There's something revitalizing about cleaning your home. With these cleaning hacks, you may even enjoy cleaning your floors, carpets and counters. Not only will your house smell nice, it'll look nice. Each of these takes 10 minutes or less to complete. They're particularly useful if you have company coming over last minute, you can do a few of these to spruce up your home if need be.

1. Use Lemons for Polishing

All you need to do is soak lemon peels in a jar of vinegar, and let it sit for two weeks.

2. Kill Bad Odor with Citrus-Rosemary Cubes

In each of the boxes of an ice cube tray, place some chopped citrus and rosemary. Pour over some vinegar. Freeze your citrus-rosemary cubes.

3. Mix Water and Vinegar to Clean the Carpet

Put the mixture in a spray bottle and spray on the stain. Cover with a damp cloth and steam-iron afterward.

4. Use a Hanger Wire for Cleaning the Oven

Simply twist the hanger wire into sort of a wand. Wrap a piece of cleaning wipe at the end using a rubber band and voila!

5. Make Use of Old Socks as Swiffer Pads

Quit buying those expensive Swiffer replacement pads and just use an old pair of socks instead!

6. Clean the Fridge in 3 Minutes

This simple 3-minute process for cleaning your fridge guarantees efficiency and productivity. You’ll only be needing a plastic bag and some damp cloths!

7. Remove Gunk with a 2-Ingredient Solution

All it takes are two ingredients to remove them: vegetable oil and baking soda! Mix the two ingredients using a toothbrush and scrub away!

8. Scrub with Salt

Using a sponge and rock salt to scrub a cast iron cleans it swiftly and effectively.

9. Solve It with Baking Soda

By adding it to the washcloth you’ll be using to clean your sofa, you can get rid of stains and dirt! Remember: identify the type of fabric your sofa is made of first.

10. Soak Your Stove Burners in Ammonia

All I needed to do to clean them is put them in a Ziploc filled with ammonia!

11. Pick Up Crumbs with Tape

Take one roll and use it from now on to pick up little scraps of food and dirt you find!

12. Wash Pillows in Hot Water

Here’s all you need to make them look and feel brand new after washing: laundry detergent, powdered detergent, bleach, Borax, and really hot water.

13. Get Rid of Hard Water Stain

Simply dip in some vinegar your towels, toothbrush, or whatever it is you use for cleaning!

Have you been able to use any of these cleaning hacks? Let us know if you have other effective cleaning tips and tricks!

Article Source: DIY Projects