18 May Mini-Challenge: Awesomepants Cleaning Tips!

Sticking with the cleaning spirit as we finish off the month of May, I thought I would share a bunch of super fab online reads that will offer even more cleaning tips, tricks, ideas and inspiration than you could ever imagine.

Y'all know I am a sucker for a good cleaning plan.  In fact, I swear by it as one of the ways we work together as a family to keep our home squeaky clean.  The lovely friends over at Better Homes & Gardens believe in a cleaning plan too, and offer a step by step guide for getting one started.

I have been on the hunt for a good green carpet stain remover.  Leave it up to my girl Martha to dish the recipe for stain remover, along with other natural green cleaning tips too!

If you have grout, you know it can be a pain to clean, and it can also look dirty, fast.  Check out these groovy grout tips for sparkly grout lines.

How many ways can use a dryer sheet?  Did you know they can be used to dust, to tackle soap scum and to clean pots and pans?  Get the scoop along with 17 other uses for dryer sheets here.

One of the reasons I like to clean is because the smell of a clean home is invigorating.  To take it a step further, you can naturally deodorize your home with the lovely scent of lemon, vanilla and rosemary.  Snag the scoop here and savor the smell!

Cleaning your appliances is just as important as cleaning the surfaces in your home.  Find out a super sweet dishwasher cleaning trick here, which will only cost you about ten cents!

I always chat about shopping your home for organizing supplies, but what about shopping your home for cleaning supplies?  The folks over at the nest compiled a great list of surprising household items that double as cleaners!

Under the sink is the prime spot to store cleaning goodies, but cleaning doesn't come easy when your supplies are a jumbled mess.  Learn how to take control of that spot under the sink within ten minutes or less, so it shines just as bright as the rest of your home.

I have already shared a couple of easy peasy lemon squeezy homemade cleaning recipes here, but you can find 66 more real simple all natural cleaning solutions here.

Sometimes it's all about the little things... Especially when they prevent BIG mistakes!  I love how Ashley takes note of special wash instructions in the laundry room.

All these reads inspire me to get scrubbin' and washin' and cleanin' and lovin' my home, how about you?  Where do you go to find your cleaning inspiration?  Any other sources jam packed with helpful household tips?

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