For the last 18 months I have been using a mop and bucket to clean my floors, which are rather expansive. The slick walk back and forth to the sink just doesn't cut it. As I've gone along, I've realized the key isn't in what mop you use, it's all about the bucket! More

Normally you'll find buckets of pet-friendly ice melt inside my front door. Midwest Winters are brutal and I grew up with ice storms that shut down the city for days on end. Like a Boy Scout, I've always been prepared, but this year was different. This year, all we've had on hand is Kosher salt. More

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Does the space between your keys on your keyboard look like your little brother's mouth after eating corn on the cob? Does your smartphone screen have more smudges than the sneeze guard at Hometown Buffet? Why not start the year on a clean and tidy foot: the BuzzBrush was designed to keep all your tech clean with a debris brush on one end and a microfiber cleaning pad on the flip. At just under $5 you can gift one to yourself or make a subtle hint to someone you know that it may be time to uncover the characters hidden under the food grease and cookie crumbs.

About a month ago, I noticed the occasional moth aflutter in my walk-in closet. This annoyed me, and I would do my best to find it and kill it! One day, I discovered a favorite sweater attacked vociferously by a peer of said moth. I bought a pile of little cedar blocks and distributed them throughout my closet.

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You may have gift-fatigue, but if you live someplace where it snows, consider one last holiday present. Skip the toy store and head to the hardware store, because we have a feeling that most kids would love to help their parents shovel the white stuff that we'll be seeing for the next few months.

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Last week, I was helping my brother clean out his apartment when he complained about the prices of eco-friendly cleaners. Always looking for converts, I recommended he start making household cleaners himself — it takes very little time and all you need are these five essentials.

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Some folks are great at keeping their homes clean all the time and others (probably many of us) need a little help. Whatever your keep-the-home-clean level is, we've rounded up all the best posts from 2011 to have in one spot. Here's your chance to start 2012 off clean!

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While it could sound like adding insult to injury, something like breaking out the vacuum or doing dishes can be a great way to warm up if you're shivering at home. More

We like having a clean laptop. We like this so much that we give it a deep clean every week and wipe down the keyboard daily. While cleanliness is important to us, we are not made of money so we need to be thrifty in our pursuit of tidiness. Matter of fact, the tools that we use to keep our laptop clean and tidy may surprise some since they happen to be borrowed for our bathroom... More

When we get sick we always run our toothbrushes through the dishwasher afterward to keep from reinfecting ourselves. This generally destroys the bristles and we're soon looking for another one, but it's better than getting sick again. Instead of wasting our brushes (we use electric so replacement costs add up) we've decided to get a toothbrush sanitizer. We're not sick all the time, but it is nice to know that stick we're constantly jamming in our mouth is clean. Here are the ones we're looking at. More