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Spring Cleaning Has Arrived!
Finally – the days are longer, the temperatures are warmer and the sun is shining! This the perfect prompt to deep clean and organize our homes. There’s no place like a clean home!
Better Homes & Gardens has compiled A Spring Cleaning Checklist: The Ultimate Guide to a Tidier Home. Complete with a printable check list, it even includes nooks and crannies of your home that might usually be overlooked. Our favorite tip is #5! Check out the spring cleaning checklist here.
BONUS LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Don’t have the time or the energy to spring clean your home? Maid Perfect would be happy to help! Find out more about this 33 year-old, locally owned quality cleaning service here.
Additional Items To Clean That May Normally Get Overlooked
- Mattress cleaning (we can help with this!)
- Upholstered furniture cleaning (we can help with this!)
- Area rug cleaning (we can help with this!)
- Shower curtain & curtain liner
- Large comforters, quilts and pillows
- Moving and vacuuming under furniture
- Toys
- Reusable grocery bags
- Makeup brushes, tools & makeup bags
- Changing your furnace and humidifier filters
- Your cleaning tools themselves!
- Garbage bins – a locally owned company called The Pampered Bin can help with this. Visit their website here.
- Air duct cleaning – a locally owned company called Quality Air Duct Cleaning can help with this. Visit their website here.
Find more tips below, including what NOT to use to remove spots from carpet, in our Tip Of The Month section
Don’t Forget to Spring Clean Your Garage Floor
Indiana winters can do a number on our garage floors. Whether your floor is concrete or has an epoxy coating, the dirt, mud, and muck from our cars and shoes can build up over time.
A clean garage floor means less dirt is tracked inside, which can help keep the rest of your home cleaner.
Did you know we’ve been cleaning concrete and epoxy garage floors for years? Spring is a perfect time to clean up your garage floor after the long winter.
Learn more about our process and pricing, plus see before and after pics of our work here!
How do your carpet, furniture, rugs, and tile look after the winter?
Get a jump on your spring cleaning!
To schedule an appointment for any of our Expert Cleaning Services:
Who Wants to Win a $15 Gift Card??
Your chance to win is greater than you think!
How many years will Alan & Audrey be married on April 19 of this year?
A. 3 years
B. 5 years
C. 7 years
D. 10 years
Hint: Find the answer on our About Us page.
Hint #2: They got married the same year the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral and the same year the Sochi Winter Olympics were held.
Respond with your answer by emailing office@distinctivefw.com or text 260-250-4664.
A random winner will be drawn for a $15 gift card to your favorite locally owned Fort Wayne business on April 16!
The winner will be announced on our Facebook page.
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March Trivia:
Which golf course did Hall of Fame golfer, Jack Nicklaus, help design here in Fort Wayne?
Answer: Sycamore Hills Golf Course – Read more about the course here
Congrats to our winner who chose a gift card to Fancy & Staple!
We met this adorable fluffy puppy recently while cleaning carpet for a fantastic local family. He was cuddly and sweet, which made it hard for Audrey to put him down and get some work done!
Are you looking for a Goldendoodle just like this to add to your family? Locally, we recommend this puppy’s local, quality breeder at Graber Puppy Lodge. Visit their website here to learn more about them and their dogs.
P.S. Do you already have a dog or cat? Have they had some accidents recently? Noticing an odor? We can help with that! Learn more about our pet stain and odor removal services below.
“Before moving into my new home, I knew I wanted to have my tile and grout floors cleaned. The only professional I would trust to do the best job was Alan at Distinctive. He cleaned all the floors throughout my house and made it look like new again! Not only did he do a fantastic job but he was very professional, moved items I needed moved and gave me great tips on how to clean my floors in the future. I always recommend Distinctive to anyone who needs carpet or tile cleaned. You will not be disappointed by their cleaning service and customer service!”
– Mrs. Rebennack
Thank you for the kind words. It was a pleasure working for you!
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Epoxy Garage Floor Cleaning – Before
Epoxy Garage Floor Cleaning – After
This epoxy garage floor cleaned up great!
We cleaned the flooring in this Fort Wayne home in preparation for its sale. The cleaning of the epoxy garage floor couldn’t be overlooked.
The new homeowners can rest assured that every square inch of this home is now freshly cleaned and move-in ready!
Despite What You Read On The Internet… Avoid Using These Products for DIY Carpet Spot Removal
Baking Soda
While this may absorb some moisture which activates pet urine odor in your carpet, the powder will clump up and becomes difficult to remove. Baking soda treats a symptom (odor), but the real source of the odor will remain.
Real World Story – We Can’t Make This Up: When Distinctive arrived to clean a home, the carpet was cloudy white and caked full to the backing with baking soda that our client had applied! After lots of extra rinsing and extracting, the baking soda was finally rinsed away. Then, we used our professional oxidizing deodorizer solution to remove the source of the annoying bad smelling odor.
Dish Soap
While this may help remove a spot from the surface of the carpet, if the soap is not completely rinsed and extracted from the carpet, it will leave a sticky residue that will attract dirt later.
Real World Story – We Can’t Make This Up: Distinctive was called to help a client with blood spots on their carpet. Before we arrived, they tried to remove the spots with dish soap. Unfortunately, the blood spots were still there and the carpet around the spots was blue from the dish soap. When we began cleaning, the spots foamed and sparkled white from all of the dish soap that was still in the carpet. We applied a defoamer and rinsed multiple times. In fact, we ended up spending more time removing the foam than the blood spots. Thankfully, after some professional TLC everything cleaned up great.
Bleach
Some fibers like polyester and olefin may not be affected by bleach, but color will be removed from nylon and natural fibers like wool.
Real World Story – We Can’t Make This Up: The picture below shows the results of using bleach to attempt removal of pet stains from carpet. Unfortunately, the pet stains are still there and the color on the carpet fibers was permanently bleached. The carpet must either be re-dyed or replaced. Distinctive has professional specialty solutions to remove spots and stains without causing damage. (Bleach is not one of them!)
See our DIY Spot Removal Guide here to safely clean spots
Don’t Forget to Clean Behind the Furniture
Out of sight, out of mind! Sometimes we may think the area behind furniture stays clean because nobody ever goes back there and we can’t see it. The fact is, it can look just like the picture below – full of dust, dirt, lint, forgotten items and who knows what else.
When spring cleaning this year, move your furniture from its place to vacuum, dust and clean behind it. You’ll soon find that you’ll be breathing easier!
Some furniture isn’t always practical to move, but if it has legs and at least six feet of clearance, we can clean under it without moving it! Or we can move your furniture on sliders, clean under it, move it back into place and protect the legs/base of the furniture while the carpet dries.
Carr’s Lawn & Landscape
Now that spring has arrived, it’s a great time to clean up your yard and landscaping. Locally, we recommend Carr’s Lawn & Landscape for your outdoor maintenance needs.
Carr’s is a full-service lawn, landscape and property maintenance company and they’ve been serving their Fort Wayne area customers since 1999.
Whether you need professional assistance to beautify your lawn and landscaping or you just don’t have the time to dedicate to making your lawn beautiful, contact Carr’s for your outdoor needs!
See Who Else We Recommend…
Check out our favorite local service providers here
Check out the sites below to find out what’s going on this month in and around Fort Wayne:
Current Featured Event: The Great American Clean Up will be on Saturday May 1, 2021. Getting involved is easy. Learn how here!
Visit Fort Wayne
Downtown Fort Wayne
Current Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Parks Spring Fun Times 2021 Brochure
Whatzup
Fort Wayne Trails
DNR’s 2021 Indiana Recreation Guide
From our family to yours, we wish you another month of health & happiness!
