- A lot of grocery stores have a bin for recycling plastic bags.
Spring cleaning is such an easy and nice way to prepare your house for summer. Here are the best tips for cleaning you didn’t know you needed.
Spring Cleaning Pet Hair Hack
All you need to get pet hair off of your furniture is a sock and a hand mixer. Sounds strange? It kind of is, but it works. Slip a sock over one of the beaters on a hand mixer and secure it with a rubber band. Lightly mist your furniture with water and turn the mixer on low. From there, lightly press the sock mixer against the cushion and move it back and forth over the hairy area.
Tennis (or dryer) Balls for Comforters
Washing your sheets seems like a no-brainer for most of us, but it’s also important to clean your comforters and pillows about every six months or so, in perfect time for spring cleaning. Prevent blankets and comforters from balling up in the dryer by using tennis balls or dryer balls. The balls bounce around and help to fluff your items in the dryer.
Spring Cleaning Shower Curtain Hack
Have you ever cleaned your shower curtain? If you haven’t, then you probably should and this shower curtain hack makes it super simple. To wash your shower curtain, all you have to do is throw it into the washing machine. Tips for washing your shower curtain in this way are to use warm water, not cold, to use your regular laundry detergent and no fabric softener, set your washer to normal cycle and don’t put your shower curtain into the dryer.
Clear out Your Pantry
Cleaning out your old spices and sauces allows you to see what you actually have and what you need. Some products don’t stay good forever, and lots need to be refrigerated after opening, like ketchup and yeast. Even things like spices that “stay good” for what seems like forever will start to lose their taste and potency over time.
Declutter Your Plastic Bags for Spring Cleaning
I just know there’s a place in your house where you keep all your plastic bags. A lot of grocery stores have a bin for recycling plastic bags. The next time you run to the store, grab all your extra bags and see if they can be recycled! Make sure to reuse the ones you do keep, as they’re handy for lots of other tasks. Everyone has heaps of plastic bags so this is perfect for spring cleaning.
Coconut Oil for Floors
Mix one part coconut oil and one part baking soda to use as a floor cleaner. This mixture can remove scuffs from most floors. You can also get up dried paint from linoleum using this coconut mix.
Declutter Your Counter
The more things on your counter, the more things you have to keep clean. Get rid of your appliances that do the same things, you only need one. For the appliances you only use every now and then, store them in your pantry or cabinets. Hiding away things you don’t use all the time will keep them clean and you counter less cramped.
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