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Holiday Cleaning Checklist: A 6-Week Countdown

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Get your house guest-ready without a holiday meltdown. This week-by-week holiday cleaning checklist tells you exactly what to clean, and when.

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Declutter Before the Holidays: The One In, Two Out Rule

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Gifts are coming, and they need somewhere to go. Use the "one in, two out" rule to declutter before the holidays, room by room, with zero guilt.

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Organize Kids' Rooms Before Christmas: Make Room for Gifts

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Organize kids' bedrooms before Christmas: clear outgrown clothes and toys, set up simple storage kids can use and save space for new gifts.

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Guest Room Boot Camp: Make Any Spare Room Feel Like a Hotel

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Holiday guests coming? Get your guest room or pull-out couch ready with this checklist: fresh sheets, a place to unpack and hotel-style touches.

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November House Cleaning Checklist: Get Holiday-Ready Fast

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): Your November house cleaning checklist: 15 jobs that get the kitchen, guest bath and living room holiday-ready, plus a 7-day plan and what to skip.

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Daylight Saving Checklist: 12 Fall Back Home Tasks

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Clocks fall back, so use that extra hour! A quick daylight saving checklist: smoke alarms, furnace filters, ceiling fans, dryer vents and more.

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Halloween Cleanup: Wax, Cobwebs, Pumpkin Goo & More

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): The morning after Halloween, sorted. Easy fixes for candle wax, fake cobwebs, pumpkin guts, face paint, fake blood, smashed eggs and candy in the carpet.

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15 Trick-or-Treating Safety Tips for a Fun Halloween

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Keep kids safe on Halloween with 15 practical trick-or-treating safety tips covering costumes, traffic, candy, supervision, and neighborhood safety.

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Speed Cleaning Your Home: How to Get It Done in 30 Minutes

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Short on time? Try this 30-minute speed cleaning plan to tackle clutter, bathrooms, kitchen messes and floors without cleaning the entire house.

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Halloween Stain Removal: Candy, Makeup, Pumpkin and Fake Blood

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How to get Halloween stains out: chocolate, candy, gum, pumpkin, makeup, face paint, fake blood and candle wax, from clothes, costumes and carpet.

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