http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Copyright (c) 2012 Nick Vassilev A large freezer or deep freeze is a great investment, especially if you like to buy items in bulk or have a vegetable garden. However, they can take up a lot of space and they can chew through the electricity if not use... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/making-the-best-use-of-your-freezer-2421492.html 21st March 2012 During the warmer months, we tend to be more relaxed when we eat. Instead of formal candlelight dinners with floral centrepieces, we have informal picnics in the sun surrounded by fresh, living flowers. We have barbeques. We take a picnic hamper to the be... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/prevent-food-poisoning-2397687.html 09th December 2011 I know, I know. Most average guys would shy away from slathering their faces in a mask made from avocado pulp, oat meal, olive oil and ground almonds, or admitting to using hand lotion that smells delicately of roses. The occasional metrosexual type might... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/natural-grooming-products-for-men-2273192.html 10th June 2011 Birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, any occasion at all… Gifts are always welcome with anybody at any time. However, as your mother probably told you the very first time you set off to a part with a gift, having pretty wrapping is part of the etiquette o... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/gift-wrapping-green-ideas-2235487.html 18th May 2011 Cut flowers and houseplants are easy and cheap ways to bring a bit of nature inside your home (or office). They brighten the room up, often smell delicious and, in the case of houseplants, freshen the air in a room. However, you will need to care for hous... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/caring-for-cut-flowers-and-houseplant-2224275.html 11th May 2011 Having your very own lady's maid seems like the ultimate luxury for many modern women that is now totally out of reach. The closest we'll ever get to living out this fantasy is at a health and beauty spa where you get groomed and pampered within an inch o... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/advice-to-the-lady-maid-2200757.html 28th April 2011 When most of us want to store things away, we look for the good old favourites. We put clothes in the wardrobe, towels and sheets in the linen cupboard, medicines in the bathroom cupboard and everything else in cupboards and drawers. If we don't live in a... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/quirky-storage-solutions-2161162.html 04th April 2011 Call it what you will: the necessary, the powder room, the loo, the lavatory, the thunderbox, the jakes, the euphemism or other terms that aren't quite so printable, the toilet is one part of every house that is unpleasant to clean. It's unpleasant to cle... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/tackling-hellholes-the-toilet-2142591.html 25th March 2011 Marble is a beautiful stone. It is also expensive and, being a soft stone, susceptible to damage. Marble can add glamour and sophistication to a home or office, but if it should not be maintained properly, its look will deteriorate and the end result will... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/how-to-clean-and-maintain-marble-2098767.html 08th March 2011 Already, I can hear those with an environmental conscience gasping. Acid? In cleaning? Mental pictures of acid rain and its catastrophic effects spring to mind, alongside visions of yet more industrial strength acid being tipped down drains to poison poor... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/the-uses-of-acid-in-cleaning-2061810.html 23rd February 2011 You can start being green as soon as you are born - if your parents are environmentally minded, that is. If you're a new parent, you've got a lot to think about and take responsibility for, so caring for the environment may seem a little lower on your pri... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/green-babies-2013310.html 07th February 2011 So you've made the decision to move away from Mum and Dad and set up house on your own - or at least with flatmates. Congratulations! But what are you going to need to set up house? Kitchen: Flats usually come with an oven. Bare necessities are two... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/moving-into-your-own-place--what-you-need-2001651.html 02nd February 2011 The novelist George Orwell (famous for his political novels such as Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four) was picky about his cups of tea and tried to lay down the law about how to make the perfect cup of tea. His landmark essay published in the Evening S... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/the-perfect-cup-of-tea-1974432.html 20th January 2011 Some things you will never regret getting rid of when you're decluttering, downsizing or throwing out stuff for whatever reason. Clothes that are far too big or far too small, broken appliances that you're going to fix one day when you get around to it, t... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/what-not-to-throw-out-when-you-are-decluttering-or-downsizing-1974416.html 20th January 2011 Studies show that a large percentage of the household waste that reaches landfills, contributing to all the disadvantages and hazards that landfills bring, is composed of kitchen waste. Speaking as someone who's always had a compost heap and can't imagin... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/how-to-compost-1959622.html 17th January 2011 I was once responsible for tidying up my grandmother's house after she passed away. The responsibility fell on me because no other family members were game enough to take it on, because my grandmother was an incurable hoarder and clutterer. After this exp... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/keeping-clutter-free-1941090.html 10th January 2011 You can end up having to spend time in a poky room for a number of reasons. You could be in a bedsit. You could be using the small room that nobody wants as a home office, or you could be on a tight budget and a small house is all you can afford. Small ro... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/tips-for-decorating-tiny-rooms-1940250.html 10th January 2011 Carbon footprints are widely talked about when discussions of sustainability, emissions and climate change come up. The general idea seems to be that the atmosphere (or at least the proportion of the atmosphere that relates to carbon dioxide) is sort of l... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/facts-about-carbon-footprint-1930707.html 05th January 2011 "Food miles" are a concept that is often tossed around in environmentally concerned circles these days. You may have even seen celebrity chefs discussing the concept of food miles during their cooking shows, or seen advertisements that make you aware of t... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/food-miles--pros-and-cons-1923180.html 28th December 2010 Some of the medical advice given in the book is still very useful today, although some of the advice for treating some diseases is now thankfully obsolete thanks to modern immunisation - the standard treatment for rabies if someone had been bitten by a ra... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/first-aid-and-other-health-care-tips-1910323.html 20th December 2010 At some time in your life, you will need to make soup. You may need to make it because you're short on cash and need to make things stretch. You may need to feed an extra mouth or three at very short notice. You may be trying to lose weight and want the f... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/the-slapdash-cheapskates-method-of-making-soup-1898412.html 13th December 2010 I can fetch your slippers and newspaper, take you for frequent walks and defend your home from intruders, but one thing I have never quite mastered is cleaning up after myself. Sorry, Boss. Sorry, Mum. But I just don't have the equipment. I will bury any... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/cleaning-tips-for-dog-owners-1889115.html 08th December 2010 If you have children that love books, the chances are that one day they will love them to bits. Books can get torn, scribbled on or left outside in the rain (when I was a child, I once left a copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in a treehouse ove... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/how-to-repair-books-1886150.html 06th December 2010 Every time I go down to the department store (which isn't very often, admittedly), there seems to be another great gadget for doing this or that household chore. And most of them are run by electricity. If we want to cut down on our power consumption - ei... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/gadgets-that-do-not-save-power-1878971.html 01st December 2010 The nightmare task of days gone by was, of course, laundry. If you have ever had to wash a load of clothes by hand using soap rather than laundry detergent, you will know how big a task this was and why the usual practice was to set aside a whole day for ... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/laundry-and-clothing-tips-1853818.html 19th November 2010 Open fires are one of oldest ways of heating a home. There's something very primal and instinctive about an open fire. The gentle sound of the flames lapping and the flickering of the flames are very soothing. Log fires are pretty good for the environment... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/open-fires--some-safety-tips-1852936.html 19th November 2010 There's something almost instinctive about an open fire that makes them continue to be popular. Even if they aren't quite as efficient as enclosed log burners for heating your home, they still do a pretty good job. They may give off a bit of smoke, but ac... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/hints-and-tips-for-open-fires-1847488.html 17th November 2010 This article (and others about making Christmas more natural) refers to the traditional Christmas. If you have other beliefs, then do the mental editing to suit or else congratulate yourself that you do it differently and avoid a lot of the excesses. If y... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/christmas-cards--making-your-christmas-more-natural-1847372.html 17th November 2010 Very recently, the prestigious London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine released a press statement claiming that organic food has no notable nutritional benefits when compared to conventionally grown food. This was answered by a swift counter-claim ... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/the-organic-food-debate-1832428.html 10th November 2010 We don’t get as much sunshine as we really would like here in England, but that’s no excuse. Even with winter approaching, you need to make sure that you get enough sunshine. Sunlight is the main way of the human body getting the Vitamin D it needs to bui... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/go-play-outside-1816918.html 29th October 2010 It’s your turn to host a dinner party, and you want to do so in style and with charm but without compromising your principles of doing things naturally and sustainably. And you want to do it without stress – after all, stress will lower your immune system... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/naturally-good-at-entertaining-1810811.html 26th October 2010 Nobody starts out by meaning to create a cluttered home. Whether we’re starting afresh after a spring cleaning session, a New Year’s resolution or a move, we all have visions of clear spaces, tidy shelves and floors and order. But we all know what happen... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/six-top-clutter-creating-traps-1807247.html 22nd October 2010 The best things in life are free. Never has this old saw been truer than in the case of sunshine. Every day, even on cloudy days, the sun puts out 89,000 TW of solar power into the earth's atmosphere.  By comparison, global energy consumption in 2004 was... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/make-the-most-of-sunshine-1798992.html 19th October 2010 It’s amazing to think that some parents keep their children ignorant of the facts of life. Sometimes, these unfortunate children grow to adulthood never knowing these vital facts, and it can be a source of stress and tension in their married lives. No, n... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/the-facts-of-life-1793438.html 14th October 2010 Insect pests – ugh! They’re a nuisance and a health hazard, and anybody who wants to have a healthy, tidy home hates them! No wonder that one of the names for the devil – Beelzebub – means “Lord of the Flies". Flies carry disease and are particular... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/lord-of-the-flies-1788251.html 13th October 2010 The first step in avoiding Granny Flat Syndrome is to understand what it is. In a nutshell, Granny Flat Syndrome occurs when someone – not necessarily a grandmother or grandfather – moves from a larger house into a smaller one. What usually happens is tha... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/avoiding-granny-flat-syndrome-1784432.html 11th October 2010 Most of us like to be independent and think that we are competent enough to give things a go and do it ourselves. Even if we hire a domestic cleaner to do the regular round-the-house tidying, we like to think that we would be able to handle the dusting, v... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/do-not-try-this-at-home--cleaning-tasks-that-need-a-professional-1760526.html 23rd September 2010 The air filter is one of the dirtiest parts of the house. Its where all the dust, dirt, bacteria and fungus from the air gets trapped. Over time the deposits in the air filter can become so thick that the air flow through it is blocked which will not only... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/cleaning-your-home-air-filter-1756260.html 22nd September 2010 Its strange how often we forget the fact that the appliances that we use for cleaning themselves need to be cleaned regularly. Think of all the dirt that comes off all the clothes that are washed in the machine over a period of a few months. Yes, most of ... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/cleaning-a-washing-machine-1756208.html 22nd September 2010 “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: ants…rock badgers…locusts… The spider skilfully grasps with its hands and it is in kings’ palaces." So wrote Solomon in the Biblical book of Proverbs (chapter 30 v 24–28... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/how-to-clean-spiderwebs-1754496.html 22nd September 2010 When I look at the stereotype of the 1950s housewife, I think that she (a) is damn lucky not having to juggle running a house AND look after small children AND hold down a job, (b) has impossibly high standards of cleanliness. It seems absolutely ironic t... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/timesavers-for-busy-mothers-1754345.html 22nd September 2010 Nobody talks about it. Everybody keeps their lips very tightly sealed, convinced that theirs is the only child in their class who is still wetting the bed. But bedwetting is far more common than you might think – one in ten six-year olds (10%) and three o... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/bedwetting--the-clean-up-job-1754221.html 22nd September 2010 Cleaning carpets is one thing. We can all see that they get grubby very quickly and need frequent vacuuming and the rest. Thanks to gravity, spills, dead skin, pencil shavings and other bits and pieces end up on the floor. And we clean it up. But what ab... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/home-cleaning-tips-for-cleaning-walls-1752760.html 21st September 2010 All musical instruments have their own cleaning quirks. Some are easy to store away so they can be kept free from dust. Some need polishing. Some just need dusting. The wind instruments need to get all the gunk out of their insides with something like a l... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/cleaning-a-drum-kit-1752416.html 21st September 2010 Contrary to popular belief by many guys (or at least, that’s what seems to be popular belief if the guys in my family are anything to go by), laundry is not done by little fairies. The entity that has to make sure that your dirty clothes (and things like ... http://anyclean.articlealley.com/blokes-guide-to-doing-the-laundry-1752335.html 21st September 2010