If you ever wanted to buy arch window blinds, you may have noticed that their price is way higher than the price of normal, rectangular blinds and shades. You might have felt frustrated that you had to pay more, but there are a few reasons why this is happening:

First of all, we are talking about custom blinds, hence expenses that need to be covered by producing fewer units. In case of mass production, such common costs are lower per piece. Rectangular windows are pretty much the standard, therefore rectangular blinds are also very common. The more pieces a manufacturer makes, the lower the production cost.

Then, here it comes the psychological factor: people who afford home improvements customization will have higher purchasing power, so they will be ready to pay more than regular guys and even feel better for that. It’s great to be able to tell your friends how much you paid for your arched top bamboo blinds, isn’t it? Price makes them special. It’s like in case of expensive cars that are as good as cheaper ones, but perceived as luxury items because of their price.

So, it seems that even expensive blinds for arches or curved windows have their customers.

As I don’t have money to call those cleaning Merry Maids services, I’m looking for cheaper ways of getting my house cleaned for the New Year’s celebration. This is how I discovered that a good housewife needs only very few equipment to get things done in an excellent manner. With only a vacuum cleaner, some detergents, clothes and dusters, a house can become squeaky clean in less than one day. This includes also washing the windows and the doors. The easiest to clean are the kitchen and bathroom tiles, while the hardest to clean are, in my opinion, the carpets. There’s always so much dust deep inside their fibers, that it looks almost like being impossible to get it out of there. In such cases, portable steam cleaners may be the best solution. They use only water and the power of vapors to clean, so such devices are very good in case one of your family members is allergic to cleaning chemicals, or to those tiny acarians. Because the steam is extremely hot when it comes out the nozzle, it instantly kills and blows away micro-organisms and germs. In order to have more fun, my friends and I are doing a sort of a cleaning game: we gather together at each other’s place and do the cleaning together. In this way we can have fun, chat and laugh, tell jokes and have our homes clean and shiny for the year to come.

This is what I’d call private social cleaning.