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How To Keep Your Home Sparkling Clean With Minimal Effort

Tip and tricks for quick cleaning from an expert who cleans for a living.

By Tehrene Firman

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How To Get Rid of Cockroaches in Your Home for Good, According to an Entomologist

There are over 200 species of cockroaches in the United States, but only a handful of them are considered...

By Kayla Hui

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How To Get Rid of Ants in Your Home for Good, According to an Entomologist

It’s a common—and often overlooked—occurrence to see an ant in your home. It’s even ordinary to see a few....

By Rebecca Norris

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A man cooks vegetables on a grill after cleaning it with a potato.

Why You Should Always Clean Your Grill With a Potato

By Rebecca Norris

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FYI: Dyson's Got Some of the Lowest Prices on Vacuums We've Ever Seen This 4th of July Weekend

By Dominique Michelle Astorino

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How To Oil and Maintain Wooden Cutting Boards for a Decade or More

By Jihan Basyah

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Meet the Ridiculously Gorgeous Vacuum That Empties Itself, So You Don't Have To

By Francesca Krempa

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How To Clean Your Filthy Showerhead in 5 Easy Steps

By Isadora Baum

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How To Properly Clean Your Toaster Inside and Out

By Isadora Baum

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Experts Say These 4 Products Will Help Get Stubborn Sweat Lines Out of Your Favorite Baseball Hats in a Jiffy

By Rebecca Norris

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This Is the Laundry Detergent an Equestrian Living on a Horse Farm Uses To Ensure Her Clothes Are Always Clean and Smell Fresh

By Kells McPhillips

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How To Clean Marble Countertops Carefully and Thoroughly Without Harsh Chemicals

By Rebecca Norris

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I’ve Been Using Grove Co. To Source All of My Cleaning Supplies for Over a Year, and Now I Can’t Live Without It

By Kara Jillian Brown

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How To Clean Your Microwave Properly—And Keep It That Way

By Rebecca Norris

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How To Clean Your Glasses Without a Streak in Sight

By Kells McPhillips

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This $30 Mop Kit Is the Reason Why I Don't Feel Embarrassed About My Floors Anymore (and It Helps Cut Down Waste)

By Gina Vaynshteyn

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Why You Shouldn't Wait Until Spring To Clean Your Home—And the All Season Cleaning List You Need To Keep It Tidy Year-Round

By Rebecca Norris

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How To Clean Your Windows Without a Streak in Sight

By Kells McPhillips

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10 Genius Cleaning Tools To Help You Clean Your Place in Half the Time

By Rebecca Norris

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How Often Should You Wash Your Bathroom Hand Towels? A Microbiologist and Cleaning Pro Weigh In

By Erica Sloan

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How To Wash Your Sneakers So They Look Brand-New Again

By Tehrene Firman

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You Should Be Washing Your Duvet Cover at Least Every Other Week—Yes, Even if You Use a Top Sheet

By Allie Flinn

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Oven Cleaning Hacks That Truly Work, According to an Expert

By Rebecca Norris

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Keeping Your Home Clutter-Free Is Easier Than You Might Think—If You Use This Expert’s Go-To Tip for Elevating Your Cleaning Routine

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The 5 Best Compact Washer-Dryer Combo Units for Small Spaces

By Rebecca Norris

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Out of All the Places in Your Kitchen, You're Probably Forgetting To Clean This One Spot

By Brenna Holland

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How Often Should You Wash Your Pajamas? Experts Weigh In

By Allie Flinn

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Why Emma Roberts Can't Stop Singing the Praises of This Eco-Friendly Spray Cleaner

By Erica Sloan

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This Easy Recipe for DIY 'Poop Spray' Refreshes Your Bathroom With Just 5 Ingredients

By Rebecca Norris

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7 Best Poop Sprays To Discreetly Banish Odor From Your Bathroom

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Bleach, Lysol, and Other Disinfectants *Do* Expire and Much Quicker Than You May Think

By Elsie Yang

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One of the Most Successful Shark Tank Products Is This Sponge That Cuts Down Dish-Washing Time in Half

By Gina Vaynshteyn

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How To Make Your Home Unwelcoming to Insects, According to Entomologists

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Does Anyone Know What’s *Actually* in Floor Cleaner? This Cleaning Expert Tells All

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I Switched Over to Wool Dryer Balls To Make Laundry Day More Earth-Friendly—These Are My Favorite

By Gina Vaynshteyn

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Your Sponge Is 200,000 Times Filthier Than a Toilet Seat—Here's What To Use Instead

By Zoe Weiner

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Why You Should Buff Your Bathroom Mirror With Shaving Cream

By Rebecca Norris

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7 Beauty Products That Are Secretly Clogging Your Drains

By Kara Jillian Brown

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How To Unclog Your Shower Drain, According to a Plumber With 46 Years of Experience

By Kara Jillian Brown

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'I'm an Olfactory Scientist, and This Is How To Know if You've Gone Nose-Blind to Odors in Your Home'

By Erica Sloan

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This $40 Gadget Has Over 19,000 5-Star Reviews and Will Help With Your Annoying Gnat Problem

By Kara Jillian Brown

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12 Dish Towels To Help You Finally Ditch Paper Towels for Good

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Why You Should Always Clean Your Cutting Board With a Lemon

By Kara Jillian Brown

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How To Clean Your Reusable Straw (Because Real Talk, It’s Filled With Bacteria)

By Elsie Yang

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4 Tips for Maintaining Healthy Indoor Air Quality as the Temperature Rises

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Why You Should Always Clean Your Grill With an Onion

By Francesca Krempa

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Dyson's Most Powerful Cordless Vacuum Features a Dirt-Detecting Laser

By Kara Jillian Brown

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This Bundle of 'Miracle' Pink Stuff Will Help You Clean *Every* Surface in Your Home

By Erica Sloan

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12 Products That Actually Work To Clean Your Stubborn Pots and Pans, According to a Professional Chef

By Francesca Krempa

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The New Dyson Micro Is the Easiest Vacuum To Maneuver—But the Best Part Is the Price

By Kara Jillian Brown

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You’ve Probably Fallen for These 5 Cleaning Myths, According to Behavior Research

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It's Time To Cool It With the Disinfectant—Soapy Water Is Enough To Clean Your Home

By Kara Jillian Brown

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A Laundry Pro Explains the Difference Between Fabric Softener, Fabric Conditioner, and Dryer Sheets

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Drop the Mop—You're Destroying Your Beautiful Hardwood Floors

By Kara Jillian Brown

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How To Keep a Natural Sea Sponge Clean for Happy Skin, According to a Germ Expert

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Moving? Here's Your Guide To Deep Cleaning Your New Digs

By Kara Jillian Brown

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These Are the Signs That You're Cleaning 'Too Much' and It's Time To Give Yourself a Break

By Kara Jillian Brown

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How To Clean Your Washing Machine—Because It's Not Going To Clean Itself

By Kara Jillian Brown

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True Story: Deep Cleaning Wasn't My Thing, But Now I Love It—These 3 Expert Tips Changed My Mindset

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5 Reasons Your Dishwasher Isn’t Actually Washing Your Dishes Properly

By Kara Jillian Brown

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3 Spring Cleaning Mistakes You're Making (and What To Do Instead), According to the Pros

By Mary Grace Garis

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Light Up Your Workspace With the Adjustable, Sanitizing Desk Lamp That Charges Your Phone

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Not To Start a Fight, But This Is the Correct Water Temperature for Your Washing Machine

By Kara Jillian Brown

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OK TMI: How Gross Is It That I Don't Wash My Sheets After Sex?

By Mary Grace Garis

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This Self-Cleaning Water Bottle Keeps My Water—And Itself—Cool, Clean, and Fresh

By Kara Jillian Brown

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4 Spots in Your Home Where Bacteria May Be Hiding—And How a Cleaning Expert Tackles Them

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This $20 Kit Has Everything You Need To Clean Your Cast-Iron Cookware With Ease

By Kara Jillian Brown

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I’m a Cleaning Scientist, and Here’s Why You Should Be Using Paper Towels

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I Tried the Fancy $800 Dyson Vacuum That the Internet Loves—Here Are My Honest Thoughts

By Zoe Weiner

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Your Mattress Is Filthy—Here’s How To Clean and Deodorize It

By Rebecca Norris

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Here's Exactly How Dirty Your Food-Prep Space Is—And What to Do About It

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8 Hand Sanitizers That Smell So Good They Rival Perfume

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Sponge Cloths Are the Swedish Dish-Towel-Sponge Hybrids You Didn't Realize You Needed

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Your Dish Drying Mat Is *Loaded* With Bacteria—Here’s Why You Should Use Diatomaceous Earth Products, According to a Microbiologist

By Tehrene Firman

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6 Mistakes You're Making When Cleaning Your Coffee Machine That Affect the Quality of Your Joe

By Isadora Baum

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'I'm a Microbiologist, and Your Bath Mat Is Gross—Here's What To Replace It With'

By Tehrene Firman

Here's Exactly How To Get Pesky Olive Oil Stains Out of Clothes, According to a...

By Emily Laurence

6 Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products With Reusable Glass Bottles

By Kara Jillian Brown

A Home Detox Expert 'Audited' My Place—And These Are the Changes I Made

By Annie Tomlin

The Only Cleaning Schedule You'll Ever Need for a Spiffy Space All 365 Days of...

By Kells McPhillips

How To Wash Your Comforter Properly—Because You're Not Doing It Often Enough, and You Know...

By Kara Jillian Brown

How To Hand Wash Clothes in 6 Easy, Stress-Free Steps

By Mary Grace Garis

The Definitive 4-Step Guide To Banishing Stubborn Pit Stains for Good

By Tehrene Firman

The 'Rolls Royce of Robot Vacuums' Is $250 Off Right Now

By Kara Jillian Brown

This Is *Exactly* How Often You Should Wash Your Sheets This Winter

By Emily Laurence

The Secretly Filthy Spot in Your Kitchen That You’re Forgetting To Clean

By Tehrene Firman

'Laundry Stripping' Is the Oddly Satisfying Way To Get It Cleaner Than Ever Before

By Tehrene Firman