đź§˝ Before you restock the cleaning cupboard


Hi Reader

Before buying more cleaning supplies, I like to see what I could make with ingredients already on hand.

You don’t have to replace everything; pick one recipe that fits a job you actually need to do.

Best Of: 28 homemade cleaning ideas

Looking for a place to start? This collection includes glass cleaner, soft scrub, laundry recipes and furniture polish, so you can choose something useful for your home.

Start a jar of pine vinegar cleaner

This recipe starts with pine needles and white vinegar. It needs about two weeks to steep, making it a small project you can start today and finish later.

Make your own beeswax furniture polish

Have beeswax pellets left from another project? My furniture polish combines them with olive oil and essential oil for a homemade alternative to another bottle from the store.

Until next time,

Sarita

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