\n\n\n\nSkip the bucket\n\n\n\n
Sometimes moving around the mop bucket only makes more of a mess thanks to the dirty water splashing around. Leslie Reichert, founder of The Green Cleaning Coach and author of\u00a0The Joy Of Green Cleaning, has a bucket-less mopping technique that works wonders: a spray bottle filled with diluted cleaning solution and a microfiber mop.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Kill two birds with one stone by doing similar cleaning tasks at the same time. \u201cClean your baseboards when you are vacuuming or washing floors, clean blinds when you are cleaning windows, etc.,\u201d suggests Becky Rapinchuk, owner of\u00a0CleanMama.net.\n\n\n\n According to Dana White, founder of\u00a0A Slob Comes Clean, you can use a soap dispenser dish brush in your shower. \u201cMark it for the bathroom only with a permanent marker, and fill it with your favorite dish soap,\u201d she says. \u201cHang it in the shower, and you can scrub the shower while you\u2019re in it anyway. Dish soap does a great job cleaning the bathroom!\u201d\n\n\n\n Obviously, you don\u2019t want to use the pillowcase you sleep on every night, but using a pillowcase to clean your ceiling fans is a hack that you need to try ASAP. \u201cThe pillowcase holds the dust so it doesn\u2019t fall on a table or bed,\u201d says Reichert. \u201cA very clean way to dust a fan.\u201d \n\n\n\n We all have those random cleaning bursts, but having a plan beforehand will make your cleaning process smoother. \u201cCleaning is really like a dance. You start high, work down and around, and carefully observe anything that needs attention,\u201d says McGee. \u201cAs you move around, wipe light switches, door frames, baseboards, walls, working in a circle around a room and not back and forth from one thing across the room to another. Don\u2019t get distracted, keep a smooth motion around your home.\u201d\n\n\n\n Want to know the secret to streak-free mirrors and windows? Well, it\u2019s an easy at-home solution you can make yourself. According to Rapinchuk, all you need is:\n\n\n\n Washing windows and mirrors is probably the least favorite cleaning tasks.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n If you swish your toilet every day with your cleaning brush, you\u2019ll keep it relatively clean without a ton of hard labor. Use the water already in the toilet to swish the entire toilet bowl. Your bathroom probably gets dirtiest the fastest and is the hardest to clean.\u00a0\n\n\n\n \u201c[Start] with scrubbing areas such as kitchens and baths, then moving on to de-cluttering, dusting, bedding, and finally floors,\u201d McGee advises. \u201cLook at your home carefully to determine what needs most attention to bring it to your idea of clean.\u201d\n\n\n\n Reichert uses a stiff paintbrush around her furniture to pull the dirt out without having to move all the furniture around. \u201cYou are brushing it out away from the furniture so the vacuum can suck it up,\u201d she says.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Of course, you need to polish your wooden furniture and hardwood floors every once in a while (once or twice a year, or when they begin to look foggy), but all you really need to keep them shiny is a dry microfiber cloth. \u201cYour furniture will actually get less dusty without using furniture polish,\u201d says Reichert.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Dishwashers are for so much more than just washing dishes. 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\n\n\n\nCombine tasks\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nBuy a soap dispenser dish brush\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nA pillowcase can be a cleaner\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nCreate a cleaning plan\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nDIY cleaning solutions\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nClean the toilet daily\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nPrioritize\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nPurchase a paintbrush\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSkip the polish\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nUse your dishwasher\n\n\n\n
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