MY METHOD OF GETTING THROUGH PAPERS

As I mentioned yesterday, I am in the middle of writing a long paper (and will likely be tomorrow, and the day after too, ha!). So I thought I would share with you one of the things I like do when I am stressed (and you won't believe it): it's cleaning! Yes, more often than not I share everyone's begrudging dislike of cleaning, but when things are stressful I sometimes finding tidying up to be this concrete, efficient thing that you can check off your to do list. Plus it has great, tangible results. And don't you agree having a clean house seems to make everything feel better and more manageable?


What's my point you might say? Well when I am in my cleaning frenzy, I sort of picture cleaning to be like this Method video! All pomp and circumstance and fun! The video is part of Method's Clean Happy Campaign and I highly recommend you check out all the cheery details here.


(thanks to Jordan for the tip)

METHOD & LIBMAN: GOING DOTTY

I have noticed a lot of cleaning products are starting to feature really bold designs, especially polka dots. I saw a commercial for this Method laundry detergent last week and I almost fell over at the sight of their new 'dotty' logo. I LOVE the brightly colored overlapping circles and would probably wallpaper my whole apartment with that pattern if my boyfriend would let me (though really a pillow or two might be kinder on the eyes and look better with my couch). I also LOVE the red and white polka dot pattern on the new Libman wonder mop (I feel like a commercial voice-over just typing that). The old mop only had the small dot pattern, now seen on the inside. The new mop uses the scale of the polka dots to represent different absorbencies in the fabric, giving bigger dots to the more absorbent strips on the outside. The result is a bright modern twist on an otherwise retro 1950s-era pattern. Awesome! This dot patten has also been used for the scrubbers of this green and yellow mop -- a clever and attractive solution to the intersection of form and function.

If you are interested in buying these prettily designed cleaning products check out the Method website here and the Libman website here.