Nashville Brighthouse Blog
At Nashville Brighthouse, we want all of our clients to have an arsenal of cleaning tricks up their sleeves, in addition to our services, to keep their homes clean and safe, which is why we spend a great deal of time keeping this blog up-to-date. We encourage you to use these weapons of cleaning in your own homes and to revisit this blog frequently, as it is updated weekly.
How to Clean a Keurig: Descaling Fixes the Taste, but the Clogged Needle Fixes the Short Cups
Keurigs are built for convenience. Pop in a pod, press a button and you have coffee in under a minute. That speed is exactly why so many of them go years without a proper cleaning, until the coffee starts tasting off or the machine only fills half your mug. Here is...
How to Clean a Mattress: Match the Cleaner to the Stain, and Keep the Foam Dry
You spend about a third of your life on your mattress, and you probably clean it far less than you clean your kitchen floor. Over the years it collects sweat, skin flakes, dust mites, and the occasional accident from a sick kid or a long night. You cannot throw it in...
How to Clean a Dishwasher With Vinegar and Baking Soda: Why Clean Dishes Don’t Mean a Clean Machine
It seems like a dishwasher should clean itself. Hot water and detergent run through it every day, so how could it get dirty? But open the door on a machine that has not been cleaned in a while and you might find a cloudy film on the walls, a gray rim on the gasket,...
How to Clean Walls Without Stripping the Paint: The Sheen Decides How Hard You Can Scrub
Walls get dirty slowly, so you rarely notice until the light hits them just right. Then you see it all: handprints by the light switch, scuffs along the hallway, a gray haze in the kitchen and something a toddler drew at exactly knee height. The hard part about...
How to Clean a Coffee Maker With Vinegar: Hard Water Sets the Schedule, Not the Calendar
If your coffee tastes a little more bitter than it used to, or your machine takes longer to fill the pot, the problem probably is not your beans. It is the inside of the coffee maker, where minerals from your water and oils from old coffee build up a little more with...
How to Clean a TV Screen: Dry Cloth First, Never Spray It, and Don’t Forget the Remote
A smudged TV is one of those things you stop seeing until the screen goes dark. Then the fingerprints, the dust and the mystery streak from a toddler's snack all show up at once, lit by the lamp behind you. Here is the problem: the instinct most people have is the...
