Even on my best Sunday, when I have it in me to do a deep clean of my apartment, I always feel like I forgot about an area. A few places I’d bet a lot of people, myself included, forget to clean (or ...

Humans built the first walls thousands of years ago, and we’ve been avoiding cleaning them ever since. Smudges around light switches? Of course. A sponge and some gentle soap, and those high-traffic ...

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The sandwich cleaning method will have your house looking twice as nice. Here’s why it’s now one writer's go-to strategy for deep cleaning floors, walls, and windows.

Whenever a new friend comes over, one of the first things they say to me is that I am "so lucky" to have an exposed brick wall in my apartment. This is true, for the most part, because it's pretty and ...

The pandemic inspired new vigilance about germs, including more frequent and thorough house cleaning—changes that stuck with many of us years later. But while cleanliness is a virtue, germ fixation is ...

Person's hand cleaning the bottom of a wall with soft cloth. - Fotoduets/Getty Images To clean your walls before painting, stick with a soft rag or sponge with warm water and maybe some dish soap, and ...

I vividly remember the first few weeks in the home we'd recently moved into, freshly painted with Benjamin Moore's iconic color, White Dove (which, as you might imagine, is a beautiful shade of white ...