Home Improvement Tips - Green Cleaning The Easy Way

By Andrew Jenkins


There is always some kind of home improvement project you can find to do. The beginning of any home improvement should be a thorough cleaning, if you really want to raise its value. You should realize by now, that the traditional cleaners you have been using are harming your home with all of the chemicals being pumped into the air.

Because of that, changing to green cleaning methods, is one of the best home improvements you can make. You can increase the value of your home by using green cleaning methods, and this article will show you a few of them.

A finished basement is an investment that never stops giving back. By making a basement finished, you are creating extra room for you and your family. The essential materials can be bought from discount stores. Some sources say that a finished basement can increase the resale value of a home by 30 percent or more.

An air conditioner may stick out like a sore thumb in your garden decor, but it is a much needed appliance in many climate regions. You can hide this with a trellis or latticework if you want to. You could also try some tall, aesthetic grass, such as pampas grass. It's important, though, to leave at least a foot between the plant's roots and the unit.

Work on painting the room before you make any other improvements. Painting your ceilings and walls will go faster and easier if you get it done before installing your flooring. No matter how well you try to protect your new floor, it will be almost impossible to avoid getting paint on it.

It is important to never used furniture polish for anything. When people make furniture polish, harmful chemicals are often used. These chemicals are bad for your health. They are bad for the air. You should also be concerned about the structural integrity of anything you clean with the substance. A more natural green alternative would be to combine one part lemon juice and two parts olive oil to make furniture polish that is natural. Use a soft cloth to rub the mixture into your furniture. This will create a nice glean and will be far better for the health and structure of everyone and everything involved. It also smells much better than any sort of chemical based furniture polish you can find. If you don't do the work, nothing will get cleaned, but if you do it wrong, it won't get as clean as it should. Once you give your house a thorough cleaning, you will have a much better idea of what home improvement projects you need to do. Using bad cleansers can be harmful to your health and the health of your home, so by changing to green cleansers will have the opposite effect.




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