The Ask Anna Blog

How to make Perfect Vacuum Lines

It’s Love to Clean Friday and today I’m here with a treat! I’m sharing a video tutorial and my vacuuming tips for how to make perfect vacuum lines every time you vacuum your home! Here’s a question I received from a reader after writing my post, The Many Benefits of Vacuuming. “HOW do you vacuum to make those PERFECT vacuum lines? Probably seems like a no-brainer to you, but I can never make LONG vacuum lines as I always end up messing it up. Thanks!!” It has taken me awhile to put this post together because I really had to… Read More

Cupboard Organization and a Cleaning Tip

I’m not going to lie, organization doesn’t come naturally to me. It is through the Lord’s good graces that I was raised by a mother with such amazing natural skill. I’m sure that it is because of her that I have developed the ability to organize, despite my default. I remember sitting in my room with her on numerous occasions as she taught me the tedium of organizing every little trinket and treasure on my floor and closets. The hard part about it all, is that since it doesn’t come naturally to me, I am my worst enemy when it comes… Read More

Surprise Inside Birthday Cake and a Palace Pet Party

Yesterday my baby girl turned six. It’s cliche to say but time really does fly! We celebrated her birthday this weekend with a Palace Pet party, at the skating rink, and my first ever surprise inside birthday cake! I’m going to show you the cake first because I’m excited with how it turned out. I am Baker is one of my favorite bloggers and because I love to make cakes I am always blown away by her incredible creations! One day I want to try one of her harder cakes but for this cake I went for the quick and… Read More

The Quickest Way to Clean up Kitchen Messes

One of my favorite things about my job is getting to learn about new cleaning products. A couple years ago I did a post for Bounty and was introduced to the Bounty DuraTowel, which quickly became my new favorite paper towel and is now the ONLY brand of paper towels I buy! So you can imagine my excitement when Bounty emailed me this year and asked me if I wanted to be a part of the Bounty Quicker Picker Upper team, um, heck yeah!!! Yes, I am totally a cleaning nerd that gets excited about getting to work with new… Read More

How to Clean Silhouette Blinds

It’s Friday again (woo-hoo!) which means it’s time for another great cleaning tip. Today I’m going to show you how to clean something it took me 20+ years to finally do. In the house I grew up in we had Silhouette blinds and I always wondered why people would buy them because they seemed impossible to clean. Fast forward 20+ years later and we moved into our current home, which, of course, has Silhouette blinds on some of the windows. My first thought was to just take them out back and burn them but then I decided that wasn’t a… Read More

How to Clean Upholstered Furniture

I have been getting a jump on my Spring Cleaning this year because I have been working through a major de-cluttering project. While I have been getting rid of so many things, it has been natural to deep clean everything as I go. I was working in my bedroom last week and I remembered that I needed to clean my blue upholstered chairs. We recently purchased a leather sofa and inherited a leather library chair for our living room and they have taught me lessons about how much dust and dirt collects on our furniture on a daily and weekly… Read More