Home Clean Home: 20 Ingenious Tips and Timesavers

Keeping a clean house doesn't have to be a (total) chore. Our experts reveal their favorite housekeeping shortcuts to spruce up your home in no time (22 Photos)

Jennifer Kantor on Mar 1, 2013 at 11:59AM

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Home Clean Home: 20 Ingenious Tips and Timesavers

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Maintenance Has Many Benefits


You probably realized that cleaning is easier, quicker and more effective if you keep things tidy in the first place. And this approach can also help save the planet, since a consistently clean home can stay that way using gentler, non-toxic cleansers. “If a house isn’t regularly maintained, you need to use harsher products and put more elbow grease into it,” says Sabrina Fierman, Vice President of New York's Little Elves, a premier cleaning service based in Manhattan.

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