Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Kitchen General Cleaning

I am cleaning up the kitchen last week. Cleaned up the stove, the microwave oven, sink and cabinets, the washer dryer, fridge and everything in the kitchen and also the washing machine and dryer which is placed near the kitchen. Most of them are easy to clean, just put some soap with water in towels and everything can be cleaned easily. Except for the stove, that is always my problem. I can't remove the stain, I think I'll be needing the steel brush to remove the stains. They looked like a thick grease that can't be removed. The washer is also one of my problem, since I am not using it most of the time, there are always water inside of it and it has unpleasant smell. All I am doing is turn it on put some soap and let it clean itself without the plates in it atleast once a week. So now the kitchen is clean again and hoping to clean it again next week to keep the cleanliness of my favorite place in the house.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Refurbishing my Favorite Part of the House- My Back Deck

Guest post written by Sharlene Benton
I spend a whole lot of time at home, but you may not say that I spend a whole lot of time in my home. See, I've always loved the great outdoors and spend a lot of time on my back deck and in my garden. You could even call my back deck my favorite room in the house. But because I use it so much, I think that it gets a little more wear and tear than the other rooms of the house. I'm sure that the elements probably don't help that any either.
I went online to try and get some ideas about what would work for some quick touch ups and renovations on my back deck. While I was doing that I saw the site www.HomeproImprovement.comand decided to get our siding redone through that website. The siding has been looking a little shabby for a while anyway, but we've been putting off getting it redone for a while now.
I'm going to find a desk that I'll be able to cover with weather proofing paint and use out there. That's one main thing that I want to make a change about the deck.

Our Apartment

Our apartment is very nice, We got it furnished already so most of the furniture was there when we moved in. We chose frnished for its not advisable to us to buy appliances and furniture yet if we have plan on moving again and looking for another house in the future.



Our unit is just enough for us, two bedrooms only and one bath and toilet. We don't want the kids to have their own toilet because we don't want them going to their bathroom alone without our supervision. All in all, the house is great!
One thing I just love and hate renting an apartment is that, you can't do anything you want. There are some rules that you need to implement like all the window blinds are always down and showing white to the outside. I wanted to have a curtain on my own and a  Window Valances in it but I can't do it. 
Those are just some of the disadvantage, but all in all, were very good in our apartment.