Cleaning & Organizing

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Woman kneels on tile floor sponging floor next to orange bucket.
DIY

How to Remove Grout Haze

By Bob Vila

Organize Your Home With These Budget-Friendly Organizers
Interior

Organize Your Home With These Budget-Friendly Organizers

By Bob Vila Staff, Jasmine Harding

Woman with yellow rubber gloves uses a long-handled brush to clean beige vinyl siding on a home.
Exterior

How to Clean Vinyl Siding

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila

Woman wearing an apron and rubber gloves cleaning granite countertops with a spray bottle and yellow cloth.
DIY

How to Make Your Own All-Natural Granite Cleaner

By Manasa Reddigari

A man with yellow rubber gloves cleans an oven.
DIY

3 Ways to Steam Clean an Oven

By Deirdre Mundorf, Updated by Margaret Foley

Modern tidy bedroom with sage green bedspread and light wood furniture.
Interior

6 Minimalist Bedroom Ideas for Creating—and Maintaining—a Serene Space

By Sandi Schwartz

A freshly wet backyard deck has a house plant and puddles of water on it.
Exterior

How to Make a Homemade Deck Cleaner That Works Like a Charm

By Glenda Taylor

A mother and son scraping off old wallpaper and glue off a bedroom wall.
Interior

How to Remove Wallpaper Glue

By Bob Vila

Rolls of duct tape, duct taped items, and cleaning materials laid on a counter.
DIY

How to Remove Duct Tape Residue

By Bob Vila, Updated by Paul Rankin

Woman uses olive oil to polish a stainless steel sink.
DIY

How to Clean a Stainless Steel Sink

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

We Tested 14 of 2025’s Best Grout Cleaners—See Which 7 We Recommend
Reviews

We Tested 14 of 2025’s Best Grout Cleaners—See Which 7 We Recommend

By Michelle Larson, Andreana Lefton, Chaunie Brusie

A group of the best tile cleaners group together in front of a tiled wall before testing.
Reviews

We Tested 10 Tile Cleaners to Find the Best One

By Debbie Wolfe, Katie Barton

Person holding paint scraper against metal gutter with bubbling paint.
DIY

How to Remove Paint From Metal

By Bob Vila, Jennifer Noonan

The Best Plugin Air Freshener Options
Reviews

Our Favorite Plug-in Air Freshener is Simple, Effective, and Affordable

By Savannah Sher

View of shoveled driveway covered with ice leading to a garage door.
Exterior

Homemade Ice Melt Recipes: 3 Solutions for When You’re Iced In

By Bob Vila, Updated by Margaret Foley

A woman in a blue shirt with red hair scrubs a pink-tiled bathtub with black mold damage.
Interior

Cleaning and Preventing Black Mold in the Bathroom

By Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer, Updated by Teresa Odle

Peeling white paint on an old brick wall.
DIY

How to Remove Paint From Brick

By Bob Vila

Young couple cleaning windows in their home
DIY

This Old School Cleaning Hack Simply Doesn’t Work Anymore

By Sandi Schwartz

View of modern luxury kitchen with island and stainless steel appliances.
DIY

How to Remove Scratches From Stainless Steel

By Jennifer Noonan, Phillip Tinner

Close up of person holding an aqua toothbrush pulling chewing gum out of a beige carpet.
DIY

How to Get Gum Out of Carpet

By Manasa Reddigari, Updated by Paul Rankin