Most of the time I don’t rely on those disposable cleaning wipes in the pop-up dispensers.  I usually find I can grab my spray bottle of homemade all-purpose cleaner and a rag out of my cleaning closet and give things a quick little wipe down without much effort. So whyRead More

We’re in the midst of a re-carpeting project here at my house and several rooms (including my little blogging office) are being cleared out so the grubby old carpet can be ripped up as we get ready for the new stuff to come in a few more days.  All this emptyingRead More

It’s no secret that I’m a pretty big fan of homemade cleaners.  On cleaning day you can find me going all around my house with my spray bottle of vinegar and water.  I clean my mirrors with club soda, and scour my sink with baking soda.  I’ve become more andRead More

A reader recently asked me if I had any homemade ideas for cleaning an HE washing machine.  I don’t have an HE front loader so . . . no, I didn’t really know what to tell her.  Instead I went to one of my favorite sites to look for someRead More

One of my most favorite homemade cleaners that I use all the time is my homemade furniture dusting spray.  I’ve found it to be a wonderful replacement for the store bought dusting sprays and it saves money too!  It’s a total favorite at our house and I use it allRead More

  Wouldn’t it be nice if everything in our houses stayed bright and shiny new forever?  But it’s a fact of life that as time goes by and we use things day in and day out, wear and tear will start to show.  That’s when a little homemade cleaning helpRead More

  Over the past few years I’ve discovered that it’s really pretty dog-gone simple to make your own cleaning products, and they work great too! I’m now in the habit of always making my own homemade all purpose cleaner, my own homemade soft scrub, my own homemade window cleaner, andRead More

  One of the best tools you can have at your disposal in the kitchen is a good knife.  Once you start doing more of your cooking from scratch and work at finding ways to Make Your Own stuff, you’ll find yourself doing more slicing and dicing and chopping. IRead More

  Have you discovered Hometalk yet?  It’s a fun site where I’ve been sharing my blog posts on home-related topics, and at the same time finding all kinds of excellent ideas from others on everything from gardening to decorating to cleaning to home repair. If you like Pinterest, I knowRead More

  This isn’t the first time I’ve tried a homemade dishwasher detergent.  I tried these recipes for homemade dishwasher detergent, but was disappointed by the cloudy residue they tended to leave on glasses and plastic, and the fact that they usually turned hard as a rock. Then I tried extendingRead More

One of the clever bathroom cleaning products that I’ve really grown to like over the years are the daily shower cleaner sprays.  After you shower you simply mist some of the spray around on the shower walls and it helps to keep your shower clean with less mold or mineralRead More

  It’s no secret that I like to make my own cleaners. I’ve written before about how vinegar and water makes a great homemade all purpose cleaner, how I discovered that club soda works wonderfully as a homemade window cleaner, and how baking soda does a fine job as aRead More

I have a hard time tossing out cute little glass jars.  Big jars from mayonnaise or something . . not so much. But the little ones –  Oh boy, can I keep them all please? I promise I’ll find a good use for them.  Sooner or later. But there isRead More

  The more I use my homemade cleaners, the more I like them.    They’re cheap, they’re safe, natural and non-toxic, and most importantly, they work!  They can get the house just as clean and fresh as any store bought cleaner without the unknown chemicals and annoying fumes. Because I’mRead More