General Home Cleaning

This is great general housekeeping advice that friends pass along to one another. Just general, good-to-know stuff about keeping house.

You can find a microwave in just about every kitchen these days, and a lot of those microwaves need a good cleaning! Because microwaves are used so often, they get dirty really fast. At my house, we use our microwave at least twice a day. That’s 14 times a...
My fridge is disgusting, help! That's a comment we get quite often, so often that we decided to make an in-depth tutorial on how to clean your fridge properly.  Now I'll warn you, it's not a quick job (if done properly).  You can do some quick little cheats which take...
Dishwashers are NOT self-cleaning, at all.  In fact, they are little storage containers for your dirty little secrets.  Further, you can't get a good clean load through when your dishwasher is dirty.  They are known to harbour fungus, along with old food and proliferate bad odours throughout your clean...
We spend good money upgrading our homes. Gorgeously designed homes; sigh.  We dream about them, pin ideas about them to our most treasured Pinterest boards, gawk at our neighbors' renos and take an extra long time shuffling down the aisles of home renovation stores.  We are literally obsessed with beautifying...
"How do I clean my kids' toys?" might be one of the questions I'm asked most often. Time and again, my friends (who used to ask me if their butts looked good in their tightest clubbing outfit) are now asking me how to clean toys.  Oh, friends, how the...
If you live in a house, you have greasy fingerprints on the wall. You can't avoid them.  And heck, you can't really figure out how to clean them off...until now! Greasy fingerprints happen everywhere.  For example, I use coconut oil as a post-shower moisturizer.  I also have allergies and sneeze about...
One of the most common questions I get asked is how to clean a shower properly. This is definitely one of the jobs that seems harder than it is. If you have the right tools, products, and technique, and do it regularly, you will be in good shape. If your shower...
We never clean our cleaning tools, right? Come on, admit it.  You're alone, we can't see you, raise that hand! We know the importance of cleaning and maintaining most stuff, but our cleaning tools are often forgotten. Just because it is used for cleaning doesn't mean that it is self-cleaning. ...
Grunge was cool in the 90s, not in your shower.  Just sayin'. If you have a shower, there's a really good chance you have a shower mat and shower curtain liner.  And, there's a super good chance that you haven't washed them lately (or ever)! Why They Get So Grungy These...
Tis’ the season when glitter, tinsel, and holiday trees invade the homes of thousands. But what do you do when the glitter and glam starts falling faster than snow and makes it’s way onto your carpet and clothing? You clean it up using these handy tips. We’ll break it down...
If you are cooking for the holidays, I want some. Send me a care package. We always complain that we eat too much but it does happen only once per year (that's the real reason LuluLemon pants exist).  And you know you've pinned like 2,398,439 recipes that you want to...
Oh no! It’s noon and you just found out your guests will be arriving early. With no time to spare, you must get to cleaning! So what do you do when you are strapped for time and want to make a good impression? Focus on these 5 areas and...
Day 5 | Shining Up Flatware, Dinnerware and Glassware for the Holidays A huge part of the holiday experience is setting and dining at the festive table.  No matter what you are celebrating, your table sets the stage and drums up excitement among your guests.  Whether you are bringing out...
Day 3 | Safely Dispose of Cooking Grease I've heard that a plumber's rate triples on Holidays, and there's no surprise that clogged pipes occur most often during this time. Fats, oils and grease seems harmless, but indeed it is not.  When in liquid form, it is being beckoned by the kitchen...
Is your house a breeding ground for the cold or flu bug? Here's a great way to keep germs out this winter.  This is not designed to turn you in to a germophobe, it is designed to give you the confidence in knowing what to clean so that you don't...
I take some time each week to review all the comments on our website, YouTube channel, and Facebook page. I do this for a few reasons; first off, I like to know what people are talking about in our community and how we can improve ourselves in terms of...