Hacks & DIY
How to Get Blood Stains out of Clothes and Fabric
Blood stains in fabric, furniture, and clothes can be a real bummer. Wherever the fresh or dried stubborn stain is, learn how to remove it thoroughly. Here are some simple cleaning hacks. Let's get that blood out!
How to Get Food Smells Out of Clothes and Fabric
Tired of your house smelling like the meal you just cooked? If you're like me, you like your home and your clothes to smell fresh and clean. Here's how to get rid of bad odors.
Vinegar: A Vegan, Eco-Friendly Essential for Cleaning
Learn why you should use vinegar to clean everything from carpets to glass to your washing machine. Let's explore all the goodness it has to offer!
How to Clean a Broom
The thing about cleaning implements is that they get beaten, bashed, and broken down, especially if you aren't using them properly. This article will show you how to refurbish an old broom.
5 Homemade Drain Cleaners for Clogged Drains
This article looks at effective drain cleaners that can be put together using common household substances. They are inexpensive and don't involve the toxic chemicals often found in commercial cleaners.
How to Declutter Your Bookshelves Guilt-Free
Here are some helpful tips for decluttering your bookshelf, and why it's okay to let some books go. Decluttering doesn't have to be stressful.
9 Easy Ways to Make Your House Look Tidier All the Time
Here are some simple and pain-free things you can do to make your house look clutter-free all the time, with only a little bit of effort on your part.
10 Natural Cleaning Products You Can Make With Essential Oils
Replacing your household cleaners with essential oils can be a life-changing decision. Not only will you save loads of money on cleaning supplies, but you will also help reduce toxins in your home that are left behind by chemical-based cleaners. And your house will smell amazing!
How to Make Your Own Laundry Soap
This article teaches you how to easily and inexpensively make laundry soap in bulk that works! Safe for all washers, including high-efficiency.
Natural Home Deodorizing Tips for Every Room
From deodorizing your garage with dried mustard to cleaning out your dryer with vinegar, here's a list of some simple, natural, healthy ingredients you can use to get a clean-smelling home again quickly and easily.
How to Make Your Own Washing Soda at Home
This article will walk you through how to make your own washing soda at home to help you clean all sorts of crazy messes in your house fast and easy. All it takes is an oven, a cookie sheet, and a box of baking soda.
How to Wash Laundry Without Electricity
Maybe you have decided to go off-grid. Maybe your washer or dryer has broken down, and you can't fix or replace them. Maybe the power went out. Whatever your situation, sooner or later you are going to need clean laundry. Here is how to get your laundry clean without electricity.
Remove Sticky Label Residue From Glass Jars With Coconut Oil
Clean sticky label glue from glass jars using coconut oil. The adhesive residue comes off in minutes using this method.
14 Natural Cleaning Products in Your Kitchen
Make natural cleaning products to clean any part of your house from goods you have in your kitchen or pantry.
25 House Cleaning Hacks for the Lazy Housekeeper
If you hate housekeeping, these 25 hacks to get it done quickly will help you get on doing what you'd rather be doing.
How to Seal Ceramics to Prevent Leaks
When ceramics leak, they get consigned to the garage. How annoying! But, don't worry: you can make them leakproof again in minutes. Here's how!
How to Repair and Restore a Bamboo Rocking Chair
Bamboo furniture is a great addition to a home. If weather damage begins to show, follow these easy steps to bring your bamboo furniture back to life and ready to be used once again.
How to Repurpose Diaper Boxes for Home Storage
Turn an empty diaper box into a functional storage bin.
Top 5 Homemade Cleaning Products
Save money and foster a healthy home by making your own cleaning products for kitchen, bathroom, and carpet.
Minimalist Housekeeping: Simple Rituals for Creating Your Haven
Simplify your cleaning routine, meal prep, wardrobe, and kitchen gadgets to make housekeeping a more pleasant and satisfying experience.
What to Do When Your Sink Smells Like Rotten Eggs
If there's a sudden horrible stink in the sink, here's a quick, easy, and inexpensive solution.
Housekeeping Tips to Reduce Stress
No one likes housekeeping tasks, but they're a necessary evil. Here are a few suggestions to make your housekeeping duties less stressful and some tips and tricks for maintaining a less stressful environment.
How to Remove Sticky Adhesive Labels
Whether you need to remove labels from a jar, a new appliance, or a window (any hard surface), these tips and tricks will help you get rid of not only the label but also that horrible sticky glue.
How to Clean Silver Coins
In just a few minutes, learn how to clean silver objects without damaging them by using a solution of washing soda, hot water, and aluminum foil. With these tips and tricks, it's a job easily done!
13+ Unexpected Household Uses for Baby Wipes
Baby wipes aren't just for diaper changing. Use these cheap products for a variety of personal and household uses.
Cleaning With Baking Soda and Vinegar
You can save money and the environment by using white vinegar and baking soda to clean just about anything. Vinegar has some surprising uses.
Green, Eco-Friendly Ways to Clean Your House With Vinegar
Cleaning green is becoming more necessary. Here are easy ways to clean green. You can clean your tub, microwave, windows, and soap scum from faucets all without harming the earth.
25 Natural Household Tips to Make Life Easy
Learn all-natural ways to patch a hole in the wall, keep your eyes from tearing as you peel an onion, and more.
How to Clean Copper and Brass Without Chemicals
No more harsh chemicals to clean away the tarnish from brass and copper treasures! Here's how to clean copper and brass without nasty chemicals. A few tasty items from the kitchen, and you are on your way to chemical-free tarnish removal!
How to Clean Your House in Five Minutes
You don't have to spend hours cleaning your house! Here's how to recapture wasted time and clean your house in five minutes.
Vinegar: A Safe and Efficient Green Cleaner
Make your home a healthier place for you and your family by cleaning with white distilled vinegar.
How to Remove Melted Plastic or Nylon From a Glass Surface
This article explores easy methods for removing melted plastic from surfaces without causing damage.
Homemade Cleaning Products
Trying to save money, my health, and help the environment means simplifying and cleaning up my cleaning supplies. You can use household items for homemade cleaning products, including methane spirits and vinegar.
How to Clean Silver With Homemade Tarnish Remover
A DIY demonstration on how to clean silver with baking soda and aluminum foil: aluminum reduces the oxidation of the silver, allowing the silver metal to return to its shiny state. Silver tarnish is silver sulfide, and heavily tarnished items may create a sulfur odor when this method is employed.
10 of the Best Cleaning Secrets for Impossible Stains
Don't you just hate it when you stain something and don't know the best way to clean it? Here are the best DIY cleaning hacks!
How to Remove Stubborn Ink Stains
Although ink stains aren't as easy to remove as protein-based stains, if you know which tricks to use, you can remove them from almost any surface- including clothes, stone, wood, tile, and leather.
Lipstick Stain Removal: How to Get Lipstick Out of Clothes
Lipstick is essentially a dye in an oily base, which makes stain removal difficult without the proper techniques. Luckily, a few home remedies exist to help you kiss those lipstick stains goodbye!
How to Get Skunky, Stinky Smells out of Leather Furniture
Sometimes leather furniture can have a nasty smell. Learn how to get rid of those horrible toxic fumes for good!
Get It off Me! How to Remove Sap, Glue, and Sticky Goo
Pine resin smells wonderful at Christmas time, but I hate the black marks it leaves on my hands (and anything I touch) for days. This year, I discovered a miraculous solution for removing sticky slime from my hands and skin: waterless hand sanitizer.
How to Make DIY Pergo Laminate Floor Cleaner
When we decided to put Pergo-laminated flooring in our home, I was worried about having to buy some special proprietary blend of cleaning product for it. Luckily, this wasn't the case, and I'm able to make a cleaning solution with common household items for pennies per bottle. Here's how!