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Kitchen sponges, really the entire kitchen sink, are one of the dirtiest places in your kitchen. In fact, the National Sanitation Foundation asked 22 families in 2011 to swab some of their everyday household items. They checked these items for yeast, mold, and coliform bacteria. The NSF found the coliform bacteria, which is a family of bacteria that includes E. coli and also Salmonella, on more than 75% of the kitchen sponges or cleaning rags that were tested! Yuck!Now that we know just how gros …

Have a funky smell in your kitchen, and you’ve already checked the normal suspects: fridge, garbage cans, or the dishwasher? Try cleaning the garbage disposal. Think about all the food particles that your disposal sees and some of those might not always rinse completely away. The dark, moist environment can make your garbage disposal chamber the perfect breeding ground for germs and bacteria. Cleaning your disposal is not only necessary, but it’s also quick and easy to do.To keep your disp …

We recently had the opportunity to work on a really fun project for our customer, Karey. We dedicated a blog post to her before-and-after, and you can read that here.Working on this project with Karey has really sparked our creativity. Karey picked out some knobs that she liked, but the color of the center stones was not exactly what she was looking for. We reached out to Notting Hill Decorative Hardware to start the process of creating custom-made hardware. That’s right, we said c …

We love seeing our customer transformations. This one was super fun and a little out of the box. Karey came to us looking to upgrade the hardware on a dresser. This dresser was an antique find that a member of her family painstakingly refinished for her, and Karey really wanted to find something special for this dresser.  Here is a before picture of the dresser.She and her husband have recently purchased their first home together, and they are trying to put their own stamp on each room. Kar …

Did you know that the average American spends nearly 8 hours a day lying in bed? That amounts to over a thousand hours a year! With that amount of time spent snuggled up, our mattresses can get pretty dirty. We sweat in our beds, and we bring some dirt and grime with us when we hit the sheets. If you're like most people, you possibly even have some meals in your bed. Keep reading to learn how to get your mattress all cleaned up.To start, you'll want to wash your sheets, blankets, pillowcases, an …