Spring Cleaning Edition: Secrets of a Truly Deep Clean

Deep clean your house and you’ll brighten rooms and help maintain your home’s value.

De-bug the light fixtures

See that bug burial ground within your overhead fixtures? Turn off the lights and carefully remove fixture covers, dump out flies and wash with hot soapy water. While you’re up there, dust … Read the rest

Spring Cleaning Edition: 8 Dirty Secrets in Your Home

Steel yourself: We help you expose — and purge — your home’s dirtiest little secrets.

Deep breath …

1. Cruddy undersides of rugs

2. Disgusting disposal

3. Greasy kitchen vent hood

4. Crumby kitchen crevices

5. Grimy fans and ceilings

6. Grungy toilets

7. Debris-filled crawlspace

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Open House: 109 Fox Trail, Sadsburyville on Sunday from 1-3

This Sadsbury Village, Ryan built town home is waiting for you! 10 years old, and it backs to open space. It is featuring a large first floor foyer leading into family room, a 1/2 bath with a pedestal sink, laundry, coat closet and garage access (the garage has storage shelving … Read the rest

Fair Meadow Farm

Fair Meadow Farm, a photo by fred weyman on Flickr.

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This meadow, 3 miles south of West Chester in Chester County, Pa, is where the first skirmishes occurred in the Battle of the Brandywine, the largest battle in the Revolutionary War.

The unusual olive color of the

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Brandywine Sunrise

Brandywine Sunrise, a photo by fred weyman on Flickr.

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When I stepped outside about 45 minutes before sunrise I saw a low wavy deck of clouds with a bit of clearing in the east. I knew right away that in about half an hour it could be … Read the rest

Abiah Taylor Barn from Cope's Hill

Abiah Taylor Barn from Cope's Hill, a photo by fred weyman on Flickr.

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In the floodplain of the east fork of Brandywine Creek (the line across the center), just a few miles upstream of the Revolutionary War's Brandywine Battlefield, the Abiah Taylor Barn (1753) is the oldest working barn in Pennsylvania. It is home to four small burros, two of which are barely visible. Except for the fenced in pasture, almost all of the visible land is part of the Natural Lands Trust's Stroud Preserve in Chester County, PA.

Three Simple Rules

Three Simple Rules, a photo by TimothyAlex on Flickr.

Three Simple Rules