Green Spring Cleaning

If you are jumping on the tidying-up movement made popular by Marie Kondo’s “Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” and motivated by the season to do some “spring cleaning,” we thought we’d share some of our favorite recipes for green cleaning. These solutions are easy to make, easier on the skin and the airways than commercial cleaners, and they contain no dyes that can discolor your furniture and fixtures. If you don’t love the odor of any of these ingredients, you don’t have to bear it long because the odor dissipates quickly.

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The Center of the Home Universe

The kitchen. Intended to be a place to prepare food, the kitchen has metamorphosed into a place for many activities, in addition to preparing food, and sometimes not even used for food prep at all (some of my New York City friends store sweaters in their kitchen cabinets and shoes in the oven!). As a place to cook, bake, eat, entertain (and store items), the kitchen is the room that all others in the house seem to revolve around spiritually and in the case of an open plan home, physically.

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Depends on How you Define Necessary   

In a bathroom design, unarguably a toilet, sink, bathing ability, mirror and privacy are what we think of when we consider what is necessary in the design. There are other design element options that are perhaps not “necessary” but, arguably, really nice to have.

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Beyond Four Walls and a Ceiling

It is hard to imagine enjoying spending time outside right now with all this rain, but it won’t be long before we will want to spend all of our days and evenings outdoors. The outdoors is where many of us go for a change of scenery, to stretch our legs, to breathe deeply. Many of us also like to grill, enjoy an outdoor fire, relax with a glass of wine or a good book after work. To be able to have these tranquil experiences in our own yard is nothing short of heavenly. And it is not about the view, it is about being able to see, to see beyond four walls and a ceiling.

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When you are thinking of building a home, we want to help you build your dream home. Leave nothing to chance and let Sweiskloss help you with our design and build philosophy and construction services in Santa Monica.

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Your house may be as strong as steel, but it can become prone to natural elements such as rain and storms. Let Sweiskloss help you with ideas for rain protection for your house in Los Angeles. Get in touch now.

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Sweiskloss is one of the most loved local businesses in Santa Monica. Our firm specializes in turning your dreams into built structures through architecture and construction.

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The SweisKloss family are pet lovers, Sweiskloss has you covered in Santa Monica and around Los Angeles. Our company believes in giving back to the community with pet rescue initiatives.

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Fond of reading? Sweiskloss wants to give you some great finds. See some of Abeer Sweis' favorite reads such as the Alchemist by paulo coelho and Italo Calvino's, Invisible Cities are some of the favorites of the company in Santa Monica.

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