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.

We're going deep on the company behind one of my favorite enzyme cleaners: Biokleen. 
You don't deserve to live in a home that doesn't smell amazing.
Have you noticed your once-fluffy pillows getting lumpy, heavy, and just feeling, well, not so great anymore? Your fluffy pillow is like a sponge. It absorbs skin cells, pet dander, body oils, sweat, bacteria, and dust mites. Essentially, anything that’s floating around in your room will eventually land on...
Have I made cleaning and organizing my business (literally) for over a decade? Yes. Do I love spending my day cleaning? No! I use my cleaning expertise to help myself and others clean efficiently and clean quickly with my favorite cleaning hacks.  At my house, we have a toddler and...
Keeping in mind portability and storage, I’ve parsed through everything and picked out the very best lunch solutions just for you!
If ants are a problem in your home, there are both lethal and non-lethal ways to get rid of them.
Today we're hanging out in the kitchen, the kitchen sink to be exact, talking about our favorite Amazon products for washing dishes. This will be the first of many blogs where I blab at you about my all-time favorite Amazon products that I use all the time. 
If you’re like me, your inbox is full of way too many emails. How can we deal with all this digital clutter?
After 14 years in the cleaning game, I can say with confidence that I still don’t like cleaning the bathroom. And I would be surprised if there are a lot of people out there who disagree with me. That being said, I’ve found some cleaning secrets and time-savers that...
I’m on a roll with all things baby this week, and if you didn’t see it, check out my article Potty Training Tips and Clean Up: 3 Easy Steps. But if you’ve got some little ones who are still in diapers, or you’re expecting your first (congratulations!), this is...
I love my Airpods and my big headphones! Whether I’m out for a walk or working out, listening to music while I do it is super motivating and fun. It seems like we all have our headphone, earbud, or Airpod preferences. But, no matter your preferred headphone type, we...
It happens to the best of us. You’re cooking in your favorite pot or pan, and the phone rings, or your kid starts crying, or your favorite episode of Survivor comes on, and you get distracted. And before you know it, your food and your pot are ruined.  I often...
Hey coffee drinkers, I hear your questions! How do you clean a Keurig coffee maker? I get asked this question so many times. And while I’m not a coffee drinker myself anymore (tea for me!) I am here to help all, you coffee addicts.  We wrote Clean A Keurig Coffee Maker way...
It's not often we think about cleaning our laptops and laptop accessories like keyboards and mouse pads. But if you think about it, they get a lot of use. Like, hours a day. And these high-touch gadgets attract dust and dirt, as well as the oil and dead skin...
Floors, the bane of the diligent cleaner's existence. Floors are prone to mess, dirt, dust, grime, etc. And hardwood floors pose a particular challenge, as they have particular cleaning needs.  I get a lot of questions about cleaning hardwood floors. Specifically, I get a lot of questions about how to...
Coffee and tea, most adults can’t live without them. I know I can’t. In my house, it’s tea for me and coffee for Chad first thing in the morning, or nobody gets any work done. Last week, I wrote an article on Cleaning A Keurig Coffee Maker, so if you’re...