25 Clever Ways to Clean Your Apartment

Use a coffee filter to clean the screens in your apartment like on your TV, computer, laptop, and more. Coffee filters will be gentle on your screen but still get the job done.

If you need to clean your air vents, use a foam paint brush to get in between each of the vent panels. The foam will easily pick up all the dust and get into those hard to reach places.

Use some vinegar and a toothbrush to scrub around your gas burners. It will remove the stains and help your stove look like new again.

To get super clean carpets in your apartment, use a squeegee. As you firmly pull it across the carpet it will pick up all of the hair and small particles that might be trapped in the fibers of your carpet.

Have a scrub brush in your shower that is filled with part dish soap, part vinegar. You can use it in the shower everyday to scrub the walls and always keep it really clean.

Use baking soda and essential oils (if you want a fantastic smell) to clean your mattress. You can sprinkle it on your mattress and let it sit for a while and then vacuum it up.

Use a lint roller to pick up dust with ease! This works especially well on lampshades. It’s really fast and can even be fun.

Soak some paper towels in vinegar and then place them over your faucets. The vinegar will get rid of any build up on your faucets and they will look so much better.

Use a pumice stone to clean your toilet! It will get any marks or hard water stains out of your toilet bowl or around the rim. You’ll be amazed at how easy it works.

If your shower curtain liner starts looking gross and feels mildewy, it is time to wash it! Instead of trying to scrub it, just throw it in your washing machine.

Fill a bowl up with some vinegar and lemon slices. Then put it in your microwave for a few minutes. It will smell better and make your microwave super easy to wipe up and get clean.

Another good trick you can do with lemons is get rid of any rust stains you have in your apartment. Just cut open a lemon and dip it in salt and then put it over your rust stains.

If your apartment allows pets, you probably have pet hair that you need to deep clean. To remove any hair, just get some rubber gloves wet and the pet hair should attract to your gloves.

If your stove burners are covered in gunk, you can clean them with ammonia! Let the burners sit in a bag of the ammonia over night and it should get rid of all the layers of cooked on gunk by morning.

Use some WD-40 to scrub off any scuff marks on your floor. Use a brush with good bristles and your floors will look like new again!

It’s always good to clean your oven door every once in a while. For a really fast and easy way that doesn’t require much work, just sprinkle baking soda on your oven door and then cover it with a damp wash cloth. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then wipe it off.

If your apartment has a microfiber couch, there is an easy way to get the stains out. Just use some rubbing alcohol and a scrub brush and let it work its magic.

If your couch is made of fabric, and isn’t microfiber, then use some baking soda to get it clean. It will also help remove any odors your couch may have so that it smells so much better.

Polish any stainless steel you might have with some Pledge. You will be amazed at how all of your appliances will start to sparkle!

It always feels great to have nice, clean pillows. To get rid of any stains or smells your pillows might have throw them in your washing machine with a little bit of bleach.

To get rid of any tough mineral deposits on your shower head, just wrap around a bag of vinegar over it with a rubber band. Let it sit until your faucet looks like new again.

Use a pillowcase to dust off your fan blades. It will easily wrap around each blade and the fibers in the fabric will pick up all the dust without letting it get all over your floor.

Cut open a bagel and use the inside to gently rub onto any old paintings you have. This will clean off anything on the surface without ruining your artwork.

Use some Clorox bleach clinging gel to squeeze onto all the grout around your tile in your bathroom or kitchen. The grout will look so much better and it’s super easy to do.