Cleaning Tips

Dust your ceiling fan with an old pillowcase. This will trap the dirt instead of just moving it around.

Keeping tabs on the food you already have is all about creating categories that work for your household. Here, snacks go on the bottom shelf, while breakfast foods and sweets go on the second shelf. The third is left empty for overflow.

If you’re running low on counter storage, add shelves to your walls as high as you can go. This leaves tons of surface space for chopping and prep work. What you’ll need: Command picture ledge, $17, amazon.com

This filing organizer is ideal for heavy serving platters, cutting boards, and trays because it screws into the bottom of the cabinet and won’t wiggle as you pull items in and out. What you’ll need: cabinet divider, $16, amazon.com

Most people have strong preferences if their glasses face up or down, but we say do both. This trick will help you fit way more glasses on your shelf, since they can nestle more closely together.

Instead of leaving your wet sponge in the sink after washing dishes, use this holder, which features draining slots that’ll help it dry up between cleanings. BUY NOW: $9, amazon.com

Items like cast iron skillets and Dutch ovens should always go in the lowest cabinet possible, partly because it’s safer to pull them out that way and you also won’t have to worry about the shelf they’re sitting on collapsing under their weight.

What’s key to making a utensil drawer functional is investing in caddies for every kind of utensil, as well as size. To save space, nestle your forks and spoons into each other. What you’ll need: plastic caddies, $6, amazon.com

Instead of taking up valuable cabinet space with these clunky items, use Command Hooks to hang them on an unused wall, like this pro organizer did. Start by hanging the biggest items first, then incorporate the medium-sized ones and finish with the smallest items. What you’ll need: Command hooks, $5, Read more

Hard-to-reach spots, like under your refrigerator and baseboards, are no match for this microfiber mop. Its flexible head bends and swivels to fit into any space.