Let’s start with the bathmat. For fuzzy cloth bath mats, you can use a mild detergent and wash it in the washing machine (double check the tag). After a cycle in the dryer (low heat) you can brush it lightly to regain fluff.

Cleaning one room at a time is a great way for anyone to get their housekeeping under control without feeling overwhelmed. This system can be put into an easy housekeeping schedule that will give you peace of mind. Read How To Set Up a Housekeeping Plan to get started.

Why does the grime in a bathroom seem to stick worse than in any other room? Over the next two weeks I’ll show you how to conquer the ring around the bathtub, the stuck-on toothpaste, and that toilet nastiness.

If you haven’t heard about the new Purex Complete 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets yet, prepare to be amazed! I’m a Purex Insider, which means that Purex sent me their revolutionary new laundry product to try out before it was available in stores.

While I fully believe in taking a couple of days off during the week, you may or may not be the type of person who can handle what happens to your home when you’re not in control of the clutter for those two days. So what do you do? What do you do when laziness strikes and the clutter gets out of control?

What I’ve learned in the meantime of raising these three girls is that I don’t have to wait till the preteen years. Children are actually capable of cleaning at a very young age.

Welcome to the first edition of Housekeeping Heaven with Courtney! This week, you’ll get to know her a little bit, before she begins taking you on a housekeeping and cleaning extravaganza each week here on Homemaker Barbi!

Do you have to struggle with removing stains from your clothes and carpets? Have you tried ways to get rid of them, but in vain? Household stains can be caused by various substances such as oil, blood, dye, cold drink and grease. They need to be treated differently for getting rid of them quickly.

From the most commonplace household item to the truly bizarre, here are 22 unusual things to wash in the dishwasher:

Some things just never get cleaned.  Either they’re in hard to reach places, places you can’t see, or they are hard to clean. Maybe they’re just such everyday objects that you don’t think about cleaning them at all.  Whatever the reason, I bet there is more than one item on the list below that you [...]