cleanliness and hygiene

Discover hacks, tips and useful advice here to keep your home clean and tidy in an effective and sustainable manner. Not only are there practical tips on how to tackle household cleaning efficiently, but there is also advice about using all-natural and eco-friendly products and how to deal with common, challenging cleaning chores. Create a healthy and welcoming environment for you and your family, and all without giving up your passion for being creative.

A loaded dryer ready to be turned on

Items you should only ever air-dry and never put in a tumble dryer
A jar of baking soda on a wooden table

When should baking soda NOT be used for cleaning chores?
a lit fireplace with sooty bricks

Sooty brick fireplace? Find out how to clean the bricks quickly and effectively
A loaded dishwasher at the end of a wash cycle

Unpleasant odors coming off your dishwasher? Discover the likely causes and how to remedy them
a lit fireplace and an unmade bed

Trying to keep a clean, hygienically sound home during the winter? What things you should you pay more attention to when carrying out your cleaning chores
Cleaning a floor with a vacuum cleaner

Using the right attachments, a vacuum cleaner can be used to clean a lot more than just the floors in the home.
A modern shower cubicle with wet, glass surfaces

Removing mold and limescale from your shower cubicle: why using white vinegar is better than using bleach
A kitchen table with a duster and a bowl containing sponges, cleaning products and rubber gloves

Can you save time cleaning the house? Yes, if you follow these tips!
A common housefly on a plate of syrup

Flies in your home during the fall? Here's why and how to deal with this problem
A person prepares to sleep in a bed with a weighted blanket

Using weighted blankets to get a better night's sleep: what are these blankets and how does one take care for them?
A mouse wandering amongst potted plants in a garden

Mice in the house? How to get rid of them permanently using safe, all-natural resources
A pair of sneakers with a shoe stretcher inside them

How to soften up new sneakers and ankle boots after you've bought them: some truly effective remedies
a pot being washed with a brush in a sink

Use soda ash to remove burnt-on charring in the bottoms of your pots and pans
an open dirty oven in the background and a lemon being squeezed in the foreground

Lemon juice is an all-natural product you can use to thoroughly degrease and clean a grimy oven.
looking out a window on a winter day, with a blanket and a hot drink on the sill

Not just with bubble wrap: DIY methods to thermally insulate windows and reduce energy consumption
Ignited burners of a gas oven

Dirty, grimy gas oven burners? You don't need to use aggressive cleaning products on them! Try these all-natural remedies
washing machine

Outmoded laundering tips: old-fashioned advice on how to best do the laundry that you should ignore in these modern times
setting the temperature knob on a washing machine

Cold water washing? Well, not for all types of laundry: here's 5 laundering categories that should be washed at higher temperatures
A bottle of essential oil placed between two lemon halves

DIY lemon essential oil: make it a home to ensure you always have some readily to hand
A compact air fryer in operation on a kitchen counter

Air fryer: from aluminum foil to glass - all the materials you can and can't use in this popular appliance
A perfectly clean, well-organized fridge

Deep-cleaning of your fridge: why this is important and how best to do it
a woman smelling a garment that's just been taken out of the dryer

Various ways to perfume you laundry in the dryer using essential oils
A radiator with a towel on top

Clean and efficient radiators: you probably already have everything you need to keep them in top condition at home
tarnished silver objects placed onto a tray, along with aluminum foil and baking soda

How to clean silverware with baking soda