AskBrini.com: The Guest Who Won't Leave.

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Welcome to Ask Brini!

Our question today comes from "bendrix1932" from Houston, TX:
"I've thrown some delightful dinner parties only to have one or two people much later than anticipated. How do you politely tell guests it's time to leave?" ...

Thank you for your question Amber!

Giving a party, fun though it may be, can leave you open to the dreaded party straggler. These "party barnacles" are tiresome at best, however, here are a few ways to deal with them.
-- Love, Brini

So... What's Your Problem?!

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Problems with soap dish jelly? Recalcitrant egg-whites? Cranky spouse? Should your carpet match your drapes? Proper etiquette while eating a corn-dog with Republicans? What else can you do with that stripper pole in your bedroom? When is an ice-cube in your mouth a good thing? Whatever it may be, Brini is here for your every need and ready to serve you.

HOUSEKEEPING is the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a home. It is one of the many chores included in the term housework. Housecleaning includes activities such as disposing of rubbish, cleaning dirty surfaces, dusting and vacuuming. It may also involve some outdoor chores, such as removing leaves from rain gutters, washing windows and sweeping doormats. The term is often used also figuratively in politics and business, for the removal of unwanted personnel, methods or policies in an effort at reform or improvement.

HOUSECLEANING is done to make the home look better and be safer and easier to live in. Without housecleaning limescale can build up on taps, mold grows in wet areas, bacterial action make the garbage disposal and toilet smell and cobwebs accumulate. Tools used in housecleaning include vacuum cleaners, brooms, mops and sponges, together with cleaning products such as detergents, disinfectants and bleach.

Disposal of rubbish is an important aspect of house cleaning. Plastic bags are designed and manufactured specifically for the collection of litter. Many are sized to fit common waste baskets and trash cans. Paper bags are made to carry aluminum cans, glass jars and other things although most people use plastic bins for glass since it could break and tear through the bag. Recycling is possible with some kinds of litter. Examples of dirt or "soil" are detritus and common spills and stains that exists in the home. Equipment used with a cleaner might be a bucket and sponge. A modern tool is the spray bottle, but the scientific principle is the same.

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Described as part Donna Reed, part Mary Tyler Moore, Maxwell makes kitsch feel classy through her unparalleled personal flair for home design, entertaining and savvy household tips. Inspired by a divine thrift shop purchase of 1950's nesting bowls, she first began sharing her vintage/classic know-how with other Manhattanites in 1998 through her self-titled cable access television show. With an emphasis on uncompromising fabulousness, Brini quickly garnered a devoted fan base and established herself as the go-to-girl on vintage fashion and mid-century modern treasures. After five years on the local airwaves her show was picked up by the Style Network. The subsequent series has been called a delightful success and has attracted a diverse audience thorough its national platform.

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AskBrini.com: DIY all purpose spray cleaner!

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Welcome to Ask Brini!

Our question today comes from "theamberblossom" from Shelby, NC :
"Dear Brini, I make my own spray cleaner by diluting all purpose cleaners with water. My question is, is this safe? I cant help think that it leaves a residue when I clean counters. if you have an alternative, Id love to hear about it! Thanks!!!" ...

Thank you for your question Amber!

The cost of cleaners can really eat into your pin money. Wouldn't you rather spend those shekels on shoes... or that new nose? Making your own is a good way of saving dough, though you have to be careful about the chemicals you combine. A good, safe bet is combining rubbing alcohol, water and white vinegar in equal parts. The combination is a great one, two punch that leaves dirt hanging on the ropes.

Rubbing alcohol is terrific for removing stickum from almost any surface, including plastic. It will pull up even the most stubborn grime without marring or melting the surface like acetone will.

White vinegar is a wonder product! Let it soak on impossible grime in your bathtub for a day and you'll be amazed at how easily it wipes away. If it's above the water line, simply make an undiluted poultice of it with a paper towel and let it sit for an hour or so and wipe away the grime!
-- Love, Brini

So... What's Your Problem?!

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Problems with soap dish jelly? Recalcitrant egg-whites? Cranky spouse? Should your carpet match your drapes? Proper etiquette while eating a corn-dog with Republicans? What else can you do with that stripper pole in your bedroom? When is an ice-cube in your mouth a good thing? Whatever it may be, Brini is here for your every need and ready to serve you.

HOUSEKEEPING is the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a home. It is one of the many chores included in the term housework. Housecleaning includes activities such as disposing of rubbish, cleaning dirty surfaces, dusting and vacuuming. It may also involve some outdoor chores, such as removing leaves from rain gutters, washing windows and sweeping doormats. The term is often used also figuratively in politics and business, for the removal of unwanted personnel, methods or policies in an effort at reform or improvement.

HOUSECLEANING is done to make the home look better and be safer and easier to live in. Without housecleaning limescale can build up on taps, mold grows in wet areas, bacterial action make the garbage disposal and toilet smell and cobwebs accumulate. Tools used in housecleaning include vacuum cleaners, brooms, mops and sponges, together with cleaning products such as detergents, disinfectants and bleach.

Disposal of rubbish is an important aspect of house cleaning. Plastic bags are designed and manufactured specifically for the collection of litter. Many are sized to fit common waste baskets and trash cans. Paper bags are made to carry aluminum cans, glass jars and other things although most people use plastic bins for glass since it could break and tear through the bag. Recycling is possible with some kinds of litter. Examples of dirt or "soil" are detritus and common spills and stains that exists in the home. Equipment used with a cleaner might be a bucket and sponge. A modern tool is the spray bottle, but the scientific principle is the same.

MORE ABOUT BRINI! ►

Described as part Donna Reed, part Mary Tyler Moore, Maxwell makes kitsch feel classy through her unparalleled personal flair for home design, entertaining and savvy household tips. Inspired by a divine thrift shop purchase of 1950's nesting bowls, she first began sharing her vintage/classic know-how with other Manhattanites in 1998 through her self-titled cable access television show. With an emphasis on uncompromising fabulousness, Brini quickly garnered a devoted fan base and established herself as the go-to-girl on vintage fashion and mid-century modern treasures. After five years on the local airwaves her show was picked up by the Style Network. The subsequent series has been called a delightful success and has attracted a diverse audience thorough its national platform.

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AskBrini.com: Looking for Love as it Looks for You!

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Welcome to Ask Brini!

Our question today comes from "randyrh68":
"I'm a 43 year old man looking for love. I have a good life, but I'd like to share it with someone special and I'm beginning to think I won't meet Mr. Right. I can't even find a date. Can you give me suggestions on how to find love or at least a date?" ...

When love proves elusive it's time to step back. Take stock of what's wonderful in your life, cultivate gratitude, look for joy and remember that everything you need is right there in you. This may seem counter-intuitive, but if you can find your way to a place where you feel complete and content in yourself you'll be accomplishing a number of things: A. You'll be taking the pressure off - sometimes when we push too hard we actually push away what we're looking for. B. If you become content with yourself you'll be that much more attractive to someone else - they won't sense a black hole in you that they're expected to fill. C. You'll be improving the quality of your life!
-- Love, Brini

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Problems with soap dish jelly? Recalcitrant egg-whites? Cranky spouse? Should your carpet match your drapes? Proper etiquette while eating a corn-dog with Republicans? What else can you do with that stripper pole in your bedroom? When is an ice-cube in your mouth a good thing? Whatever it may be, Brini is here for your every need and ready to serve you.

MORE ABOUT BRINI! ►

Described as part Donna Reed, part Mary Tyler Moore, Maxwell makes kitsch feel classy through her unparalleled personal flair for home design, entertaining and savvy household tips. Inspired by a divine thrift shop purchase of 1950's nesting bowls, she first began sharing her vintage/classic know-how with other Manhattanites in 1998 through her self-titled cable access television show. With an emphasis on uncompromising fabulousness, Brini quickly garnered a devoted fan base and established herself as the go-to-girl on vintage fashion and mid-century modern treasures. After five years on the local airwaves her show was picked up by the Style Network. The subsequent series has been called a delightful success and has attracted a diverse audience thorough its national platform.

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Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. Love is also a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection; and "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". Love may also be described as actions towards others or oneself based on compassion, or as actions towards others based on affection.

In English, love refers to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from pleasure ("I loved that meal") to interpersonal attraction ("I love my partner"). "Love" may refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, to the sexual love of eros, to the emotional closeness of familial love, to the platonic love that defines friendship, or to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love. This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.

Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

Love may be understood as part of the survival instinct, a function to keep human beings together against menaces and to facilitate the continuation of the species.

The word "love" can have a variety of related but distinct meanings in different contexts. Often, other languages use multiple words to express some of the different concepts that English relies mainly on "love" to encapsulate; one example is the plurality of Greek words for "love." Cultural differences in conceptualizing love thus make it doubly difficult to establish any universal definition.

The Maxwell Moment: The Crown Napkin Fold

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How to fold a french style cloth napkin.

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These cerise pink napkins from my line lend themselves to the crown fold beautifully. They look a bit like tulips! The fold is very easy, and makes a nice impression on guests.

ABOUT NAPKINS:

A napkin, or face towel (also in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia: serviette) is a rectangle of cloth used at the table for wiping the mouth while eating. It is usually small and folded. The word comes from Middle English, borrowing the French nappe—a cloth covering for a table—and adding -kin, the diminutive suffix.

In the United Kingdom and Canada both terms, serviette and napkin, are used. In the UK, napkins are traditionally U and serviette non-U. In some places, serviettes are those made of paper whereas napkins are made of cloth. The word serviette in lieu of the term napkin is not typically used in American English, though, as discussed is not uncommon in Canadian English and Canadian French. In Australia, 'serviette' generally refers to the paper variety and 'napkin' refers to the cloth variety.

Conventionally, the napkin is often folded and placed to the left of the place setting, outside the outermost fork. In an ambitious restaurant setting or a caterer's hall, it may be folded into more or less elaborate shapes and displayed on the empty plate. Origami techniques can be used (replacing the traditional paper method with the serviette/napkin) to create a 3D design e.g. a crane (bird). A napkin may also be held together in a bundle (with cutlery) by a napkin ring. Alternatively, paper napkins may be contained with a napkin holder. Napkins were used in ancient Roman times. One of the earliest references to table napkins in English dates to 1384--85. 

Summaries of napkin history often say that the ancient Greeks used bread to wipe their hands. This is suggested by a passage in one of Alciphron's letters (3:44), and some remarks by the sausage seller in Aristophanes' play, The Knights. The bread in both texts is referred to as apomagdalia, which simply means bread from inside the crust known as the crumb, and not special "napkin bread".

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ABOUT BRINI MAXWELL:

Described as part Donna Reed, part Mary Tyler Moore, Maxwell makes kitsch feel classy through her unparalleled personal flair for home design, entertaining and savvy household tips. Inspired by a divine thrift shop purchase of 1950's nesting bowls, she first began sharing her vintage/classic know-how with other Manhattanites in 1998 through her self-titled cable access television show. With an emphasis on uncompromising fabulousness, Brini quickly garnered a devoted fan base and established herself as the go-to-girl on vintage fashion and mid-century modern treasures. After five years on the local airwaves her show was picked up by the Style Network. The subsequent series has been called a delightful success and has attracted a diverse audience thorough its national platform.

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AskBrini.com: Icky Pew is a Thing of the Past

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Welcome to Ask Brini!

Our question today comes from "jaygsalvador":
"What's the best way to remove foul odors that stick to your room?"

When it comes to icky pew, white vinegar can be a real boon. If it's left out in bowls around your home it will soak up the stray odors over night. Left around at a party, it will soak up the smell of smoke. This works because of the acidic nature of vinegar. It neutralizes alkaline odors lingering in the air. The same is true for baking soda. We put that in our fridge to neutralize the acidic odors in there.

-- Love, Brini

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Problems with soap dish jelly? Recalcitrant egg-whites? Cranky spouse? Should your carpet match your drapes? Proper etiquette while eating a corn-dog with Republicans? What else can you do with that stripper pole in your bedroom? When is an ice-cube in your mouth a good thing? Whatever it may be, Brini is here for your every need and ready to serve you.

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Described as part Donna Reed, part Mary Tyler Moore, Maxwell makes kitsch feel classy through her unparalleled personal flair for home design, entertaining and savvy household tips. Inspired by a divine thrift shop purchase of 1950's nesting bowls, she first began sharing her vintage/classic know-how with other Manhattanites in 1998 through her self-titled cable access television show. With an emphasis on uncompromising fabulousness, Brini quickly garnered a devoted fan base and established herself as the go-to-girl on vintage fashion and mid-century modern treasures. After five years on the local airwaves her show was picked up by the Style Network. The subsequent series has been called a delightful success and has attracted a diverse audience thorough its national platform.

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The Maxwell Moment: Brini Strips for You.

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The Maxwell Moment: Brini Strips for You! Take it Off, Take It All Off!

The Ins and Outs of Stripping Paint: Finding the Right Stripper...

Paint removal is one of those icky chores that stand in the way of the more enjoyable decorating pursuits. If the paint is piled on your woodwork with a trowel, however, it's a good idea to remove it and start fresh. There are several ways to remove paint. The method I demonstrate in this video is the heat gun. If you're removing multiple layers, it's one of the most efficient ways. The gun softens the paint so it slides easily off the woodwork with a putty knife. Follow up with a quick sanding and you're ready to apply a fresh coat.

Now my doors are wood, and the paint comes off easily, but my door frames are steel and the stripping process is a bit more tedious. The metal doesn't hold the heat in the same way the wood does, and consequently the paint doesn't slide off as easily. The bulk of it is removed with the heat gun, but the remainder must be wiped away with a chemical stripper.

Safety is a concern with any form of paint removal. Heat guns can reach in excess of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, so they must be handled with caution. Additionally, the heat can vaporize chemicals in the paint, so it's a good idea to wear a mask when using the heat gun to strip paint. Chemical strippers must be used in well ventilated areas and gloves should be worn to keep the chemicals from burning your skin.

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ABOUT BRINI MAXWELL:

Described as part Donna Reed, part Mary Tyler Moore, Maxwell makes kitsch feel classy through her unparalleled personal flair for home design, entertaining and savvy household tips. Inspired by a divine thrift shop purchase of 1950's nesting bowls, she first began sharing her vintage/classic know-how with other Manhattanites in 1998 through her self-titled cable access television show. With an emphasis on uncompromising fabulousness, Brini quickly garnered a devoted fan base and established herself as the go-to-girl on vintage fashion and mid-century modern treasures. After five years on the local airwaves her show was picked up by the Style Network. The subsequent series has been called a delightful success and has attracted a diverse audience thorough its national platform.

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