Set Yourself Free With These Spring Cleaning Life Hacks

Keeping a clean house throughout the winter is a lost cause. However, the moment you wake up and find that the birds have come back out, everything is a bit greener outside, and your sinuses are clogged to the brim. Look around and you'll see that there's dust in places you never thought dust would accumulate in. You feel confused, you feel alone. Suddenly, you look at your phone and discover this list. You are filled with determination. 

Using an Onion to Clean Your Grill

If your grill grates have the wintertime blues, cheer them up with half an onion! If you heat your grill up and rub a halved onion on the grates, the sugars and water in the onion will essentially "deglaze" your grates. The evaporating water will get under the built-up grime and pull the nastiness right off of your previous grills.

Lemon/Vinegar Microwave Cleaner

If you love cleaning caked on gunk off of the inside of your microwave, then ignore this hack completely. If you hate cleaning your microwave like the rest of us, then this hack is for you. Microwave a bowl of lemon and water to soften the gunk on the inside of your microwave. The lemon will shine the inside as well!

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The More You Know

  • Most cutting boards don’t come with any kind of rubber surface on the bottom to prevent them from sliding on a countertop, but with a couple of rubber bands, you can stabilize your cutting board and keep it from moving around during use.
  • Instead of picking a hobby that you're already skilled at or one that's impossible to master, pick something you feel confident you can see major improvement with.
  • Use your vacuum cleaner to find tiny items you've lost, such as earrings. Just cover the end of a vacuum cleaner with a stocking or pantyhose, and start your search.
  • Once you use a clothespin to hold a nail while hammering, you'll wonder why you ever risked hitting your fingers before.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.