Weekly Home Tips

If you have a front load washing machine and you’ve never cleaned the drain pump filter… this is your reminder.

That tiny little emergency drain hose will dump way more water than you think, and the first time I cleaned mine, I ended up with water all over the laundry room floor.

Now I keep a mason jar in the laundry room, slide it right underneath the hose, drain the water slowly, clean the filter, and I’m done. No puddles. No towels on the floor. No mess.

Such a simple little laundry room hack, but it makes a huge difference.

For those who don’t know, Round Top, Texas opens up twice a year to miles of antique vendors, vintage finds, hidden treasures, beautiful pieces, and occasionally… really beautiful sales pitches. 😂

What’s funny is the reason I even started using the Google image search camera on my iPhone years ago had nothing to do with vintage shopping.

It actually started through my cleaning business.

I would have Downtown Austin clients with specialty flooring, natural stone counters, or unique surfaces that even THEY didn’t know the exact material or finish of. Before I cleaned anything, I wanted to know exactly what I was working with so I could research the safest way to properly care for it.

So I started using the Google image search camera to identify surfaces, materials, finishes, and products before cleaning them.

I just personalized this for my antique shopping. 😂

Now before I buy vintage pieces, I use it to figure out:
• if something is truly rare
• what it’s selling for elsewhere
• whether the “designer story” is accurate
• if it’s mass produced
• or if someone simply got creative with pricing

I think attention to detail follows you everywhere.

Whether I’m caring for luxury condos in Downtown Austin or walking through Round Top antique fields, I’ve learned that experience usually comes from being willing to slow down, research, and look a little closer.

If people only knew what you actually went through to get it done

It’s such trickery to make us automatically use the hole the manufacturer wants us too.

They get us to use more product

And we end up using more than we need

Which then causes us to rebuy the product more often than necessary.

So I’ll stick to being a pen tap popper.

If it’s not scheduled it’s not
getting done enough
👀
and that gives too much time
🤧for dust to clog,
🦠grime to slime,
🪰and sinks to stink.
🗓️
So I put a schedule alert to clean all the filters around my home on the first or last weekend of every month.

Who else fights with this when making the bed?

Before you get mad and say I removed the patina don’t worry.

It will return naturally very fast.

But what wont return fast is the water and soap marks that are usually left behind after out clients use this powder bathroom.

I used the Flitz Polishing & Buffing Products specifically the Flitz Faucet Wax+
and the Instant spray.

I appreciate that it works fast, rinses easily and leaves or downtown condo cleaning clients happy.

Why?