3 small home cleaning projects with big payoffs.
When I was a kid, my parents instilled in me the importance of doing chores thoroughly. In addition to actually moving things to dust, not just dusting around things, my greatest lesson was the importance of vacuuming baseboards. Yes, you should vacuum your floors and under furniture—but baseboards, slightly detailed and raised, are perfect spots for dust to collect. Now, when I vacuum, I run the small fuzzy brush attachment all around the tops of the baseboards, all around the room.
Okay, I admit I’ve only done this one once. But I should do it again! Because while cleaning the trash can always seems like a big, sort of bulky, job to me , it’s actually pretty easy. Besides, like any cleaning task, it only gets grosser the longer I put it off. The trick here is giving your garbage pails and recycling bins a good scrubbing in the shower or bathtub. After you’ve hauled your trash bags off to the curb, haul your empty trash bin to the bathroom and put on some rubber gloves. Give the inside of your trash can a wipe with paper towels if there’s anything chunky in there. I like to squirt in a little dish soap again , fill the trash can with hot water, and let it sit for a half hour or so to loosen any stubborn drips.
I suggest doing this every month or six weeks to keep your trash cans and recycling bins clean and clear, and prevent smells—or, worse, roaches. And, because I should start listening to my own advice, I’m off to clean my trash can in my
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