“I Just Use My Leaf Blower”: 50 Easy Cleaning Hacks That Might Save You Loads Of Time

I just toss everything into a “junk basket” before guests instant tidy, deal with it later.

I leaf blow my soft fur carpet and it restores it to almost new fluffiness.

I keep an old toothbrush in the bathroom drawer to “brush” my rings each morning. The diamonds are always sparkling clean and I don’t have to fool with jewelry cleaner or soaking them.

If the dishwasher is empty, I'll use it as a drainer for dishes I've washed by hand.

When it’s raining here, I’ll wipe down the window outside and let the rain wash away the solution. I detest buffing out windows to reduce streaks. .

I have a “just spray, don’t rinse” shower cleaner that I use every time I shower and here’s the hack: I choose to believe it (lol).

I moved cross country and my old furniture was very old, so I didn’t bring much. What I purchased here was spot with intent. I didn’t just fall in love with something and had to have it. It had to have legs and some height. First off I believe having legs on furniture makes your house look a little larger and this house is small so it needed that. Part two of this is, I run my Roomba daily. The Roomba can go under all of my furniture which eliminates me having to move furniture and vacuum under things. I still have to vacuum the upholstery, and I actually use the vacuum to clean out the Roomba cup and filter. Doing that actually makes the replaceable paper filter last longer.

I hand wash dishes. I hate using Sponges. I bought a ton of Swedish dish towels and cut them up in smaller pieces. I use those to hand wash dishes and toss the cloth in the hamper.I get a new “sponge” every wash and being eco friendly.

I started putting table cloths on the kitchen table so I can just pick it up and wash it. I have 3 that I rotate throughout the week.

Steam cleaning the floors is 500x better than mopping and half the effort.

If I wear compression garments the clothes I wear over them go back on hangers and back into my closet…provided I don’t spill anything on them during the day.

I put a rag on a swiffer and spray the floor with a diluted floor cleaning solution to dust mop. I don't do a proper mopping as often as I would like with a bucket and mop. But doing this after vacuuming/sweeping gets the floors clean enough.

To keep clutter at bay, use decorative boxes and containers to keep things in.

Dishwasher tablet in the sink. Fill with hot water and leave.
Clean sink.

After I shower I rinse my washcloth as much as possible and use it to clean the edge of my tub that gets super dusty from our forced air system, the sink, and the top of the toilet before throwing it in the hamper. This helps tide me over between weekly deep cleans.

Dishwashing liquid works for basically everything in the bathroom because it's designed for glass, ceramic, plastic and metals. Works well with either a sponge scourer or steam cleaner.

I've also seen people use Dishwashing liquid as loo cleaner.....

I use a leaf blower instead of a vacuum on the inside of my car. Open all the doors and let ‘er rip. Fast and kinda fun.

I use the Dustbuster to vacuum crumbs out of my toaster oven/air fryer. I wash the tray/racks where the food actually touches, of course.

I don’t own a mop so when I want to “mop the floor” I just toss a few disinfectant wipes on the floor and move it around with my foot while wearing shoes.

I have a little tricks like I always sprinkle baking soda in my trash cans to absorb the smells when they’ve done their job. I just take them outside hose out. Let it dry and start over. Or the only use I actually have for a swiffer mop is to put a wet cover on it. That way I can clean the top corners of my walls easily. For some reason, they just seem to push dirt around on the floor, but dear Lord, they will actually help you scrub your walls down and get gas heat stains off. And don’t get me started on the fact that at any given point, I have Clorox wipes in at least three rooms in my home for easy access.