Do you know the snow method? Not for NYC, but maybe for the new house you are building? I read this from one of the top antique rug experts a long time ago and have used on my all-wool Persian rug (15 x15ish) ... you take it out after a fresh snow--and it has to be a really cold, cold dry snow--in the teens. Put it face down and beat it with broom. The snow absorbs the dirt, but is cold and dry enough at those temps not to soak your rug. Works like magic.
I recently had a similar realization after moving to a new city and watching my giant sofa bed getting handled by movers....this sofa has been in my life for 10 years and moved across country twice....besides vacuuming and spot cleaning....it has never been professionally cleaned. Your post inspired me! I hope to find a green cleaner for this job! It would help make the satisfying result even more sweet. Thank you for the playlist. I'm going to put it on today, there is so much more unpacking and organizing/setting up to accomplish this weekend. I love the Pointer Sisters! (and George so so much. I'm saving the Wham documentary as a reward for completing unpacking). Have you listened to The Pointer Sisters (and their brother) on the Questlove Supreme podcast? It is truly delightful. Their stories made me smile a million times over. Worth a listen!
The Pointer Sisters! If that wasn’t just the icing on the cake! Getting ready to do some major restyling at our place which will also mean some epic cleaning. I need all the motivation I can get. I like the snow method- there’s a lot of that where I live.
I went down that George Michael rabbit hole recently as well after watching the Wham documentary. What a loss for the world. His voice and songs were simply the best!
"And so, together, we poured the filthy carpet water down the toilet and giggled like old friends. It was black as tar and seemed to carry with it every bad piece of advice, mistake, or impulse buy I ever made (not to mention every hour spent watching Billions or Emily In Paris). That’s what I told myself as we flushed."
For All You Cleaning Freaks Like Me
Do you know the snow method? Not for NYC, but maybe for the new house you are building? I read this from one of the top antique rug experts a long time ago and have used on my all-wool Persian rug (15 x15ish) ... you take it out after a fresh snow--and it has to be a really cold, cold dry snow--in the teens. Put it face down and beat it with broom. The snow absorbs the dirt, but is cold and dry enough at those temps not to soak your rug. Works like magic.
I recently had a similar realization after moving to a new city and watching my giant sofa bed getting handled by movers....this sofa has been in my life for 10 years and moved across country twice....besides vacuuming and spot cleaning....it has never been professionally cleaned. Your post inspired me! I hope to find a green cleaner for this job! It would help make the satisfying result even more sweet. Thank you for the playlist. I'm going to put it on today, there is so much more unpacking and organizing/setting up to accomplish this weekend. I love the Pointer Sisters! (and George so so much. I'm saving the Wham documentary as a reward for completing unpacking). Have you listened to The Pointer Sisters (and their brother) on the Questlove Supreme podcast? It is truly delightful. Their stories made me smile a million times over. Worth a listen!
The Pointer Sisters! If that wasn’t just the icing on the cake! Getting ready to do some major restyling at our place which will also mean some epic cleaning. I need all the motivation I can get. I like the snow method- there’s a lot of that where I live.
I went down that George Michael rabbit hole recently as well after watching the Wham documentary. What a loss for the world. His voice and songs were simply the best!
The “flushing”! Definitely using your playlist to clean this weekend, Destination Unknown and Torn two very favorites and the rest of the list 🙌
"And so, together, we poured the filthy carpet water down the toilet and giggled like old friends. It was black as tar and seemed to carry with it every bad piece of advice, mistake, or impulse buy I ever made (not to mention every hour spent watching Billions or Emily In Paris). That’s what I told myself as we flushed."
This...
This is so great.