Enter: lifehack Reddit.

Onr/lifehacks,u/ECU_BSNasked: “What are your BEST house cleaning lifehacks?”

“Clean your ceiling fans with an old pillowcase!

So Fresh, So Clean badge

“Leave a damp cloth on them for an hour, come back, and wipe it right off."

Shake it out when you’re finished.”

“Put a trash can outside the door; don’t bring anything in that will get thrown away.

Junk mail, packaging, etc… Best thing I ever did.”

A ceiling fan with five red blades is mounted on a white tile ceiling

u/EraserGirl

3.

Makes it so much easier.”

u/BadGirlSneer

4.

Two women stand at a kitchen counter. One shows a microwave oven with a mug inside to the other. Various kitchen items are on the counter around them

Pour boiling water over the lemons in a microwave-safe bowl and cook in the microwave for five minutes.

“To clean the bathroom floor, use your damp towel from this morning.

Put a lint roller on a stick to pick up loose hair.”

Modern bathroom sink with a circular mirror, cotton swabs, cotton pads in containers, and a black soap dispenser labeled "Pure Castile Soap."

u/cat_herder_2000

6.

“I use makeup remover wipes every night.

Clothes either go in the laundry basket or get folded and put away in a drawer.

A laundry basket filled with various clothes, including a striped sweater and other garments, placed on a white cabinet in a tiled room

Close all drawers and closet doors for a tidy look.

A tidy room in less than five minutes.”

“Keep cleaning products convenient to the place where it’s crucial that you use them.

Moist, foggy glass panel partially revealing blurred brown bottles on a shelf in the background. No people present

I keep disinfectant wipes, window cleaner, and paper towels in both my kitchen and bathroom.”

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9. you could carry the basket with you as you put everything away."

“Use a damp dryer sheet to clean your bathtub.

Person wearing headphones and glasses, gaming on a computer with a lit monitor screen showing a fast-paced game

It takes off the soap scum with almost no scrubbing.”

Since they’re anti-static, they’ll also keep them clean longer."

u/ophelia917

I had no idea they were this versatile.

Close-up of various clothing items, including shirts and jackets, hanging on a garment rack

“Wipe down the bathroom counter and other surfaces right after you get out of the shower.

“Don’t set things down in the wrong place.

Every single trash can in my house now has its own supply of trash bags.

Close-up of a lit gas stove burner with blue flames visible around the edges

This trick changed my life.”

“I playCall of Duty.

By the end of a gaming session, I have a clean house.

Woman in a casual office setting happily dancing with headphones on, in front of her workspace which includes a clock and shelves

Guilt-free gaming, because I’m being productive.”

“Whenever you leave a room, throw something away or put something where it belongs.

I always leave a room a little bit cleaner than when I entered it.”

u/Haggawaa

17.For managing clutter: “The kitchen drawer full of junk?

Put it all in a box, and as you use it, it goes back into the drawer.

After three months, whatever’s left in the box goes.

Lots of clothes you don’t wear?

“Buy small, cheap handheld vacuums, and keep one on each level of your house.

It is much easier than a lint roller and produces much less trash.

u/2brats

19.

“Stubborn spaghetti sauce stains on the stove?

(Or stains in general.)

Leave a damp cloth on them for an hour; come back, and wipe it right off.”

Take dry baking soda and mash the powder into the congealed grease.

Plug the sink and pour white vinegar over the filter.

The chemical reaction will dissolve grease.

Rinse with hot water.

Put your sparkling clean filters back in the extractor fan.”

Grime slides right off with minimal scrubbing, if any.”

u/mcavanah86

22. u/Alestriane

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