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How to Easily Remove Old Pee Stain and Smell from a Mattress

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There are many joys of parenting. One of those joys is not having to remove pee stains from a mattress, a mattress that had a waterproof mattress protector on it. One of my daughters, unfortunately, has an issue with wetting the bed at night. While she's been potty trained for over a year, and doesn't wet her bed every night, it's still ...

Possibly the Best Way to Clean Stainless Steel Pans

If you're wondering how to clean stainless steel pans and pots, then keep reading to discover the easy method on how to clean stainless steel cookware that has yellow spots, burn marks, and other discolorations. This post is sponsored by Bar Keepers Friend but all opinions and love it are my own. Nowadays, stainless steel cookware is the ...

How to Get Rid of Black Mold Anywhere in Your Shower

Got some black mold in showers? Before you freak out about black mold in shower health risks, here's what you need to know about it and how to remove black mold from showers - shower caulk, shower grout, behind shower tiles and shower walls and shower ceilings, on shower curtains, and even in shower drains. A while ago, I shared a little ...

Top 8 Homemade Dishwasher Detergent and DIY Tabs Recipes

Ever wondered how to make your own homemade dishwasher detergent? Me too! I found eight awesome DIY dishwasher detergent recipes that you can try out for yourself. Some are for a powdered dishwasher detergent, one for a liquid dishwasher detergent, and three recipes for homemade dishwasher tabs. How many times do you run your dishwasher in the ...

How to Clean the Bathroom With Baking Soda – 10 Fresh Ideas

Using baking soda for bathroom cleaning is just smart! Learn how to clean the bathroom with baking soda with these super simple ideas. Several months ago, I shared with you my 17 Best Baking Soda Uses for Cleaning Your Kitchen. While I was working on that project, I also had the pleasure of helping Katelyn with her live Facebook cleaning ...

3 of the Best Ways to Clean Grout in Your Bathroom

Wondering the best way to clean grout in your bathroom? Here are three common ways how to clean grout in bathrooms. Tiles are one of those things that you either love or hate, or love to hate. Many love how they look, and the added color they can bring to a space, and so on. But, we all know that cleaning the grout between the tiles can be a ...

17 Best Baking Soda Uses for Cleaning Your Kitchen

The number of baking soda uses is truly amazing. There's so much that this little, seemingly bland, white powder can do! One of my favorite ways to use sodium bicarbonate (the chemical name of baking soda) is for cleaning! Today, I’m sharing our top 17 ways of cleaning with baking soda in the kitchen! There is actually a ton more baking soda ...

How to Remove Bad Fridge Odor and Smells like a Professional

Does your refrigerator smell bad? Here's how to remove fridge odor and smells. Working in the cleaning industry, we hear "Our fridge smells bad, what can I do to get rid of the smell?" all the time. It's surprisingly a very common problem. But, a bad smell from a fridge is not a reason to throw your fridge away and buy a new one! Yes, the ...

TESTED: The BEST Way to Remove Yellow Sweat Stains

If you want to know the best way how to get out old sweat stains on clothes, here's how to remove yellow sweat stains from white shirts with oxiclean! I have a confession. I’m one of those people that wear white shirts with and under everything, and I’m a girl who sweats. There’s nothing like the perfect, comfy white T, am I right? Confession ...

How to Remove Rust from a Bicycle

When our son turned two year old we decided to buy him this sweet ride-on tricycle. We bought this trike with the specific goal of having it for years to come so I needed to know how to remove rust from a tricycle (and bikes - you should see my daughter's poor bicycles!). His new bike was shiny and beautiful when we first bought it! But, we live ...

50+ Spring Cleaning Tips and Tricks for Deep Cleaning Your House

I am not exactly a clean freak. I mean I'm not even OCD, nor am I germophobe, and generally messy things don't bother me too much. But, I do actually find great pleasure in really, really deep cleaning my house. So, to commemorate the start of Spring and spring cleaning, I put together spring cleaning tips and tricks for deep cleaning your ...

7 Methods that Actually Work to Remove Crayon from Walls

You love your kids' artistic streaks but not if it means you need to remove crayon marks from walls. Unfortunately for me, my twin daughters went on a giant wall coloring binge with crayons. To make it even better than used an ugly brown and black crayon they snuck upstairs to their bedroom, instead of nice light yellow or cream color. In the ...