pets category

Made from corn, Osso & Co.’s Business Bags fully biodegrade in 45 days.

Woof! Woof!  $7 for 40 at Osso & Co.

A few articles of note that are worth your time:  Marianne Rohrlich curates 25 gifts for under $25 in NYT Home & Garden.  Many are perfect for the tidy person in your life, including the Tokey dustpan and brush at Unica Home.

And ‘brought to you first by Clean+istry but who’s counting’ plastic household cleaning brushes [...]

While shopping (you remember how to do that, don’t you?) for Thanksgiving, keep these 5 essential cleaning items for the holidays close by.  Yes, we can all pick up an extra bottle of liquid dish washing detergent, but some things can slip our minds.
First, have tons of extra kitchen towels on hand.  The Organic Flour [...]

The iRobot roomba, pet series, from this angle is a gorgeous appliance.  Still, we ask ourselves, does anybody actually own one?

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Speaking of pets, Jasper (Clean+istry’s own) is featured in September/October issue of Bark Magazine.

Written by Clean+istry’s alter ego (Kim Lemon), the essay recaps a moment of surprise on the streets of New York City.  Bark is available at Barnes and Noble, Borders and other fine magazine shops.

top photo courtesy of todd standley (www.toddstandley.com).

The electrolux Z9120A professional under bed bagged vacuum cleaner answers the following question: what happens when upright vacuum meets bed? Because floors beneath beds (and sofas) want to be vacuumed too.

According to the Appliancist, this is one of the flattest cleaners on the market and if wall-to-wall carpet is your thing, then an upright [...]

June 2008 is almost history. Here are links to some of our favorite posts this month.

Wicker cleaning basics
cleaning Ultrasuede® fabric
modern-twist coasters, stem markers and table placemats (pictured above)
decks look better and last longer with regular maintenance
the GE Caulk Single has killed the caulk gun
high-tech dog bath

We’re previewing the new fall line from  modern-twist this [...]

Control device manufacturer IDEC has developed a high-tech dog bath system called Wan Love Yu (”Dog Love Bath”), which eliminates the need for shampoo. Instead it relies on technology typically found in industrial water treatment systems.

Wan Love Yu features a special shower head that discharges water containing approximately 600,000 tiny air bubbles per cubic [...]

The new Scotch Fur Fighter is an object of beauty, reports Craig Nakano for the LA Times, but removing dog hair from the sofa using a traditional lint roller with the “sticky tape” is still more effective AND FUN to use.
Of course, when it comes to dogs and cats, the miele handheld turbo brush immediately [...]

crypton dog bed, by william wegman

Crypton is a fabric, first introduced for high traffic areas such as hotels and hospitals, whose stain, water and bacteria resistance is woven into the fibers. Nothing gets through the fabric to the cushion.
It’s true. Jasper has a bed made from Crypton. We are both quite [...]