Not Just for Salads: Vinegar Does Wonders for Wood Floors

If you mix pets, children, entertaining and simple day-to-day life with your beautiful wood floors, you know that what you get is floors that are less than pristine.  I am speaking from experience as my 100 year old pine floors bear the brunt of the feet of many sub-contractors, my daughter’s garden … [Read more...]

Avoid a Paint Hang-Over with Essential Oil

Ever paint a room and feel like you've been injected by a flu-like contagion and then dragged behind the back of a truck?  I've been the unfortunate victim of a painting hang-over without any joy of getting there.  Happily, a friend of mine has cured my painterly blues. Probably the most common … [Read more...]

Edible Underwear to Platinum Rings

I've seen it all: crack baggies hidden behind historic Craftsman trim, edible underwear in the attic (No lie and it was still in its original packaging!), houses crawling with German roaches, toilets that dump their nasty contents into the dirt crawlspace, and foyers with giant gaping holes in the … [Read more...]