All clean+istry posts from September, 2008

clipper mill pop-up sponges

September 30th, 2008

Clean+istry can no longer keep Clipper Mill Pop-Up Sponges to ourselves.

Several weeks ago on our well documented trip to Conran, a sales representative noticed our package of 10 pop-up sponges for $6.00 by Clipper Mill and remarked that it was her favorite item in the store.
That’s quite a statement considering Conran’s inventory of VIPP bathroom [...]

rid UNWANTED ODORS

September 30th, 2008

It’s hard to know what to post on the morning after a day like yesterday, but we did find this article on how to rid UNWANTED ODORS…from your refrigerator.  Good article from the Dallas Morning News on what to do when the lights go off and food spoils.

the dino, by lincoln kayiwa

September 29th, 2008

Clean+istry thought we knew how to dress a closet until we met the Dino, by Lincoln Kayiwa.

How amazing would this system be in your front hall, greeting your guests?  Or maybe just greeting you.

For public spaces, for private spaces, for adults, for kids.

For parties…

The numbering system keeps things orderly and civilized.

Lincoln Kayiwa runs KAYIWA, a [...]

forgive us more

September 26th, 2008

Our apologies again, dear readers.  Last evening Clean+istry spent 1 hour on the telephone with Time Warner Cable’s automated help desk and then for another 30 minutes with an actual, live humanoid.  The interaction with the machine was far more productive and pleasant.
Believe us when we tell you that this is not a ploy to bail [...]

technical difficulties

September 25th, 2008

RoadRunner is moving at stagecoach speeds, preventing Clean+istry from posting this morning.  We hope to be up and running tomorrow.  In the meantime, think clean thoughts.

electrolux design lab ‘08 finalists: invent, baby, invent!

September 24th, 2008

The Electrolux design lab ‘08 finalists have been announced with the rallying cry ‘invent, baby, invent!’.  The task, open to industrial design students across the globe, was to conceive of products for production in a 3-5 year time horizon with the internet Generation in mind.  The winner will be announced in Zurich on October 9.

For [...]

protect your home’s paint: don’t touch the walls

September 23rd, 2008

Clean+istry’s mission is to guide its readers in the care, maintenance and intelligent selection of materials for the home.  As the reality of more challenging economic times settles we will refocus energy on “maintenance”.  What are the home care costs that can easily be avoided?

One of the easiest solutions for maintaining the beauty of your [...]

redecker radiator brush

September 22nd, 2008

The Redecker Radiator Brush is far more than a radiator brush.

We don’t actually have radiators.  But we DO have air circulating intake fronts with a rather small, difficult-to-clean grid pattern about 1/2 inch thick.  And we DO have a sofa with narrowly lined wooden slats, making them a dusting challenge.  And we DO have a [...]

pull out recyclers

September 19th, 2008

Pull out recyclers make recycling convenient each time you reach for the garbage.  And that, quite frankly, is the only way an occasional jar of used mustard doesn’t land in the non-recyclables from time to time because ‘really, it’s just one jar of mustard’.

The pull out recycler from Simple Human has a pre-welded frame requiring [...]

comments, please

September 18th, 2008

For some time now, Clean+istry has wondered why its readers have been so vocally absent, leaving few, if any, comments about our posts.  After all, we take our imperious positions on issues of cleanliness seriously.  They are designed in part to provoke outrageous agreement or mild protest.  For instance, we felt that this week’s earlier [...]

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