Dwell :: TIDY to the Rescue!

A few weeks back I received an adorable mailer from a new company called TIDY.  I love this concept and just had to find out more about this cleaning service that provides house cleaning options for busy families.  For example, if you want a cleaning person to only tidy up one or two areas in your house before your next party – they will do that for only $40.  I like that the services can range from a quick pick up to a very intense top-to-bottom cleaning service where everything in your home is dusted off, cleaned up and sparkly when you come home.

I wanted to find out who was behind this rather genius idea!  I always love the backstory on companies or products I think are interesting.  It turns out a young woman who use to work in the hotel industry, Kristen Schmitt, came up with this idea because she saw a need to offering services that are sorely missing in the industry.  Because she worked in client services at The Ritz Carlton, she knew the importance of providing quality customer service to the hotel guests.  She wanted to bring this to people’s homes and have them feel that after a TIDY cleaning service, they are walking into a home that not only has been cleaned well, but customer’s will find little touches like their beds made perfectly like what you find at a 5 Star Hotel and little bottles of water and mints on their bathroom counter.

It really did feel like I was walking into a new home with these added touches after Kristen was kind enough to provide me with a Mighty TIDY cleaning session that includes two people over 4 hours who clean your home top to bottom.

It was so fun coming home to a clean house (and I would hire them every day if I could) and loved the little touches.  I have to say my old sofa never looked so good!  The pillows are fluffed like what you see in a fancy hotel – love it!

And the mints and little bottles of water was so nice to see on our master bathroom counter.  Kristen talked with me about how every employee must go through a TIDY certification where they learn how to effectively and quickly clean a home.  They even use different color cloths for different rooms in the house.  What a great idea that I want to adopt into my own housecleaning.

I had a chance to speak to Kristen about her company and what advice she would give other aspiring business owners. You can also see Kristen in an interview talking about TIDY and how she came up with the idea here.

Note: We were provided a Mighty TIDY service but all opinions are our own.

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