Don’t Use White Vinegar to Clean These 13 Things

If you spent any time at all poking around household blogs, you’ll quickly realize that plain white vinegar is apparently some sort of miracle substance. Many people claim it can clean basically anything: laundry, windows...

How to Remove the 7 Most Common Baby Stains

Babies: they’re cuddly, they’re adorable, some may even say that they’re life-affirming, but they’re also really, really disgusting. Yep, infants pretty much epitomize everything that is wonderful AND gross about the...

Here Are 6 Things That You Should Never Put in Your Washing Machine

If you ask us, the washing machine is pretty much the greatest modern invention of all time. Without these clothes-cleaning godsends, we would still be beating our sopping wet threads against an old-fashioned washing board—not...

This Machine Folds Your Laundry for You So You Don’t Have To

Imagine lounging on your sofa, surrounded by mountains of piled up laundry. It’s clean, but it’s been dumped into any available basket or empty surface so you wouldn’t have to pause and lose your washing momentum. You...

Why Europeans Think We Dry Our Laundry Wrong

If you’ve ever spent more than a week abroad, you’ve likely been faced with one unique form of culture shock: laundry is NOT done the same way as it is in the States and Canada. Sure, the detergent pods (please, don’t eat...

You’ve Never Hung Up a Sweater Correctly in Your Life

In the fall and winter, no item of clothing is more essential than your trusty sweaters. What else can keep you cozy and warm while still making sure you’re always looking stylish? Let’s say it all together: HOORAY...

This is How You Should be Cleaning Your Towels

I’m not going to lie, there are times when I pick up a dish rag, give it the “smell test,” and rack my brain, desperately trying to remember the last time that I’d washed it. And unless you’re an absolute domestic god...

If Your Clothes Smell Like Mildew After Washing Them, Here’s How to Fix Your Washing Machine

Have you ever gone through the process of washing and drying your clothes, just to have them stink afterwards? It’s incredibly frustrating. Odds are, you just did laundry to make dirty clothes clean and fresh, not to make them...

How to Dry Shoes in the Dryer without Tumbling

In the world of clothing, few things are as difficult to tend to as shoes. Everything about shoes makes them hard to clean; their shape, the fabric they’re made of, and how dirty they get, to name a few. And few shoes get...

How to Speed Up Laundry by Reducing Drying Time

Do you love the smell of fresh clothes but hate the tedious process that gets you there? That’s right: laundry. One of the most time consuming chores of all. There’s probably been many a time that you’ve wished your...