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The earthy scent features notes of lava.

Storage solutions for your laundry room, bedroom, and all the spaces in between.

This one's for the tired parents out there.

Samsung says that the Patagonia collaboration is the latest in a long line of steps Samsung is taking to create long-lasting appliances that improve environmental sustainability.

The more people doubt the SPh2ONGE’s power, the more the SPh2ONGE shows them that they’re wrong, absorbing all sorts of spills — and racking up serious views in the process.

This is when people are most likely to be cleaning.

How on earth (or rather, off Earth) do astronauts do laundry?

"Same great quality as the better-known vacuum brands at 1/5 of the price!!!"

Snag upright, cordless, and robot models for a steal.

Surefire advice from people who battle these pesky insects year-round.

"The best cleaning product I have bought in ages!”

Over one-third would choose the dentist.

Grove Collaborative is now available at Target.

The FÖRNUFTIG is available in stores and online.

It's the only vacuum I have ever owned that gets every last clump of fur without clogging.

“Just set up a few around your patio or picnic table and you’re basically setting up a do-not-disturb sign.”

Thanks to Thumbtack, an app (and a site) that connects you with local professionals, my hardwood floors have never been shinier.

Thank you, mom, for introducing me to these!

Stars — they're just like us!

Bonus: The covers are interchangeable, so you can switch things up when the seasons change.

Form *and* function all in one elegant package.

Whether it happens at the laundromat, the laundry room, or just a tiny corner of your apartment where you stash the washer/dryer, Tide wants to take laundry day off your plate. This week, the detergent giant launched Tide Cleaners, an on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service “aimed at giving people the option to spend more time on life and less time doing laundry.” Although cleaning the bathroom is America’s most hated chore, doing laundry isn’t exactly loved.

When you don’t have a large kitchen or enough space for all of your appliances, it’s time to get creative. You’ll have to find space where you can salvage it, optimize your kitchen for maximum efficiency, so that it works, looks good, and still doesn’t feel cramped. The placement is also important, since you don’t want the washer and dryer column towering over your dinner table.

It will make your linen closet look like an HGTV-inspired dream.

It can be used to store liquid soaps, too.

Here's some cleaning feeds to scroll through that'll inspire you to tidy the digs you stroll through.

It's amazing what this tiny tool can do!

One survey says it's probably more time than you think, and even worse if you live in the UK.

Step away from the smelly sponge, I've got just the solution for you!

IKEA's new collection is meant to tidy up your home in no time.

One more reason to do the dishes.

Clean your screen in a matter of seconds.

Who doesn't wash the top AND bottom of a plate?

The Internet loves a good decluttering trend: We’ve long extolled the value of KonMari-ing your stuff, for instance, keeping only the things that “Spark Joy” and discarding the rest. But this year the latest big thing in cleaning and organizing philosophies has taken a decidedly darker tone: Swedish Death Cleaning.

Once in a blue super blood moon, a blogger comes along and from the first time you see them on video, you want them to move into your house and be your best friend. For me, that moment came this year when “meeting” delightful wish-she-would-adopt me mama Tonya Payne of Hey Tonya, whose YouTube tutorial documenting her complete overhaul of a tiny rental laundry room using only dollar store products is going viral. Because it’s genius — and she’s just plain adorable.

Taylor Swift is approaching a milestone birthday this year—the big 3-0. And while she still has a couple of months to go (her birthday is December 13), she penned a piece for ELLE, “30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30,” in advance of the occasion. Turning 30 can be a milestone year that gets you reflecting on the rights and wrongs that have happened within your 10,950 days of life.

Here is an entirely true story about my first week in my NYC studio. I was cleaning the kitchen (because I am a certified grown-up), and I got out the vacuum to get the nooks and crannies beneath the dishwasher and cabinets. Before moving in, I had gone a full year without experiencing more than a spider in my living quarters and I was not going to entice any new friends with crumbs from my Cheerio-based dinner. As I moved the vacuum under the stove, it caught something.

NBD wants to be the next big cleaning brand. But right now, NBD is literally no big deal—because it doesn’t exist yet. If you search this startup cleaning brand’s name, the first page is all unrelated results like one from Urban Dictionary that defines the internet acronym NBD as “no big deal.

I can’t begin to tell you how relieved I am that the Year of the Dog is almost over. For Chinese people, the year of one’s zodiac sign is traditionally the unluckiest year for them with warnings of trouble and danger at every turn. So as a Dog person, I am looking forward to welcoming that first day of the Year of the Pig (February 5) with all the new positive energy that comes with it. But first, I have to sweep the past year away—literally.

Being an adult means tackling things we’d rather not do, and that is especially true when it comes to certain household chores. According to a new survey compiled by the American Cleaning Institute, over half of Americans rank this task their most hated out of all of them—do you agree? When it comes to cleaning tasks people dread cleaning the most, the top answer is (understandably) the bathroom, which scored 52 percent of the vote.

Nothing strikes terror into the hearts of millions like one simple word: bedbugs. Thankfully, new research published yesterday reveals how to avoid bringing the creatures home with you, and therefore infesting your apartment. Instances of bedbugs have been on the rise, in part because of increased international travel. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has found that there are some things you can do to prevent the pests from coming home with you.