Different ways to keep your house neat and clean

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There's a reason why cleaning is called a chore so don't feel bad about admitting it's your least favourite part of the week. It's ours too! 

Well, that was the case until we sourced some fantastic cleaning tips that will have your home sparkling so brightly even a professional cleaning team would be impressed! 

From smell-free kitchens to banishing hard water stains, we've got a trick for everything, so come and take a look…

1. Easy dust removal

Tumble dryer sheets are perfect for removing dust from wood skirting and door frames.

2. Professional plate cleaning

Make your own special drill bit with a screw and a scrubbing brush head, to remove grease from your plates in a whizz!

3. Fresh white shoes

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A paste of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, smeared onto white shoes and then popped in the sun, will have them looking good as new

4. Valet style

A soft-bristle toothbrush is perfect for cleaning the textured plastic trim inside your car.

5. Microwave magic

Blitz a bowl of lemon slices and water on high for a few minutes and you'll be able to wipe all grime out of your microwave.

6. Blind to the dust

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Cover salad tongs with socks or old fabric and you'll have a perfect Venetian blind cleaning tool

7. Bright idea

Lint rollers and pet hair removers make light work of removing dust from fabric lampshades.

8. Handy cleaning tool

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Leave rusty tools in a bowl of white vinegar overnight and they will be good as new. You can then give them a coat of linseed oil to keep the rust at bay.

9. Make it a double

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Make a clothing spray with vodka, filtered water and essential oils and you can spritz away nasty odours without needing to wash!

10. Tight problem

Wrap some tights over the hose of your vacuum and you'll be able to find small, lost items, such as earrings.

11. Oven fresh

A paste of baking soda and vinegar can be left in your oven overnight to make it come up sparkling.

12. Ice cool bathroom trick

Make your own bowl fresheners in an ice cube tray, with citric acid, baking soda and dish soap.

13. Brilliant for bathrooms

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White vinegar and essential oils of your choice make a perfect bathroom cleaner for removing bath tub rings.

14. No more scrubbing

Use oil to remove kitchen grease, then clean off the fresh oil. It's so much easier than scrubbing the sticky residue with soap!

15. A tasty tip

Cut a grapefruit in half, cover it with salt and rub all over any hard water stains. They'll disappear immediately!

16. Hair removal

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Remove pet hair from your sofa by using a window squeegee. It really does work!

17. banish bad smells

Add some lemon slices to your ice cube tray and reserve the set ice to use as garbage disposal fresheners.

Fore more clever home tips, take a look at this Ideabook: 12 life-improving laundry hacks for all lazy people.

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