Winter Clothing Blowout Clearance Sale

Blowout Winter Clearance Sale

Men's & Women's Winter Carhartt & Columbia

25% 40% or 60% off 

jackets

vests 

bibs

long-sleeved shirts

thermal layers

fleeces

sweaters

gloves 

hats 

scarves 

and more!

Clearance price designated in store.  

Blowout Winter Sale Begins Wednesday March 12, 2014

Limited Styles and Sizes 

While Supplies Last 

In Hillsville, Virginia

 

Spring/Summer Project: Spring Cleaning Checklist

For some, spring cleaning seems like a huge looming task. For others it is the highlight of the season, a time to open the windows, let the fresh air travel through their home while they tidy it up. Here is a helpful checklist for your spring cleaning endeavors?

• Grab a feather duster, clear everything off of your shelves (books, knick knacks, etc.) and dust them off as well as you can. Also this is a great time to dust all the hard to reach areas in your home such as ceiling fans, corners on the ceiling, the tops of tall appliances and top cabinets.
• Get out your vacuum cleaner and using the attachments get rid of stubborn dust on shelves and walls before wiping them down with a cloth and the cleaner of your choice.
• Using a metal polish clean the metal hardware on your windows, doors, and even knobs on cabinets and furniture that are metal.
• Take out your window screens (if they are removable) and give them a good washing. Warm water and a mild dish-washing soap is sufficient for this job. Use a brush to wash and then rinse the window screens.
• Check your curtains and drapes to see if they are machine washable, if so wash them according to instructions to remove all the dust and debris that they collect throughout the year. Wipe down blinds with a damp cloth. Have any drapes that are not machine washable dry cleaned.
• The last step in your cleaning routine should be vacuuming and shampooing your carpet. (This is so that you won't redirty the floor when you are dusting, etc.)

Spring Cleaning Bug

With the weather warm, the bird's singing, and the trees spreading their pollen everywhere, some people have been bit by the spring cleaning bug! This bug can make you crazy with the urge to clean, dust, polish, declutter, dejunk, and find things in hidden corners of your house that you had forgotten existed. While this bug's bite sounds a little scary at first, to many it is a blessing in disguise. How else can we find the time and motivation with our jobs, family, and other obligations to get our homes spotless every once in awhile?

There are so many places to clean, it is hard to know where to start. If you are going to be dusting, we recommend starting at the top and working your way down, otherwise dust from above will settle on the freshly dusted things below. And when dusting, cleaning out couches, and doing other things that will cause a stirring of age old dirt, you will want to hold off on breaking out the Dirt Devil until last. Trust us on this one. You only want to have to vacuum once.

And of course, most drapes, curtains, etc. get washed in the spring. There are many ways to wash them, if they are fragile you will want to wash them by hand. Dry clean only? Well there's only one option for those. You also will want to be careful with the ones that are machine washable, you don't want them to fade too much in the wash. Unless they are white, then you want as much color gone from them as possible. We recommend Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing for washing white linens.

And while you are dusting, vacuuming, laundering, mopping, etc. the inside of your home, don't forget about washing off siding, decks, sidewalks, and other exterior surfaces. This will help remove any of the left behind gunk from winter (anyone use salt this year? We definitely did!) Sprayers are great for cleaning things outdoors. And we have a variety of pump sprayers that would work!

We wish you luck on your spring cleaning adventures!