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The Story: Annie’s will always give you our best effort! This oven took over 10 hours total to perfect, over the course of biweekly cleanings. Our client is allergic to chemicals which is how the oven built up.

Ashley had quite the job on her hands, because our precious client needed us to clean the oven with All natural products! The before and after results that you see here, were achieved with ONLY hot water, lemon and baking soda. Even though it took weeks to get her oven back to 100%, my client, Ashley and myself, are still in disbelief! It’s truly an honor to serve this community!

The Story: It took us 3 hours to clean this oven, but my precious client was about to throw it out due to her food tasting funny from years of buildup. She had let go of her home in more ways than not after she became gravely ill, and it was a true honor to bring her oven and home back to life. I can definitely understand how hard dealing with illness in your early 80’s can be. She had already given up and was convinced she would have to buy a new oven and spend more than she could afford on her fixed income.

It took 2 separate days of 8-hour cleanings. She laughed and cried with us, made grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch and showed us 1000+ photos from back in the day. I chatted with her for a few hours the first time we spoke, didn’t even realize how much time had passed. She had definitely seen the rougher end of life, and at such a vulnerable age. This is why we do what we do for people! It brings me great pleasure to know we’re making a difference in people’s lives. My client’s home was becoming too much for her to handle. She needed someone to come in and help without charging to even make a dent in what she needed done. It’s an honor and privilege to be able to provide what we do. Thank you to her and to all of you.

The Story: Deep cleaning is so important for your mental health, and we all know a lot of the time, we don’t have the time we need to do it as often as we would like. In some ways, clutter and mess is linked to negative emotions like confusion, tension, and irritability while an organized home tends to produce more positive emotions like calmness and a sense of well-being. To the brain, clutter represents unfinished business, and this lack of completeness can be highly stressful for some people. This fact is especially true when people have significant concerns pressing in on their lives.

Clutter and mess can create more stress and anxiety, but by cleaning, organizing, and reducing the clutter, people are able to take control of their environment and create a more relaxing environment that helps them focus better on the more pressing issues in their lives. Research has found that a clean and organized home can have a number of positive effects on your mental health. For example, it helps you gain a sense of control over your environment and allow your mind the safe space to process thoughts in a clean environment. It also has been found to improve a person’s mood as well as provide a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. There are an unbelievable number of reasons as to why a clean home can help you be less stressed. When people feel like their life is out of control or they are struggling with some uncertainties, a clean home can be a way to assert some control in their life. A clean home gives people a sense of mastery and control over their environment. Also, clutter and disorganization can be really distracting and make it hard to focus or complete other projects and you can start to feel stuck in a rut. So, if you’re feeling an urge to clean and declutter when you’re stressed, your mind and body is probably looking for a way to bring some order to your environment.