Helpful tips & tricks from your Maid service company Buckets and Bows
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 [...]
Hollywood celebrates the best in film this Sunday night with the Academy Awards. Here at Buckets & Bows Maid Service, we celebrate what we know: the best in cleaning! These tips walk our clean carpet and win our Oscars. Clean top to bottom, left to right. Bring the dust and dirt from up top down to [...]
The Danes are known for being the happiest people in the world in spite of their long, dark Scandinavian winters. And now we might know why. It's hygge! And hygge is huge right now. Pronounced 'hoo-ga' and used as a noun, verb or adjective, hygge is showing up everywhere -- in newspapers, magazines and bookstores, [...]
Get healthy, get organized and live life to the fullest are the Top 3 New Year's Resolutions for 2017, and here at Buckets & Bows we think they all start at home! Resolve to make these changes in your home this year and usher in a healthier, better organized, fuller life. 1)Resolve to manage your [...]
If the holidays snuck up on you again this year, don't think you have to give up the "WOW!" Buckets & Bows Maid Service offers these ideas for last minute holiday gifts your gift recipients are sure to remember. Subscription Service. Think: Netflix for the TV binge-watcher or movie buff; Audible for the commuting book worm; [...]
We're IN THE NEWS AGAIN! President of Buckets & Bows Maid Service, Debbie Sardone is known as the nation's leading cleaning expert and she's been doing back to back radio interviews all morning and some last week when the news broke of a study revealing household dust contains toxic chemicals. According to the report household dust is [...]
Is this the way it goes at your house on Halloween? You send your ghouls out the door all suited up in their costumes and faces full of makeup, looking awesome. But they return with half of the meticulously applied makeup on the sleeves, collar, and for some unfathomable reason, say, the inside of the [...]
Clean Dishes – Dirty Dishwasher: How to clean your dishwasher Most people notice over time that the inside of their dishwasher needs some attention even though it’s been shooting hot soapy water around the inside several time a week. A dirty dishwasher can even have an effect on how clean your dishes, silverware, and glassware [...]
We love our furry family members, that’s for sure. But gosh – keeping the pet hair down to a minimum in our homes is a constant battle. Here are some tried-and-true tips for staying on top of the pet hair situation.
In this series on Spring Cleaning, we would be remiss if we didn't include some advice on Spring Cleaning your life--mainly your stress life. Let's face it, we all have it. Stress comes in all shapes and sizes and it can creep up on you when you least suspect it. Another Sardone is in [...]
Buckets & Bows Maid Service is a big fan of our local high schools. We regularly advertise in support of the Marcus High School football team as well as the Flower Mound High teams. We love supporting the marching bands as well. Mom's are always frustrated when they are tasked with keeping the uniforms clean [...]
Do you ever feel like there isn’t enough time in the day to finish your loads of laundry? At Buckets & Bows we know how important saving time is when doing household cleaning. Avoid spending countless hours in the laundry room and put these 7 helpful tricks to work. Maximize spin. Once your top load [...]
Don't make the mistake of thinking that LCD screens work like your nifty new iPad. In general, touching should be off limits because pressing too hard on the screen can actually break or crack pixels. So the first rule to cleaning an LCD screen is don't do it unless you have to (i.e. unless it's [...]
