By now you have probably heard of Marie Kondo and her method of tidying up a messy house. Kondo promotes the idea of dealing with possessions by determining which ones spark joy. Those that do, you keep; those that do not, you get rid of. It is a pretty basic...
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Tag Archives: Cleaning
How to Avoid 2020 Spring Cleaning
The approach of July indicates that spring is long gone and summer is here. The kids are off school, your family vacation is on the horizon, and you are looking forward to the hazy, lazy days that make this time of year so enjoyable. The last thing you’re thinking about...
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Spring Household Tasks Ideal for Concierge Providers
Spring is now here in full force. Those shorter days punctuated with cold temperatures and snow are in the rear-view mirror for the next seven months or so. Now it is time to get the house back in order for spring and summer. Feel free to call on My Divine...
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When Broom-Clean Isn’t Good Enough: Don’t Sweat It
How do you clean a home or apartment when you are moving out? Both sales contracts and leases usually stipulate that the property must be broom-clean. Unfortunately, sometimes broom-clean is not good enough for the people moving in. Our advice in such cases is to not sweat it. As long...
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Top 4 Reasons to Be Concerned About Clutter
This is the time of year when a lot of us begin looking around our homes and seeing clutter. For some, accumulating clutter is an annual ritual directly attributable to being stuck indoors during the winter. For others though, clutter is a chronic problem that really needs to be addressed....
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4 Strategies for Taking Down Those Christmas Decorations
By the time you read this post, the Christmas holiday should be just about over. It has been a good run, but now you have to return the house to normal. That means taking down and storing away all the Christmas decorations that have made your house so festive since...
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Things to Do Around the House Before Thanksgiving Travel
The week of Thanksgiving is one of the busiest times for travel in the US. Back in 2016, AAA estimated that some 40.7 million people would travel away from home for Thanksgiving. They raised their estimate to almost 51 million the following year. Estimates for 2018 are not out yet,...
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Top 3 Reasons to Clean Out the Garage
Here in the Northeast we have those pesky little things known as garages. Garages get pesky when they become an open invitation to fill them with lots of stuff that’s rarely used, if at all. For many of us, the garage has ceased to be a place to park the...
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Downsizing 101: Preparing to Leave the Home You Sold
Downsizing is a major task for most people. And the closer one gets to moving day, the more difficult it can be to leave behind the former house. We get it. We have helped countless numbers of people downsize and move over the years. Each case is unique in one...
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There’s Something More Personal about a Personal Concierge
Last October, the New York Times published a piece on its website comparing personal and digital concierge services. The piece made the case for using a digital concierge for certain kinds of tasks, but it also made the case that there is something more personal about a personal concierge service....
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