Cleaning

Bonus: It costs a *lot* less than a visit from a pest control company!

The FÖRNUFTIG is available in stores and online.

The best part of a deep clean is how good it feels when you're done.

It's the only vacuum I have ever owned that gets every last clump of fur without clogging.

Patric Richardson wants you to love laundry day: “Something I always say is that you get to do laundry, you don’t have to do laundry."

Besides the fact that each plunger is designed to tackle a different purpose, it really comes down to hygiene.

Your bedroom window (and all its dressings) is a simple, unappreciated tool in keeping you comfortable while you sleep. Today is the day we pay it some love back.

My fiancé and I have literally argued over who gets to vacuum each week since we got this.

I'm not sure that every "out of sight" area of your home needs to be scrubbed within an inch of its life on a weekly basis.

Let's not wait until the next shelf-styling trend hits to clear all the dust from those decorative surfaces.

By splitting the work up, I hope you feel empowered to go a little deeper in each area and get a really satisfying result.

I'm sorry to tell you that the reason your home gets dirty is unfortunately, you. (And whatever people and pets that you live with.) The more time you spend in a space, the dirtier that space gets.

It's hard to enjoy springtime when you're swatting at mosquitoes, hopping away from spiders, or fleeing wasps.

We're going to kick off our five days of spring cleaning in the living room by looking up.

It's worth some consideration, especially if you're in the market for a new one, which (warning) is where you might find yourself after reading this!

The best cleaning tool is the one you already have. And frankly, I haven't found anything better at getting into my bathroom's dirtiest crevices than this.

“Just set up a few around your patio or picnic table and you’re basically setting up a do-not-disturb sign.”

Your bathroom doesn't stop at the surfaces you see.

If you're unhappy with the way your bathroom looks after cleaning it, I bet there are a few tricks you haven't tried yet.

Most of the time, I am a fervent cheerleader for cleaning top to bottom. When it comes to cleaning a room as dreaded as the bathroom, it's more important, in my opinion, to start with something easy.

Tackle these before that perfect weather hits so that when it does, there's nothing to do but savor it.

I’ve been following the family tradition and air-drying my clothes. But the funny thing is, my family never taught me the secrets: I learned the hard way on my own after lots of trial and error.

Think about it: You clean your kitchen all the time. It's the tools and technique that makes a deep clean DEEP.

Spring cleaning is your chance to give back to the helpers in your household.

I promise, your counter is not the only place in the kitchen getting hit with the collateral damage from your cooking.

Can disposals handle ice? Is any food waste okay to go down the drain? Does the water temperature matter? (Yes, no, yes.)

We're kicking off the spring cleaning Cure with the kitchen sink — a small target that pays you back with a big impact.

Using disinfectant products isn’t an automatic free pass to a germ-free life. You have to use disinfectants correctly to reap the benefits, including staying healthy.

Here are three somewhat unusual tools that make it easier to accomplish a really deep clean. Plus, they'll give the kind of instant morale booster that motivates you to keep going.

Odds are you’ve heard by now that your phone is… well, kind of disgusting. Here are some quick statistics: According to TIME, most cell phones are dirtier than a toilet seat—and in one study, high schoolers phones were found to have more than 17,000 gene copies on their phones’ screens. Phones are gross (even if you don’t bring your phone into the bathroom).When it comes to getting rid of germs quickly, most of us reach for a container of disinfecting wipes.

Thanks to Thumbtack, an app (and a site) that connects you with local professionals, my hardwood floors have never been shinier.

If you stockpiled disinfectants last year at the beginning of the pandemic, now’s a great time to check your stash.

Thank you, mom, for introducing me to these!

Stars — they're just like us!

It can ruin the surface and, if you forget to wipe it dry and turn on a burner, you release toxic gas into the air. Yikes.

A new report reveals the top songs in cleaning playlists.

Numbers 4, 6, and 7 will prove to be especially useful.

Cleaning just got interesting.

Here's what we could find out about the hack.

Pizza toppings are one of life’s greatest debates, but what everyone can agree on is that the cleanup is never as fun as the eating part.

Get your cleaning supplies ready because this weekend you're turning your attention to one thing in your home that you quite possibly have never cleaned before.

Nothing's worse than sharing a space with someone who doesn't carry their weight in housekeeping duties.

And great news: Some of them you can find online!

Here are seven ways everyone (even adults) can use it around the house.

If you’ve ever wondered how to make something look like it’s on display at a store, The Folding Lady’s feeds have probably got you covered.

No, a steam mop is not a great idea, according to the experts.

Warning: Satisfyingly gross images within.

According to experts, some parts of our infection prevention routine are still as important as they were last spring. Other practices aren’t as significant as we thought.

The stuff has more than 2,000 five-star reviews on Amazon. Here's what we thought.

Bonus: It'll save you money, space, and plastic waste.

Unlock the secrets of people with perpetually clean houses.

Bonus: The covers are interchangeable, so you can switch things up when the seasons change.

In the age of robot vacuums, it's easy to admit that modern housekeeping requires far less effort than it did for previous generations. That's why this one exception — of something new that we have to clean more that our parents did — stands out.

Without extra tools or wasted storage space, you'll get the clean floors you dream of.

Even on days when I really didn't want to clean.

We consulted a group of cleaning and sexual health experts to field your burning questions about sexual hygiene at home. No inquiry was off limits — we got down and dirty with it so you don’t have to!

Not all cloths are created equal. Which one you grab from your stock ultimately depends on what you’re cleaning.

I’ll admit, I wondered if it was one of those infomercial-style gadgets that sounded awesome but would end up unused in a closet. But I got it home and here's how it went.

Here are some tips every air fryer owner should know for battling the baked-on food, sticky greasy messes, and lingering odors that might plague your favorite new appliance.

Sure, the toothpaste splatters might be gone, but it's far from crystal-clear. Here are three ways to fix your technique.

You might think it's time to invest in a new one. But not so fast!

Here are 5 reasons I think this might be the best microfiber mop you can buy.

We asked a laundry expert to look at the label and tell us what's really happening in those "after" photos of dark brown wash water.

I've found a way to break the cycle, an almost surefire way to begin pushing the proverbial snowball.

Slime can leave you in quite a sticky situation, especially if you have messy — er, creative — kids like mine.

I had been opening drawers, digging through closets, and organizing basement corners I hadn’t touched in months — it was so obvious.

Usually the most rewarding cleaning tasks are those with the biggest visible payoff (think: vacuum lines). But taking care of hidden messes can have their own kind of fulfilling satisfaction.

We showed the TikTok to a plumber, and he had a way better suggestion.

We asked cleaning pros for the annoying (but 100% true) answers.