I’m in North Carolina where the weather is pretty mild during the day but where there are extreme jumps in the temperature during the day. During the winter the nights are 25 degrees Celsius but the days will average between 45 and 50 degrees Celsius. Heating costs …

I bought the purifier one year back which cleans the water from the borewell and use it for drinking purposes. Before Installation, the service team came to house and tested the water sample and gave a report on chemical composition. The result was the salt content and mineral content …

With all the awareness today about chemical and its uses in every household product, people are looking for better options. I have looked into many line of products since i had my baby. I wanted to buy something that wouldn’t harm the sensitive skin of baby and also i didn’t …

I just recently purchased this vacuum and I really do love it. It has worked a whole lot better than I initially expected and I’m so glad I decided to purchase it. I only paid 40 dollars for it at the time of purchase and I believe …

A few months ago I decided it was past time to clean the coffee maker again and was rather tired of the results of using vinegar because there was still some residue inside the machine. I decided to purchase a bottle of Brew Rite Cleaner for the automatic drip …

I never even knew what a crock pot was until I saw that my roommate hade one my freshmen year. I decided to get one for myself during my sophomore year because I knew how it came in handy when I needed to boil things or cook things the …

I am so in love with my new Mukka Express cappuccino maker! This is an awesome product for latte-lovers everywhere. It’s cheaper than most other espresso makers, and it’s extremely convenient! I love it!
I kept hearing from my dad and all the advertisements that this novel little cappuccino maker …

This dual power stain remover id really good to remove the stains that just happen to find their way onto your clothes. This 2 sided stain remover combines the two side to form a really powerful cleaner.
I purchased this an actually started using it on stains on my …

My friend started selling Amway products 2 years back and just for courtesy I had to buy something from him. I chose the LOC high studs a multi-purpose cleaner for INR 359. It seemed like a ridiculous price for one liter of cleaning liquid when you could get a …

I have always wanted a Wallflower from Bath and Body Works. They are plug-in air fresheners in some of the scents that the store sells bath products in. The Wallflower is really cute; it actually looks like a flower. All that is required for use is …

This is what my home has, and was proudly bought by my mother some time back. I used it too, whenever I have a dinner party, with all my friends coming, and I would use it, but with warnings to my friends to handle with care, as these …

I got so tired of dealing with my old school lawn mower, that I didn’t know what to do. I was under so much pressure when it came to mowing my lawn that I had to change up the game. I wanted something that was easy to use and …

These pillows are the softer I ever slept on (but not all I bought and I will tell you later on!). What I like uppermost, there is no —“ and I mean NO —“ odor that disturbs me very annoyingly with majority of smelly new bought pillows; so much …

My boyfriend and I recently moved into a new apartment. Not only is this our first official apartment together, but it is also a first for us in terms of how nice and comfortable it is. For the first time we feel that we are not living in a …

There are quite a bit of home fans that are used for cooling the home when you don’t want to use so much eletricity running your air conditioner. But the best fan that I have found so far is the Industrial fan. it usually runs you about 30 bucks …

Since having a child we’ve found that we’re forever short of storage space. Our daughter’s possessions seem to grow and grow, and the available room in our house, of course stays pretty constant! So we find that several of our rooms are just being over-taken with toys, …

I grew up using starch to iron my clothes. As I got older, it seemed I no longer needed or wanted to use starch. I was more of a steam will do it type of person. Only recently have I decided to bring starch back into me and my …

My husband bought me this mixer for our anniversary. I love to bake cookies and bread from scratch, and this mixer makes mixing ingredients and kneading dough much easier.
The mixer comes with three different types of beaters that can be changed out to mix your ingredients; …

Doing the laundry when it’s raining can truly be a pain in the neck especially if you don’t have a clothes dryer. Obviously, anyone wants the natural heat to dry up the clothes to keep its crisp, clean scent. But in a tropical country like the Philippines where it’s …

I picked this up at a military grocery store for about ten dollars. I’ve actually always wanted an automated hand soap dispenser. I just think it’s kind of a cool idea. Lately, though I felt it would come in especially handy because I’ve been working with poultry a lot …

We have had several different fire alarms in our home, but by far the best are the ones manufactured by Firex. Recently we underwent a complete re-wiring job and our Electrician recommended Firex alarms to me as they are less sensitive than other fire alarms and won’t go …

The Evriholder Fanny Furniture Dusting and Polishing Glove cost me under five dollars. I don’t recall how much it cost me precisely because I’ve owned it for at least seven or eight months now. It’s a housewares item that’s still available for purchase today though and it’s one that …

Even though I didn’t have a particular craft project in mind I couldn’t resist purchasing the Style Six Airbrush set by Jakks Pacific. Lately I have been toying with the idea of wall stenciling and airbrush design and liked finding an inexpensive set to practice on.
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Home maintenance is one of the essential day to day activities, faced by all individuals. When you think of maintenance, you can jolt down lot of activities, one major activity would be carpet cleaning, many of my friends pay lump sum amount for cleaning their carpet, if a female …

For most of my life, my family has used Tide detergent in the powder form. I don’t actually recall my folks using anything else and I’ve basically just followed suit. Recently, though, I tried out Tide with a touch of Downy detergent just to see if it …

For convenience, I use a lot of plastic cutlery — knives, forks, and spoons. A few years ago, I began purchasing Members Marks Cutlery — the combo package of heavy duty utensils.
The package of 390 utensils, 130 each of knives, forks, and spoons, comes in a pleasant looking …

I love the Berber carpets that I have in my bedroom and my children’s rooms. It is soft and the padding extra thick so walking on it is very comfortable. However, with three kids and pets, the carpets get dirty fast. I usually try to have my carpets professionally …

On a recent trip to town I popped in to Harris Scarfe to see their Manchester sale. It was there that I came across the Ramesses Supersoft Bamboo Cotton 400 Thread Count Sheet Set sheets. Bamboo cotton is softer than cotton as it also contains silk. The bamboo cotton …

Well let me talk about one of the cutest things I—˜ve bought for my summer collection. I love to chill on my patio and when it comes to being outside, I need to be comfortable. One of the things I said I was going to buy myself was a …

I like leather, and I won’t apologize for it. One of my favorite leather things to wear are Birkenstock shoes. I have a clog style pair of Tatami Oklahoma’s that I have had for a couple of years now. Using Brown Kiwi Color Shine on them, once a month …

The Sunbeam Warming Blanket was the second electric blanket I’ve owned in my lifetime. My problem is that it makes me nervous to have an electric-based product warming me up. I’ve just heard so many stories about blankets catching fire and such. By the same token, it’s …

A couple weeks ago I made the decision that I was going to buy myself some fabric dye since some of my clothes had begun to look washed out even though they were still in pretty good condition. This would have been the first time that I would have …

It would not be Sunday in our house if we didn’t sleep in, get the paper, and make tons of yummy pancakes. Everyone here has their own favorite combination of batters, fruits, and syrups. My dad’s a blue berry man, while mom is strawberries and whipped cream. …

I was in the store to purchase a spoon for mixing and this one really stood out to me so I decided to make the purchase. I purchased it from Wal-Mart about a month ago and at the time of purchase I paid 7 dollars for it. …

A friend of mine gave me Clean-Rite Microfiber Cleaning Towels last holidays as a gift. I thought they were not different from ordinary kitchen rags which I was used to using because they don’t look different to me.
Clean-Rite Microfiber Cleaning Towels was made by CleanRite, and for a …

I admit, as a consumer I had reservations about purchasing environmentally friendly products to clean my home. It is not that I do not want to make eco-friendly decisions, but I always assumed their “gentle” nature would not clean as well, and usually these products are more expensive. …

When I became pregnant, I was worried about inhaling toxic cleaners as I did housework, so I began looking for an effective, more human-friendly cleaner.
CitraSolve seemed to be the perfect solution, and I continue to use it even now with two children in the house. The ingredients are …

When working in the kitchen you can’t help making a mess, especially when cooking. But cleaning the mess up afterwards is always a chore, especially if you have grease and spillages on your cooker top and work surfaces. Finding a cleaner that does the job is not always that …

My husband who is supposed to take care of the minor repairs in whatever house we are living in has basically no time to do this. It is up to me to take the initiative and repair things. One thing that I appreciated about him though is his taste …

This is my favourite in the Avon Sleeptherapy range. Although I tried all 3 things at the 1 time, this is the only thing that I have kept buying as although I don’t feel that this works I do like the smell of it.
This comes in a 150ml bottle and …

I love to use bleach around the home, as it is multi-purpose and a great way to disinfect. My husband also loves the smell of bleach, for some odd reason, so we try to keep it around the house. As I always love to find bargains, I will try …

This is another great product that I have added to my cleaning routine. I love the fresh almond scent that it leaves on my furniture. I usually just spray on a couple of spritzes and start wiping away. Not having to use a lot of this product to get …

Kiwi Kleen drain cleaner is not really effective. It can remove small clogs but not big clogs. It works well for kitchen sink but not for bathroom drainage. This powder when put in the drainage pit gives a chemical smell. In case of clog, all the …

I’m going to start by getting right to the point, this stuff doesn’t work well at all. I’m very frustrated with it because when I purchase this I had just recently moved into a new apartment and I was looking for something to clean the stove with, but …

Not only are the stainless steel pots, pans and utensils by Wolfgang Puck wonderful, but they are beautiful, too! My cookware was non-stick, but poorly made, and didn’t cook evenly. When I saw different cookware sets by Wolfgang Puck on the Home Shopping Channel, and they are a pleasure …

The Airwick Oil Warmer is an okay product. I have used plenty of oil warmers and this one made by Reckitt Benckiser is just another oil warmer. There is nothing that separates it from other oil warmers.
It warms oil just as advertised. I could give it rating of …

Some time back, my previous vacuum cleaner failed, and since in my household I have kids and a dog, I had to get one in a rush. A vacuum cleaner is one of those things that I simply can’t do without in the house; with the kids spilling things …

The dollar store sells this cleaner called Awesome and it is a great multi-purpose cleaner and you can not beat the price at one dollar a bottle. I usually buy about five per month and this I use to clean everything in my house.
I use this …

When I decided to redo my bathroom in a Hello Kitty theme, one of the first things I picked up was the set of shower hooks from Target. These little hooks worked with my old shower curtain until I bought the shower curtain that comes with them. Each one …

On a recent trip in to the town I went to the Harris Scarfe Manchester sale. That’s where I saw the Deco Raven Quilt Cover Set. The good news about this quilt cover set was that it was heavily reduced.
The Double Bed Quilt set was on special for $48.95 …