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Products & Tools

Cleaning Expert Melissa Maker Introduces The New Maker’s Mop — and It’s Shaped Like a Taco

September 23, 2020

General Home Cleaning, Seasonal Cleaning

2020 Fall Cleaning Checklist

September 21, 2020

Product Reviews

Dyson V11 Outsize Stick Vacuum Review

September 18, 2020

Kitchen Cleaning

5 Tips to Keep Your Kitchen Clean While Cooking!

September 9, 2020

Cleaning Habits, Cleaning Motivation, General Home Cleaning

7 Cleaning Habits I Learned From My Mom!

Cleaning Habits, General Home Cleaning

5 Things You Should Be Cleaning (But Probably Aren’t)

Cleaning Hacks, Kitchen Cleaning

7 Foods You’re Storing All Wrong!

Cleaning Habits, Cleaning Motivation, General Home Cleaning

6 Cleaning Habits I learned in Isolation

Cleaning Hacks, DIY Cleaning Products, General Home Cleaning

10 Amazing Rubbing Alcohol Hacks!

Cleaning Motivation, Cleaning Routines

Let’s Talk About Cleaning During Lockdown…

Bathroom Cleaning

How to Clean a Bathtub & Shower Like a Pro!

Cleaning Habits, General Home Cleaning, Products & Tools

Cleaning Expert Debunks Popular Cleaning Myths

More from the Playbook

DIY Cleaning Products, Kids & Babies, Personal Care

Clean A Baby Changing Table: 3 Quick And Easy Cleaning Tips

November 22, 2021

Cleaning, Cleaning Hacks, DIY Cleaning Products

5 DIY Homemade Cleaners!

September 10, 2015

Cleaning Hacks, Cleaning Motivation, Cleaning Secrets, General Home Cleaning

Make Your Home Smell Amazing

September 15, 2021

Cleaning, Outdoor Cleaning

How to Easily Make Your Bike Look Brand New!

DIY Cleaning Products, Organizing

DIY Candle Jar Organizers!

January 28, 2016

Laundry

How to prevent Travel Fail! (at least as it pertains to laundry)

Kitchen Cleaning

10-Minute Kitchen Cleaning Routine: 5 Cleaning Tips

November 14, 2017

Ask Melissa, Cleaning Secrets, General Home Cleaning

Cleaning Silk Plants & Flowers

Hauls

IKEA Haul!

Cleaning Secrets

5 Cleaning Myths You Probably Believe Are True

Cleaning Tools, DIY Cleaning Products

Cleaning Kit Essentials

Cleaning, Cleaning Motivation, Cleaning Tools, Dyson Vacuum, Floor Care & Cleaning, Product Reviews, Products & Tools, Videos

A Two-Year Review of the Dyson V15 Detect: Melissa Maker’s Honest Take

September 8, 2023