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A general interior view of a room with beige sofa, two accent lounge chairs, black sideboard, bookshelves and a new beige carpet.
Cleaning & Organizing

7 Secrets to Keeping Your Carpet Looking New

By Anja Sonnenberg

Materials needed to clean a toilet tank sitting on top of the toilet, including vinegar and dish soap.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean a Toilet Tank

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Updated by Margaret Foley

A bagworm pupa hangs from a thin tree branch.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Get Rid of Bagworms

By Bob Vila

Fly perched on the edge of a drinking glass.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Get Rid of Flies in the House

By Margaret Foley, BobVila.com Staff

Materials needed to make homemade floor cleaner and apply it to hardwood floors, including spray bottle, mop, and castile soap.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Make Your Own Homemade Hardwood Floor Cleaner

By Ayn Monique Klahre

Budget-Friendly Finds for Your Garage Options
Cleaning & Organizing

12 Budget-Friendly Finds for Your Garage

By Michelle Larson

Woman wearing yellow gloves uses a caulk remover tool to remove caulk from atop a baseboard.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Caulk

By Bob Vila

Woman wearing a plaid shirt and yellow cleaning gloves wipes white kitchen cabinets with a cloth.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Grease From Kitchen Cabinets

By Bob Vila, Katelin Hill, Donna Boyle Schwartz

Woman wearing cleaning gloves pours salt through a funnel into a mason jar.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Make Homemade Drain Cleaner

By Bob Vila

Woman wearing cleaning gloves removes oven racks for cleaning.
Cleaning & Organizing

7 Easy and Effective Ways to Clean Oven Racks

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, BobVila.com Staff

How to Make Your Own Oven Cleaner
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Make Your Own Oven Cleaner

By Manasa Reddigari

How to Clean a Porcelain Sink
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean a Porcelain Sink

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

Ingredients needed to make a homemade degreaser (including vinegar and baking soda) assembled on a counter.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Make a Homemade Degreaser That’ll Conquer Kitchen Grime

By Theresa Clement, Manasa Reddigari

Materials needed to clean wood furniture (including mineral spirits and dish soap) collected on a small wood table.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Wood Furniture

By Bob Vila

How To Clean Mirrors Streak Free
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean a Mirror: 4 Tips for a Streak-Free Finish

By Jill Lawrence O'Hara, Phillip Tinner

Woman uses a spray bottle and sponge to clean painted walls.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Painted Walls

By Emily Burns Morgan, Jennifer Noonan

Mean using a long pole to clean the windows outside a house
Cleaning & Organizing

Going Green and Keeping Clean: Outdoor Edition

By Alyson McNutt English, Bob Vila

A basement filled with furniture and bikes flooded with water
Cleaning & Organizing

How To: Dry a Wet Basement

By Maureen Blaney Flietner, Bob Vila

how to shampoo carpets
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Shampoo Carpets

By Kat Hodgins, Susan Pevaroff Berschler

man looking at mold on white wood panel on wall
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Mold From Wood

By BobVila.com Staff

A patio chair with cushion surrounded by a vacuum cleaner and materials needed to clean the cushions.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Outdoor Cushions 

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Jennifer Noonan

A residential backyard with a paver patio, outdoor furniture, plants, and more.
Cleaning & Organizing

5 Things You’re Forgetting to Deep Clean in Your Outdoor Space

By Deirdre Mundorf

Nine bottles and one bar of the best dish soap on a wood table
Cleaning & Organizing

The Best Dish Soaps for Squeaky-Clean Dishes, Tested

By Amber Guetebier

A person wearing rain boots pressure washing a concrete driveway.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Concrete Floors and Driveways

By Joe Provey, Tom Scalisi

Materials needed for making a DIY stainless steel cleaner.
Cleaning & Organizing

Make Your Appliances Sparkle With This DIY Stainless Steel Cleaner Recipe

By Manasa Reddigari

A woman is carrying boxes with personal belongings in a cluttered living room.
Cleaning & Organizing

50 Ways to Repurpose Your Clutter

By Deirdre Mundorf

how to get rid of mold on walls
Cleaning & Organizing

Mold on Walls? The Key to Permanent Removal Is Knowing Where It Hides

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

A person with a cleaning glove squeezing a magic eraser melamine sponge.
Cleaning & Organizing

Consider This Before Restocking Your Magic Erasers

By Lori Lovely

Red spoon full of diatomaceous earth.
Cleaning & Organizing

13 Handy Household Uses for Diatomaceous Earth

By Savannah Sher, Teresa Odle

A messy garage in summer waiting to be cleaned.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Up the Garage, the Busiest Space of Summer 

By Deirdre Mundorf

Dark colored mold grows in the corner of a wall with some cleaning product bottles and yellow gloves seen in the foreground.
Cleaning & Organizing

Here’s What Really Kills Mold

By Lauren Wingo

A rose-colored T-shirt and materials needed to clean it, including detergent, dish soap, and paper towels.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Get Oil Out of Clothes

By Emma Caplan

Woman uses a hair dryer to remove a sticker from a wood picture frame.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Glue: 3 Tricks That Really Work

By Bob Vila, Steffani Cameron

A person using the DeWalt DWPW2100 Electric Jobsite Pressure Washer to clean a motorcycle during testing.
Cleaning & Organizing

The Best Pressure Washers Under $500 for a Deep Clean, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe, Jodi Webb

On top of a top-load washing machine, a paint-spattered shirt and the materials needed to remove paint from the shirt.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Paint From Clothes

By Steffani Cameron

Black zip ties on a pink table.
Cleaning & Organizing

Yes, It’s Possible to Undo a Zip Tie—Here’s How

By Deirdre Mundorf

A group of the best degreasers together before testing.
Cleaning & Organizing

The Best Degreasers for Tackling Stubborn Messes, Tested and Reviewed

By Katie Barton

A woman holds her nose while looking at green mold growing on a wall.
Cleaning & Organizing

What Does Mold Actually Smell Like?

By Dan Casarella, Evelyn Auer

How to Get Rid of Carpet Beetles
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Get Rid of Carpet Beetles and Carpet Beetle Larvae

By Gretchen Heber, BobVila.com Staff

A gas grill with the top open, surrounded by materials and tools for cleaning it (including a plastic bin, garden hose, dish soap and more).
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean a Gas Grill the Right Way

By Teresa Odle, Amy Lynch

An unseen person wipes away shower wall tile grime, leaving behind a clean white streak.
Cleaning & Organizing

Your Most Common Spring Cleaning Questions, Answered

By Kristen Mosier

A dad and daughter doing laundry at home.
Cleaning & Organizing

Your Laundry Routine Is Probably Outdated—Here’s the Modern Way

By Savannah Sher

Tools the Bob Vila Team Swears By for Spring Cleaning
Cleaning & Organizing

9 Tools the Bob Vila Team Swears By for Spring Cleaning

By Perri Kressel

17 Clever Ways to Use Toothpaste Around the House
Cleaning & Organizing

17 Clever Ways to Use Toothpaste Around the House

By Cody Calamaio, Savannah Sher

17 Clever Household Uses for Rubbing Alcohol
Cleaning & Organizing

17 Clever Household Uses for Rubbing Alcohol

By Manasa Reddigari, Savannah Sher

Pink mold in white tile grout.
Cleaning & Organizing

Solved! What Is the Pink Mold in My Shower, and How Do I Get Rid of It? 

By Margaret Foley, Manasa Reddigari

Woman stands in front of a table with a bucket, vinegar, dish soap and other supplies, cleaning a paint brush.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Paint Brushes the Right Way

By Bob Vila, Gretchen Heber

A close up of a person in yellow cleaning gloves holding cleaning supplies with their hands on their hips.
Cleaning & Organizing

Here’s How Much Deep Cleaning a House Typically Costs

By Meghan Wentland

A suited worker points at mold growing on walls.
Cleaning & Organizing

Mold Remediation and Removal: What to Know and How Much You’ll Pay

By Meghan Wentland, Evelyn Auer

Woman scrubbing the inside of a terra-cotta pot, with a bucket of soapy water next to the pot.
Cleaning & Organizing

How To Clean Terra-Cotta Pots 

By Audrey Stallsmith

An inspector uses a phone to photograph mold in a shower.
Cleaning & Organizing

This Is the Only Pro You Need to Call for Mold Inspection

By Melissa Graham

Man cleaning dryer vent in home.
Cleaning & Organizing

Dryer Vent Cleaning Cost: What to Know and How Much You’ll Pay

By Brionna Farney, Evelyn Auer

A group of the best laminate floor cleaners grouped together before testing.
Cleaning & Organizing

The Best Laminate Floor Cleaners for Dirt, Spills, and Stains, Tested

By Katie Barton, Savannah Sher

A person demonstrating three cleaning hacks for the home.
Cleaning & Organizing

I Tried 3 Spring Cleaning Tricks—and I’ll Be Using Them From Now On

By Jenny Stanley

Woman using baking soda and brush to clean sink, with lemons on the counter next to her.
Cleaning & Organizing

30 Spring Cleaning Tasks You Can Tackle With Natural Ingredients

By Caitlin Castelaz

Person putting spray bottle with other cleaning supplies in supply closet.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to DIY the Ultimate Cleaning Supply Cabinet

By Kristen Mosier

Light carpet being cleaned with a black-and-red standing vacuum cleaner with a bagless dust compartment.
Cleaning & Organizing

Yes, Your Vacuum Needs to Be Cleaned Regularly—Here’s How to Do It

By Savannah Sher

A-persons-hands-in-yellow-gloves-use-spray-cleaner-and-a-magnetic-sponge-to-clean-refrigerator-shelves.
Cleaning & Organizing

5 Ways You Can Use Magnets to Clean Your Home

By Deirdre Mundorf

The Levoit LVAC-200 Cordless Vacuum on a hard floor surface during testing.
Cleaning & Organizing

A Review of the Levoit LVAC-200 Cordless Vacuum: Ideal for Apartment Living

By Lizzy Briskin

Handsome young man indoors cleaning a black-paned window.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Scratches From Glass: DIY Hacks That Work

By Bob Vila, Manasa Reddigari, Gretchen Heber

Man using wire tool to clean rust.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Rust From Tools

By Margaret Foley, Bob Vila

Woman uses a putty knife to remove some of a sticker from the bottom of a jar.
Cleaning & Organizing

9 Easy Ways to Remove Sticker Residue From Glass and Other Everyday Surfaces

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Margaret Foley

A soapy yellow dish sponge sits on the edge of a kitchen sink.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean a Sponge: 3 Ways That Really Work

By Manasa Reddigari, BobVila.com Staff

Things to Keep In Your Junk Drawer
Cleaning & Organizing

15 Things Always to Keep In Your Junk Drawer

By Nicole Pyles