Category: Tips

House Cleaning Tips

How to Clean Your Washing Machine

  1. It’s recommended that you clean your washing machine at least once a year, so it’s a great task to add to your Spring Cleaning list! Our step-by step tutorial will make the process fun and stress-free! (Promise!)
  2. We all know that cleaning a microwave can be a daunting task.  It’s a time consuming, smelly task and can require a lot of elbow grease to get the job done. But if you Steam Clean your Microwave it will be left smelling great and grime-free in no time!
  3. If you’ve ever had to change a duvet cover, you know what a pain it is.  But after watching this video on How to Put on A Duvet Cover from Crane and Canopy, you’ll wash your duvet ten times more often! This seriously changes everything!
  4. Here is a simple trick on how to clean your vents AND make them super easy to clean in the future.
  5. You’re only one hour away from having your kitchen appliances sparkling like new! Here is our step-by-step method on cleaning your microwave, dishwasher and refrigerator in 1 hour!
  6. If your fridge needs even more TLC, here are 3 refrigerator cleaning tips you do not want to miss!
  7. Learn how to clean the oven glass in an easy way that takes less than 20 minutes of your time!
  8. Cleaning your stove can be a daunting task, but one that can really set the mood for your entire kitchen! Here is how to clean your stove in a simple way that involves ZERO chemicals and not even a whole lot of elbow grease!
  9. How to clean your kitchen sink and why it is so important to stay on top of this simple task!
  10. I really need to clean my dryer vent! This tutorial is a great reminder, from Pretty Handy Girl
  11. How to clean your window tracks, from Ask Anna
  12. How to remove candle wax from a wall or carpet!  This cleaning tip will help you easily remove wax when it spills.

Cleaning Tips

8 Cleaning Tips

How to Organize
  1. These 4 steps to organizing will help keep you on task and they will produce awesome results!
  2. Allow yourself have a black hole – It shouldn’t be too big or takeover an entire room, but designating a certain spot where clutter can pile is certainly helpful in keeping the rest of your house clean. ‘Cause let’s be honest, having a perfectly clean house all the time is not realistic. Allowing yourself to have a “black hole” is a good way to do a quick clean when someone calls and says they are on their way. Do a quick pick-up of the house, put everything in your black hole and put it away when you have more time.
  3. Make it smell good. A good smelling house can help mask a mess. And lets be honest, even a clean room that smells gross is not pleasant to be in. I like to use my wax burner to get a good scent through out the whole house!
  4. Do these 5 EASY tasks each day to keep your house clean!
  5. Tackle that scary space in your home with these 5 questions that determine what to keep and what to get rid of.
  6. The secret to success on how to get rid of the boys bathroom smell is a simple process that will change your life. (Or, at least change the way your bathroom smells!)
  7. Here are specifics on how to clean your closet to ensure a safe, successful procedure:
  8. Here is a 3-step process to make clean up time fun for kids.

Spring Cleaning Hacks

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  1. Rub wax paper over your faucets to keep them shinier and water-spot free!
  2. Cleaning ceiling fans can be a real pain! It typically involves covering the entire bed or couch with a sheet so the dust doesn’t fall all over, then vacuuming again and again (and again!) to make sure it gets picked up… I seriously HATE it! Problem solved completely by using a pillowcase to clean ceiling fans.  (Tip from Real Simple)
  3. Toss your Legos in a mesh bag and then put the mesh bad in your washing machine. The easiest, least painful way to get them all clean fast!
  4. Clean your mattress by sprinkling baking soda over the top of it. You can add some lavender drops to make it smell pretty too!
  5. Clean your blinds with a sock! Mix equal parts vinegar and warm water in a bowl. Put your hand inside the sock, then wet it with the vinegar mixture.  Wipe the dust and dirt off your blinds and watch as it cleans the top and underside the same time!

https://www.somewhatsimple.com/spring-cleaning-hacks/

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Tips For Your Kitchen

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Keeping your pantry neat and organized is a must when trying to organize your kitchen. Try taking a day to pull everything out and check expiration dates. Pitch anything that is outdated or that you are not going to ever use. Store all baking supplies in clearly labeled containers with lids that seal well. Having everything in categories like baking, breakfast, quick meals and cans can make finding items a lot faster and easier.

-Have a place for everything and keep everything in its place as soon as you finish using it. Keep all of your mixers, toasters in a central location that has plenty of space and easy to grab when you are ready to use them. It may be easier when trying to organize your kitchen to use labels inside the cabinet to help you and your family remember where each item needs to go. Make sure that you put each item back in its home immediately after using it. Soon enough you won’t have to think about it anymore…..you will have developed a new habit. 🙂

-Take time each week to clean and organize your refrigerator and freezer. There is nothing more time consuming than digging in the fridge every 5 minutes to find a missing item. Pick a day that works best for you and quickly pull everything out and wipe it down. Keep all your condiments in one centralized location like in the door or on a Lazy Susan in your fridge. These items can tend to get scattered all over your fridge making it hard to find other items. Keeping leftovers on the same shelf in clear easily identified containers will make it easier to find and helps keep waste down. Nobody likes to find a leftover science project in the back of the fridge!

Keeping your refrigerator door cleaned off and cabinets wiped down can do wonders for making your kitchen look better. Try organizing your notes or children’s artwork in another room of the house. It is beautiful but can make your kitchen look a little less tidy. Try hanging them in old picture frames in the living room for a beautiful display. If you wipe up spills that have made their way onto your counters and cabinets immediately it will take you half the time to clean them up. It’s much easier than letting the gunk dry and then trying to scrub it off.

-World renowned chefs have said many times over the years that it is important to create “stations” in your kitchen. What this does is groups items together that you would use for certain tasks and keeps you from walking back and forth across your kitchen a million times. Here are some ideas to get you started.

  • Cutting station – Keep items in here that you use when cutting, chopping or dicing. This station is best located near your sink and trash can. Items like knives, food processor, cutting boards and grating utensils.
  • Baking station – You baking station should be kept near your stove and house items like your baking pans, mixing bowls, spatulas and measuring cups keeping everything close and ready for all your baking needs.
  • Cooking station – This one is another that is best kept near your stove. You can store all of your pans, baking dishes, spoons, spatulas and pot holders here and ready to go.

Tips

  • Since the dirt rings in collars are oil stains, shampoo for oily hair will remove them. Rub it into the fabric before washing the garment.
  • Remove ink spots from clothing by squeezing toothpaste on the spot. Scrub and rinse thoroughly.
  • Remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers using a piece of tin foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
  • A thick paste made from baking soda and water will remove perspiration stains from clothing. It will also remove urine stains from car seats.
  • Lemon juice and salt rubbed into a paste, will remove rust stains from clothing.
  • Cotton dipped in alcohol will clean dirty photographs.
  • Salad oil will remove tar from your feet.
  • Keep old toothbrushes – they are extremely handy for cleaning nooks and crannies other cleaning equipment cannot get into.
  • Insert yogurt into the vagina to cure a yeast infection.(See a doctor if there is no improvement within 24 hours).
  • Eat fresh parsley to reduce the acidity of urine and relieve symptoms of bladder infections.
  • Toothpaste dabbed onto a pimple will dry it out.
  • Dolomite tablets will relieve the symptoms of heartburn.
  • In an emergency shampoo can be used in the place of shaving cream.

Kitchen Tip

Kitchen Tip