The Big Clean-Up: New York’s Little Elves – November 26, 2007 The annual Kips Bay designer showhouse always features some pretty nifty rooms filled with sumptuous furnishings — the finest carpets, extraordinary draperies, and countless objets and bibelots all just waiting to be manhandled and broken. The delicate task of cleaning the tchotchke-filled mansion during…Continue Reading
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Rutherford Estates Condos: A Chance to Return to Your Roots – January 22, 2006 BARBARA ROCHE FIERMAN harbors unusually intense nostalgia for the place where she was born. At age 68, she has decided she wants to buy a part of it and make it her home. Until now, that has been almost impossible at…Continue Reading
CURRENTS: WHO KNEW?; To the Rescue, Elves Who Come to Clean – December 8, 2005 A good cleaning service can rescue a home before a holiday party, or after. New York’s Little Elves, in business nearly 30 years, has a staff trained in the cleaning and handling of fine art and furniture. Clients have included…Continue Reading
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Good Question: How Do I Deep Clean My Carpets – March 24, 2005 Not dwarves. We needed a cleaning crew last week and our go-to guy wasn’t available. Who Ya Gonna Call? We got a tip to call Little Elves and can’t say enough good things about them. They came the same day in a…Continue Reading
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Cleaning Up After The Joneses – December 31, 1998 IN one swift move, the holiday season upends the typical household in a flurry of trash, drips and spills — like a scene in a snow globe. Just as the house starts to settle from Hanukkah and Christmas, New Year’s Eve hits. There’s now enough candle…Continue Reading
Yes, They Do Windows, Sometimes on Pointe – April 21, 1991 Jessica Weber still sighs in amused disbelief when she recalls the occasion a year or so ago when she was interviewing housecleaners for her 1,850-square-foot loft in Greenwich Village. One of the contenders was just about to get the thumbs-up sign when she announced,…Continue Reading
WHERE TO FIND IT: Warriors in the Battle Against Grime – December 14, 1989 ”WE’RE the little elves,” said Vance Baxter Vogel, president of the Little Elves professional housecleaning service in Manhattan. They do not wear green caps and pointed shoes, but Mr. Vogel or one of his 12 employees will whisk into a house…Continue Reading