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Tips

Good cleaning advice should save time, prevent repeat work, and tell you what actually deserves your attention.

The Tips category focuses on practical cleaning routines, room-by-room methods, weekly schedules, and the small changes that make household cleaning easier to manage.

You will also find advice on what to clean first when time is short, which shortcuts create more work later, and how to keep a house reasonably clean without spending half the day chasing every speck of dust.

13 published guides in this category

Woman mops the floor in a modern kitchen and dining area.
Tips · 6 min read

What Housekeepers Clean First When They’re Short on Time

A few nights ago, I had finally sat down after a long day and put on Sex and the City. Samantha was in the middle of one of those scenes where she says exactly what everyone else is too polite to say when my phone rang. It was a neighbor who lives across the street. […]

October 3, 2026 Read
Cleaning supplies, microfiber cloths, and a scrub brush arranged on a living room floor.
Tips · 10 min read

Clean a Room the Way Hotel Housekeepers Do

When you manage a team of housekeepers at a busy hotel in Manhattan, you quickly learn how important a good work schedule is. Every morning, I check which rooms are vacant and how much time the employees have before new guests arrive. After more than 25 years in hotel housekeeping, one of my most important […]

October 1, 2026 Read