25 tips to know to always have a tidy and clean home
Every day we have to take care of some household chores, however minimal: the various types of cleaning, food storage, maintenance of the items we use every day... There is always something to do. And so if we have to struggle a bit every day, it is worth at least making sure that the results are optimal. To accomplish this without too much hassle, we can sometimes employ a few useful tricks. There are tricks, in fact, that make life easier and are worth trying, as they may become our newly acquired habit.
A way to wash the floors without having to change the water so often, a way to ensure proper toothbrush hygiene and make them last longer, a way to make the metal sink shine with simple and super-cheap ingredients: discover these and 22 other tips by reading below.
Mix some baking soda together with your dish soap inside a small bowl until you have a slow cream. Then take any fairly wide brush (even a kitchen one, if that's all you can find!) and spread the cream all over the sink, including the drain. Then arm yourself with a sponge to rub it all over the metal surface, and then you just need to rinse and dry. A no-cost, thorough cleaning provides a sink that's as good as new!
Do you need to wash the Do you need to wash the floor but don't want to be changing the water every few minutes? You can make the clean water last a little longer if you separate it from the water draining from the mop. And to accomplish this you can use buckets with two compartments or create the extra clean water compartment yourself by inserting a bucket (the beach ones, the waxed cardboard popcorn ones, etc.) and get around the problem!
How often do you find it difficult to get the flap to lift off the roll of tin foil? When it has been misused and honed by now, you can remove the mistakenly cut part in one fell swoop by simply "scraping" it off with some more tin foil rolled up and used as an eraser on the roll itself.
The toothbrushes we use every day should be guarded in a way that protects the bristles from contaminants in the bathroom. And it's not enough to keep them away from the toilet (which spreads bacteria every time you flush), there would really be a need to enclose the bristles in a case. If the model you bought did not come with one, you can easily make one using the little box of chocolate egg surprises!
To better understand how these tricks work and discover all the others that come in handy around the house, watch the video below.
