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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Punteha van Terheyden

Let me de-influence you on the 5 stifling cleaning and decluttering beliefs that are actually holding you back

Kitsch kitchen sink with floral white and red sink skirt and bright blue crittal window looking out over countryside.

If there is one thing there’s a lot of, it’s cleaning and organizing tricks, hacks and advice floating around on social media. As head of Solved here at Homes & Gardens, I spend almost every day learning about and testing their voracity. In fact, they’re so popular, and such a growing phenomenon, that a whole new career path has popped up online – being a cleaning influencer.

With that also comes a lot of unnecessary trends and cleaning ideas. Now, after thousands of hours spent personally writing, testing, and editing our cleaning and organizing articles, I can spot a gimmick at 100 paces, and sniff out the concepts that are more of a hindrance than a help.

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