Cleaning fairy

Lacking motivation for cleaning house? These 6 tips will get you off the Stay at Home Mom Struggle Bus and help you create a home that thrives.

My lovely children have a hard time making their beds in the morning, they often look like this: Which drives me crazy. I have nagged, I have threatened, I have pleaded and they still look like this. So in my desperation, I have invented the bed fairy. The kids came home from school and found this note from the bed fairy... The bed fairy made their beds to show them how it should look if they want her to leave them a prize. Depending if their bed is made or not, the bed fairy will leave one…

If you're anything like me then you'll put far too much washing up liquid in the bowl and end up with suds galore.

We cloth diapered Evie until she potty trained about five months ago, so I am no stranger to stripping diapers. Despite this, I honestly never thought about the build-up on other fabrics. Until I s…

Hydrogen peroxide cleaning hacks. Things to clean around your home using hydrogren peroxide. An effective cleaning tool that is in your medicine cabinet.

It was a beautiful, bright, sunny Saturday. The birds were chirping, the pool was sparkling, the squirrels were frolicking. I could practically hear Sleeping Beauty serenading nature in its prime. I was happy as a little lark getting all of my weekly cleaning tasks done and getting Mr. Spouse and me reset for the week. I was just pulling out my final load of laundry from the dryer when I started seeing this. Little grease spots EVERYWHERE. I mean everywhere. All over my shirts, Mr. Spouse's…

We have many recipes in this book for make-at-home cleaners, but equipment is also important. What is basic cleaning equipment, what is necessary to buy and what can you do without? What are the replacements for common cleaning equipment?

Discover time-saving cleaning shortcuts, clever cleaning products, and our best-ever techniques for getting spring cleaning done right.