achieve these goals, given how many [...]
The kids are back in school! These first few days might have been a bit of a blur. You just got lucky getting everyone out the door on time with two shoes on. But now it’s time to rein in the new routine. Set yourself up for a great year with fewer arguments and less [...]
Summertime…but not all of our customers are thinking about their summer vacations. Some of them are thinking about moving. May through September is the busiest time of the year for moving and this means that our maid service fills out our schedule with move in and move out cleanings. With 1000 people a day moving [...]
White vinegar cleans everything. That's what my grandmother believed and what she practiced. She used white vinegar to clean windows (with balled up newspapers, of course!), to rinse out the sinks and make them shine and as the main ingredient in her bucket for scrubbing floors, eschewing ammonia because it was harsh on her hands. [...]
Have you noticed an uptick in For Sale signs in your neighborhood? Welcome to house selling season! Every viewer of HGTV knows the meaning and importance of curb appeal when you've got your house on the market. 'You have to get them in the door!' So we spruce up the outsides of our homes: green, [...]
We know all about Spring Cleaning at Buckets & Bows Maid Service. So, when media publishers around the country need copy for their spring editions, they call us and talk to our owner and president, Debbie Sardone. She is after all America's Top Cleaning Expert, living right here in Flower Mound, TX. Thanks to Murray [...]
Long wait times, pricey menus, noisy dining rooms, traffic, and this year's flu: maybe this Valentine's Day, it's time to reconsider your plans to eat out! But can Valentine's at home deliver the romance this day of love demands? Buckets & Bows Maid Service owner and Speed Cleaning™ expert Debbie Sardone serves up five [...]
For more than 25 years, the cleaning technicians at Buckets & Bows Maid Service have used the eco-friendly, locally manufactured cleaning products and high quality cleaning supplies from Speed Cleaning. The right tools are key to consistency and efficiency and these promote the better health of the cleaning techs and their customers too. Speed Cleaning [...]
Achoo! Welcome to flu season. According to a report released on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control, the flu in America has reached epidemic proportions. Forty six states report widespread flu; five states have closed public schools due to flu outbreaks; and the state of Alabama has declared a state of public health emergency. "Get [...]
We would never advise giving someone a vacuum for Christmas. It might get you banished to the guest room or removed from next year's gift exchange. But if it's featured prominently on their wish list, you may be dealing with a clean freak who will welcome your acknowledgement of her need for clean. So here [...]
It is the most wonderful time of the year but it seems longer these days, no longer waiting to make an appearance until after Thanksgiving, and it often brings with it very non-festive feelings like anxiety and even depression. Too many demands on our time, too much money being spent, too many self-imposed expectations to deliver [...]
Having a maid service can be positively life changing! It rewards you with the ultimate gift of Time, and who isn't in need of more time? But hiring a maid service can be scary. There are the obvious concerns about safety and security. We recommend you use our 7 Hiring Questions to interview a cleaning [...]
Seeing pink lately? Yep, it's October, Breast Cancer Awareness month in the US, and pink ribbons abound. Find them on teddy bears and rubber duckies. Rain ponchos, wine glasses and wrist watches. Purses, golf balls, key chains and shower shoes. Even ping pong tables. The pink ribbon is a prolific symbol of our collective commitment [...]
I just finished NY Times Bestseller "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo. I work for a professional maid service company and support Debbie Sardone, the Maid Coach who teaches maid services around the world how to clean and I love my job, so it's not surprising that I read about...well, cleaning. And a [...]
We all have that special table in our homes. We can't bear to part with it. It came from Great Grandma and it's been through every house move we've made. It's still got some life left in it, but it's got rings! Water marks. Wine or coffee cup imprints. Stark white circles on beautifully old [...]
