Ten Items to Make Housecleaning Easier

I love to try new products. I also love to get my house as clean as I can as quickly as I can. These two facts mean that I have my own personal list of what gets my house done as quickly as possible so I can get other things done. I am going to share my list with you, in the hopes that you can get done faster, too!

1. Swiffer Wet Jet. This thing is AWESOME. It gets up dirt quicker than I used to be able to fill a mop bucket. I use it for spills and for my weekly mopping. Occasionally, I scrub the floors with a scrub brush, but for the most part, I use the Wet Jet. All you have to do is put a clean pad on it, and insert the cleaner bottle and batteries. Press the trigger to release the solution, then mop over it. The solutions have a nice, clean smell and they dissolve dirt fast. The solutions and pads can be a little expensive, depending on how often you mop, but there are often coupons out for them. The ease of using the Wet Jet as well as it's cleaning power make it worth the extra money.

2. Pledge Duster Plus. This is similar to the previous Pledge dusters and Swiffer dusters, only these have a small bottle of Pledge Muti-Purpose attached to them. You can spritz the duster or the area you are dusting and the duster not only gets up the dust, but fingerprints and the like as well. It's compact and inexpensive, and cleans quickly. I can go over a whole room in a matter of minutes.

3. Clorox Cleaning Wipes. These get up small messes, dirty fingerprints, and daily dirt. They come in a canister and I just pull one out whenever I need one. I keep canisters in the bathrooms to do quick wipe ups daily in between deeper cleaning. I use another canister in my kitchen to wipe up germy messes as I am cooking, as they are also disinfecting. I use them to clean out phones, door knobs, refrigerator and stove handles- anywhere I think germs might be waiting. There is very little these won't clean.