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.

Chad and I bought our house in 2018, and it was, to put it nicely, a fixer-upper. Right away, we did fixer-up, at least the upstairs. And may I just say it looks fabulous. However, the basement we put off for a couple of years, until this past summer.  Our...
Get 10 steps closer to zero food waste with these 10 storage tips.
The garage, I think, is hands down the hardest “room” in the house to clean. Why? Because everything you don’t want in the house usually ends up there (I speak from personal experience). The garage is boiling hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter. It’s dirty. It...
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...
Welcome to the first installment of Husband VS Wife: Cleaning Challenge! World-renowned cleaning expert Melissa Maker takes on her husband, Chad Reynolds, in an epic kitchen cleaning challenge. Follow along as the pair put twenty minutes on the clock and tackle a disaster of a kitchen. The stage 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'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...
This article was sponsored by Robitussin, to learn more about their products visit robitussin.com/honey. To be fair, I was warned. Everyone said to me, "As soon as you send your kid to daycare, you're going to constantly be sick". I generally have a pretty strong immune system. I eat well...
I know that cleaning the bathroom is one of the least enjoyable places in a home to clean. I get it, I'm right there with you. But over the years, I have picked up some tips that I want to share with you. Hopefully, these will allow you to...
Sometimes when we clean we find ourselves going on autopilot, and that's fine because, as we all know, cleaning can be so boring. So sometimes you've got to shake it up and approach a room with fresh eyes, saying, "What am I missing here?". In this article, we're going...
After 14 years of being in the cleaning game, I must admit that I still don't like cleaning the bathroom. Despite this, I have found some bathroom cleaning secrets that have helped me master the job. Here are a few little time savers that make a big difference in...
We all know about B.O right? Well, today I'd like to talk about the lesser-known H.O; house odors. It's something that you've probably experienced walking into someone else's home before, but we often become nose-blind to our own house odors. In this article, I want to talk to you...
When a bathroom is dirty, it takes every fiber of my being to motivate myself to clean it. You see, I love a clean bathroom, love getting ready in there, doing my business in there, zoning out in there, but I find it hard to clean. It's icky, stinky,...
A big part of the cleaning process comes down to organizing. It's something I often struggle with, especially when it comes to clothing. When I moved into my new house, our closet was way smaller than our previous one. We no longer had a walk-in and our new home...
Cleaning an oven naturally is actually quite simple and we have had great success with the following techniques that require nothing more than some eco-friendly solutions and some elbow grease. Lemon and other citrus oils are great natural degreasers, and you can clean your oven—especially convection ovens—with just two lemons...
I'm excited to bring you a two-year review of the Dyson V15 Detect. Remember when I unboxed and reviewed it two years ago? Well, it's time to check in and see how it's held up with real-world use. So, grab a comfy seat, because we're diving deep into the...