Products & Tools

Here we discuss cleaning tools and products, including reviews, recommendations and homemade solutions

The simplest things are often the most impactful.  I love when things are easy! If you notice a smell coming from a room, area or enclosed space, consider creating a small room deodorizer that will neutralize the smell. All you need to create this powerful little treat is the following: Baking...
Is cleaning your bathroom tiles part of your regular bathroom and kitchen cleaning lists? I'm guessing no because it is one of the more time-consuming cleaning chores. However, we should all be cleaning our tiles regularly. And then we should be hitting our tiles with a tile scrub as...
Do you know what job is even LESS exciting than vacuuming? Cleaning your vacuum! Nevertheless, it is an important job that should be done at least every few months if you would like your vacuum to clean effectively and help prevent dust and allergy related sniffling in your home....
Can I tell you one of the hardest things to keep up with? One of the things Chad and I are constantly cleaning? The floors. They're easy to ignore until you find three-day-old shriveled cereal bits, tiny chunks of dried Play-Doh, or clumps of pet hair so large they may require...
Do Steam Cleaners actually work?  We investigate.. Infomercial-mania I adore the art (and science) of infomercials.  I remember sitting up late at night when I was younger, watching the food dehydrator infomercial and being mesmerized by Rom Popeil’s ability to sell something seemingly useless and make it look so fascinating and...
Lint rollers offer more than what meets the eye. What have you missed?  Don't they just clean lint off clothes?  They're just sticky papers that are used to remove lint and pet hair from clothing, right?  Wrong!  There are so many cool ways to use a lint roller, that I...
Grout can look grotty; dirty and discoloured.  Grout is porous and as we walk over it, splash dirty water onto it and scrub it to ‘clean’, we actually push dirt into the tiny pores.  To help bubble the dirt up to the surface and restore the natural colour of the grout...
If you are a regular visitor to our site then I know a few things about you. One, you love saving money and two, you love making your own stuff. So, I'm going to tell you how to replace 7 store-bought products with your own DIY cleaners for pennies...
Let's go pro-level deep and look at the features, tools, and maintenance of Dyson's latest stick vacuum. This is a comprehensive review of the Dyson V11 stick vacuum. We buy amazing tech but sometimes those next-level features never actualize for us because we don’t take the time to learn how...
People with showers, how much do you hate cleaning them?! I can almost hear you all yelling, “a lot!” Cleaning the shower is a total pain because soap scum and hard water buildup on walls leave you with a lot of scrubbing to get your shower clean.  Cleaning the shower...
Laminate floors oftentimes look streaky and hazy after being cleaned…which shouldn’t be the case after all your effort! Whip up this miracle laminate floor cleaner and use in a spray bottle with a flat head microfiber mop to get rid of those streaks for good. 1/2 cup water 1/2...
Who doesn't love a good DIY cleaning recipe? The good news is, you can make your own, residue-free fabric softener for a few cents! What the Heck is Fabric Softener, Really... Fabric softener is designed to remove static cling and soften the clothing so that when it comes out of the dryer,...
Why bother buying hand soap and hand sanitizer when you can easily make your own for very little? Don't answer—rhetorical question! I love these DIY hand soap and DIY hand sanitizer recipes and they are my go-to now for all my household soap needs. These recipes are beyond simple and...
This article is for everyone who lives in a small space and cleans that small space. So, hopefully, that means everyone who lives in a small space. Cleaning is crucial, and to clean well, you need a good set of cleaning products and tools. But that can take up...
White-soled sneakers are all the rage in the fashion world, forget about people who actually exercise. The issue is, white-soled sneakers are hard to keep in near-new condition, which means pretty much as soon as you get them out of the box, you’ll be committing a fashion faux pas....
Are you looking for the best hardwood floor cleaner out there? Or maybe you’re looking for the best DIY cleaning products? Or you’re one of the many people out there who notices streaks after cleaning floors, and you want to know how to clean hardwood floors without streaks. Luckily,...