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A messy bedroom can add to everyday stress and anxiety and interfere with your quality of sleep. Your bedroom should be a refuge at the end of a long day, a clean space to relax without stirring up a mess. Unfortunately, bedrooms filled with dirt and grime can make it impossible to lounge in peace, especially if you live in a small space like an apartment. Cleaning can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be.
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D. A. Burns and Green Cleaning
Lydia from the U District recently asked: Is D. A. Burns a green cleaning company? Yes Lydia, we don’t use green as a big point in our advertising, because we think we’re just doing business the right way. Everyone makes “green” claims anyway. What does that mean? Green practices are typically defined as: Using products or…
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Trouble Tile
Custom Concrete Tile From Hank in Redmond: “I saw a tile on a home repair show that I really liked. I ordered some for a bath remodel and the installer said it wasn’t right for use in a shower. Why would they use it in a shower on the show?” The producers of home repair…
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Trending Back To Carpet
Home flooring has been trending toward the installation of larger areas of hard-surface flooring for the past twenty+ years. Hardwood, stone and tile flooring gives the impression of elegance and maybe the feeling that a more premium construction quality was used throughout the home. Having high-quality flooring can add resale value, prompting many homeowners to select…
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Spring Is On The Way
That time of year we’ve all been waiting for is here! It’s the beginning of the traditional “clean and organized” season. If Spring cleaning is on your mind you may be dreading even getting started, but home organizing and cleaning pros have some tips for giving your living spaces a fresh start. Step 1 Take a few…
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Color Matching
Questions of the month: Will the edge binding match the color of my rug? What can we do if the caulk color isn’t an exact match for my stone/tile grout? Finding an exact match is rare, but we carry enough colors that selecting one that looks right is not too difficult. The rule of thumb…
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Winter Care For Your Outdoor Fabrics
While we offer cleaning and winter storage services for outdoor cushions and patio umbrellas, we know that many customers like to store their outdoor cushions at home. If you plan to store your outdoor living fabrics for the winter, we have some suggestions that will make returning those cushions to outdoor use a better experience.…
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Distressed Rugs: A Trend That Has Taken Root
A few years ago, we wrote about the “distressed” rug trend that had reached such a high interest level that older, but maybe not collectible, rugs were becoming more difficult to find. To capitalize on the trend, newer rugs were being “distressed” by a variety of processes to make them look older, and manufacturers were…
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The Great Garage Find: What To Look For When Buying Rugs From Individuals
Many customers bring in rugs for cleaning and repair assessments after they’ve purchased a rug from an individual. They say that discovering something unusual can be a fun part of their decorating story, and bargain pricing makes it worth the risk. If you’re going to do some thrifting at estate and yard sales, here are…
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“Staying At Home” – Breaking Routines
How many times have you heard “unprecedented” or “in these uncertain times” recently? What began as phrases to describe scientific unknowns about a virus became part of an explanation for those struggling to make the best decisions they could, given those unknowns. We’ve had to learn new ways to do a lot of things, from hand…
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