Cleaning & Organizing
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Old Hardwood Floors
Our house is over 100yrs old and I'm pretty sure the hardwoods have never been refinished. We are planning to sell our house this spring, and money is super tight so I don't think refinishing is an option, so I'm wondering what can I use to give the floors a good cleaning, that might also give them a bit of life?
Re: Old Hardwood Floors
Steaming an old hardwood floor is the best way to ruin it, unless you know for 100% sure that the seal is airtight.
I definitely feel for you all, because our house is 98 years old...beautiful, yes, but immensely difficult to keep clean.
Try sweeping, swiffering with a cloth microfiber swiffer, then using something like a Rubbermaid Reveal spray mop (this eliminates the crawling-on-your-knes-with-a-squirt-bottle-and-towel step that we all know and love.) Just make sure you are mopping with a 1:1 ratio, so like 1 cup vinegar to 1 cup water. It will stink for about an hour, then it will be gone, but you will see your floors like you've never seen them before. For sticky spots, you can also always use a scrubby pad and a little soap and water, just dry it immediately, or at least every other minute or so, to avoid soaking the wood.
Good luck!