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7 Ways You're Vacuuming Wrong

While your vacuum cleaner is designed to do most of the work for you, understanding how to use it properly can make a huge difference in the cleanliness of your floors. Learn what you may be doing wrong when you're performing this common household chore so that you can be on your way to fresher, better-looking carpets and other flooring.

7 Mistakes You Make Vacuuming

Make sure you're vacuuming correctly! Here are seven mistakes you might be making.

Vacuuming Tips and Tricks

This guide contains vacuuming tips and tricks. It is important to keep your vacuum cleaner in proper working order.

17 Ways You're Vacuuming All Wrong

Think you're making the most of your time while cleaning? Possibly not. Fortunately, these expert vacuuming tips will enable you to make a clean sweep.

3 Tips For Your Vacuum Cleaner

In our latest blog post, we cover several tips for your vacuum cleaner and what you should do to best keep your home clean!

Vacuuming Furniture And Other Upholstered Surfaces

This article features topics on: vacuum, furniture

Clever Pig Repeatedly Unplugs Noisy Vacuum Cleaner

A very clever pet pig named Arnold who really doesn't like the sound of the vacuum cleaner when it's running, quite deftly and repeatedly unplugged the

How to Vacuum: Yes, apparently you do need vacuuming tips!

Anyone can push a vacuum cleaner back and forth over carpet, but to do the best job possible you must follow a few vacuuming tips. After all, a vacuum is only as good as its operator. 5 Tips for Va…

The Birth Of The Vacuum, A History Lesson

7 Ways to Make the Most of Your Wet/Dry Vacuum

For too long, wet/dry vacuums have been relegated to the shop or lab, utilizing only a fraction of their capabilities. Here are seven ways a wet/dry vacuum or air mover can help protect and maintain facilities on a day-to-day basis. Spot Cleaning New advances in battery technology aren’t just for smart phones and backpack …

8 Tips for Buying the Right Vacuum Cleaner

Is it worth it to buy an expensive vacuum cleaner? A vacuum expert weighs in on what to look for when you are buying a new vacuum.

Study: Cordless Vacuums Clean Faster, Increase Efficiency

CHARLOTTE, NC—An American Institute for Cleaning Sciences study found the use of a cordless upright vacuum enabled participants to clean up to five times faster than a corded upright vacuum. We dig into the data.

The Best Sewing Tips and Tricks

I have been sewing for over 25 years! (I can’t believe that I’m that old) I’ve accumulated a lot of tips and tricks over the years. In addition to blogging here at the Polka Dot Chair I also write for eBay, helping them to increase the sewing and quilting related content on their site. Here...Read More

5 Things To Do When You Get A New Sewing Machine

Did you get a new sewing machine recently? If so, how exciting! Even if it isn’t your first sewing machine, there are a few things you should do before getting started that will make sewing so much easier. A little bit of prepping will save you several headaches during your first few projects, we promise.…

10 sewing machine tips everyone should know when they start out!

New to sewing and looking for tips to get better results from your machine? We've drawn up a list of sewing machine tips especially for you!

Five Reasons You Might Want One of Those Robot Vacuums

Technology is creeping in to our worlds slowly but surely. Now a robot is doing some of the housework.