Cleaning

Cleaning

Spring Cleaning? Don’t Miss These 9 Overlooked Spots Where Dirt & Germs Hide

Common spring cleaning tasks such as washing windows, changing bedding and organizing closets are important. Here are 9 overlooked spots where dirt, germs and bacteria hide.

Cleaning

Mold-Proof Your Home: Use This Checklist

Mold can turn up in nooks and crannies of our homes where we’d never think to look. Following the strategies…

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Five Cleaning Tools That Make Housekeeping Easier

These five effective, affordable products can make your home cleaner and your cleaning easier.

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Vacuum Smarter, Not Harder

Tips for more efficient vacuuming.

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Best Bathroom Cleaners from Common Household Items

Not-your-usual bathroom cleaners that work great.

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Weird Cleaners That Really Work

Common household ingredients to clean the tough stuff.

Germs

Cutting Board Wisdom

Keep your cutting boards germ-free and smelling good.

Cleaning

Should I Clean My Kitchen Counters with Oregano Oil?

Oregano oil is in many all-natural cleaners and recipes for making your own. Does it really kill the germs that can make you sick? Find out…

Germs

Check Your Kitchen for This Surprising Cause of Food Poisoning

You can probably name most of the germiest spots in your kitchen, but scientists have identified a surprising item that’s a hotbed of bacteria…

Cleaning

Handy Laundry Substitutions

Help for when you run out of detergent or bleach.

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Many Wood-Floor Cleaners Are Bad for Wood Floors

Many of the best-known, wood cleaners, including Murphy Oil Soap and Mop & Glo, are bad for your wood floors.

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Favorite Fixes for Common Carpet Catastrophes

Carpeted floors are such a comfort, but spills and messes are no picnic. Here are our favorite fixes for those…

Odors

The 8 Home Smells That Could Be Signs of Danger

Household odors can serve as clues that there are hidden problems with your home. Here are eight to pay attention to.

Cleaning

Fixing Sticky Things

How to unstick things in your home and car.

Germs

No Shoes Please

If you’re always trying to get your family to take their shoes off when they come home so that they…