Cleaning is fairly straightforward- you splash soap and water on something, then scrub it off and dry it. Voila! Pretty hard to mess up, right? Well, it turns out that it can be even simpler than that. You may be doing lots of extra work and not even know it. Check out this post by Michelle Hainer at the Trulia blog for chores that you may have been doing wrong all along:
-Scrub shower doors and curtains- To remove stubborn soap scum from glass doors, sprinkle a used dryer sheet with water and start scrubbing.
-Keep your bathroom clean each day- Stash a microfiber cloth under the sink and use it (wet) to wipe down the sinks, countertops, and faucets.
-Clean your oven- pour salt into spills immediately, let cool, then wipe clean.
-Dust ceiling fans- Slide an old pillowcase over the fan blade and then pull it back. Voilà! All of the dust and dirt will be contained inside.