Neatness Counts (NAPSA)-—-Here are hints for your home and family from the cleaning experts at Merry Maids. * Establish commandcentral, Determine a place, usually in the kitchen, for mail, calendar, bulletin board, car keys, school papers, grocery lists, ete. Every family member should have a shelf for messages and an out box for fling clutter on a daily basis. Give each family member a place to keep clutter—and keep the resi of the house clutter-free. * Make use of the mat. Use only one entry door into your home. Put a mat outside the door and a sturdy nylon mat inside to catch dirt. Rernember to shake them out and vacuum frequently. Conquer clutter. Divide clutter inte three groups: junk, charity and Twilight Zone. Get rid of the first two now, and store the third until you can decide what to do with it. * Remove temptation. Tf you pile chitter on a table near a door, get rid of the table so you’re more likely to put things where they belong. Touch up with towels. After getting the kids off to school, use an all-purpose cleaner like Murphy Oil Soap and paper towels for quick touch ups in the kitehen and bathroom to keep these rooms locking clean and smelhng fresh. * Avoid project pile up. Sort through the kids’ old art projects and throw away what you can. File what you want to keep in a shoebox to make room on the refrigerator for new projects and papers. Founded in 1979, Merry Maids provides customized residential cleaning services through more than 850 franchises and branches in the United States and 1,156 franchises worldwide. For more information on residential cleaning, visit the Merry Maids Web site at www.merrymaids.com or call 1-800-MERRYMAIDS.
