Your house is a mess. You have no free time. You hate to clean. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Over 100 million people in the US and Canada feel the same way. As you plan to hire house cleaning services, here are some tips that will make your experience even better. Remember that …

— plain olive oil is great for cleaning and polishing wood surfaces, though you can use a cheaper grade than what’s used for cooking. Most green cleaning recipes call for some combination of olive oil and lemon or vinegar (yes, you’re cleaning with salad dressing — for a floor you could eat off). The ratio …

Nasty rings in the toilet bowl are cause by hard water mineral deposits. To remove those toilet bowl rings, you can use either full strength white vinegar, a commercial mineral deposit remover, or if the deposits are heavy a pumice stone, will do the job quickly. First, turn off the water supply to the toilet. …