The 5 cleaning rules you can actually break – from loading the dishwasher to sticking to a strict schedule

A dining table with a black and white check cloth over it. Wooden-backed chairs on either side of it. A monstera plant in the left corner, and two white milk glass pendants hanging above. .

Among tricks, hacks, and how-to's, the internet is filled with hard and fast rules for scrubbing, dusting, and polishing. But, as the old saying goes, some rules are made to be broken.

Whether it's the way you load the dishwasher, or how you choose to clean glass surfaces, sometimes it's fine to switch things up and find what works for you, or so the experts say.