Cleaning Archives

Upcycled Shower Curtain to Fitted Table Cover

April 9, 2018January 26, 2015 by Danielle Pientka

My friend was tossing an old shower curtain so I stole it from her and have had it since July with this project in mind. I wanted to make a cover for our table to reuse whenever the kids are doing crafts. They can’t seem to color within the boundaries of a piece of paper … Read more

Cleaning with a Steam Mop

February 20, 2020January 11, 2015 by Danielle Pientka

I wanted to write a quick post about my new toy because I’m kind of excited. I feel like a total 1950’s housewife… but I really detest cleaning and I LOVE electronics so this is more some dorky stay-at-home mom fun. We’ve been using a Swiffer forever… the old ones … and I made these … Read more

Dryer Lint Trap: Cleaning

April 9, 2018December 8, 2014 by Danielle Pientka

I dropped something metal into the lint trap- oiy- and desperately tried to get it out at 11pm while also desperately trying not to wake up my sons who were asleep. I tried a wire hanger down into the lint trap to no avail- although I did clean out quite a bit of lint so … Read more

How to Make Washable Mats for Fridge Shelves

December 3, 2020November 4, 2014 by Danielle Pientka

This tutorial will cover how to make easy, reusable, and washable refrigerator mats using PUL fabric. This is a great way to use extra PUL if you have some laying around from making cloth diapers. It's also a great item to make to help make cleaning your refrigerator fast and easy. I found having two sets to be perfect for easily swapping out liners on cleaning day.

How to make fridge shelf mats. These washable liners are great to make cleaning the refrigerator fast and easy. All you need to make them is some fabric and scissors!

How to Remove Glue from Glass Jars

July 4, 2021February 14, 2014 by Danielle Pientka

I’ve been using a hair dryer to peel the labels off containers which works pretty well, but there’s varying levels of success in terms of how much of the glue comes off with it. I found this tutorial to make glue remover and decided to try it. I think it did a pretty great job, but … Read more