#1 Hardwood Floor Fun
Use fuzzy socks to keep your hardwood floors without having to get down on your hands and knees. Just wear the socks, scoot your feet around the room, under the coffee table, and in the corners. When you’re finished, simply throw the socks in the wash and you’re all set.
#2 Magic Toilet Brush Cleaner
Make your toilet much easier to clean by keeping the cleaner inside the toilet brush holder. Most toilet brushes have a holder which can hold liquid. Add equal parts water and cleaner to the bottom and let the brush sit in it, keeping it clean and easier to use.
#3 Shower Cleaning Made Easy
Instead of cleaning your shower with a regular sponge, use a dish wand. Specifically, use one that gets into corners. Hang it in your shower and use it regularly while you’re already showering, making it a much easier job.
#4 Streak Free Shower Doors
To keep your shower doors clean, keep a squeegee in your shower and use it to quickly run over the doors each time you finish showering. This will keep hard water from leaving stains and water spots on your shower doors.
#5 Shiny Porcelain Toilet Bowl
If you need a quick fix for cleaning your toilet bowl, try dropping two denture tablets and leave them about 30 minutes. The fizzing action should act as a cleaning agent, and then you can swish your toilet brush around quickly. Leaves your toilet clean and shiny.
#6 Clean Your Sponges
Although you use your sponges for cleaning, you also need to clean your sponges! They suck up germs and bacteria, needing be disinfected fairly regularly. You can use the heat of your microwave to do this. Just put the wet sponge in the microwave for two minutes and your sponge is back in business! Another option is running sponges through the dishwasher.
#7 Furniture Polish for Stainless Steel
That Lemon Pledge is good for items all over the house, far beyond just wood. Spray onto a towel and use to shine up stainless steel refrigerators, coffee makers, microwaves, and stoves.
#8 Toy Cleaning Trick
Most moms know they can keep germs away from their kids by disinfecting their toys and other possessions. Instead of having to hand wash them all, fill your dishwasher with hairbrushes, plastic blocks, toy cars, balls, and other items to keep them clean and germ free.
#9 Lint Roller Turned Duster
Rather than using a feather duster that spreads the dust around, try using this hack to keep your dust from floating about the room. Use a disposable sticky lint rollers for lamp shades or sofa crumbs. This traps the dust right on the roller and makes for a simple and easy way to throw it away.
#10 Coffee Maker Descaler and Cleaner
Your automatic drip coffee maker can be a breeding ground for bacteria. Plus, a clean coffee maker provides better tasting coffee. The good news is that it’s easy to clean. Just add ½ cup white vinegar to ½ cup water and run your coffeemaker as usual. Plan to do this once a month (even if you don’t use your coffee maker very often) to keep it free of germs and making the best coffee.
#11 Degreasing Burner Cleaner
The cooked on grease that gets all over the burner covers of your gas stove can be quite difficult to clean. With this easy trick, you’ll have them spotless in no time! Just place a small amount of ammonia and the burner in a plastic zippered bag. Allow it to sit for at least thirty minutes and then rinse clean.
#12 Clear and Shiny Windows
Instead of wasting a bunch of paper towels trying to get your windows clean, use newspaper. Although it seems counter-intuitive, the newspaper creates a streak free shine and the papers can simply be recycled when you’re finished!
#13 Do It Yourself Window Cleaner
Save money by making your own window cleaner instead of paying big money in the store. Add 100ml white vinegar and 1 teaspoon dish-washing liquid to 4 liters of warm water. Add to a spray bottle and get ready to shine your windows with newspaper. Also, this cleaner doesn’t contain ammonia so it’s healthier for your family.
