Natural ways to keep your kitchen clean
The kitchen is an important room in every home, it is a place visited multiple times per day, a place we all try and keep spotless but while it is often easy to reach for the nearest spray did you know you could easily make natural and effective cleaners from ingredients you are likely to have around your home, as well as help to keep those items clean and fresh.
Oven
Is your oven looking a bit, well used? Then grab the baking soda make a paste like formula by adding a small amount of water, coat your oven in the paste and then leave it to work over night, the next day take a damp cloth to your oven and wipe away the dried paste – hopefully it some come away easily if not use a little elbow grease, follow up with a vinegar spray and then touch wood you should have a lovely clean oven.
Fridge Freezer
The fridge freezer is one of the worst areas for smells, so why not try and help keep them to a minimum by popping a little something extra in your fridge. Idea’s such as wiping the sides in lemon juice and then placing the slices in the fridge work well – but you have to remember to remove it before it goes off. For those liable to forget (like me) an open pack of baking soda or small dish of coffee beans will do just as well.
Washing Machine
For your washing machine you need to make a mixture of baking soda and water around 1/4 of cup of each this goes into the washing liquid / power part of your draw, you then need to add around 2 cups of vinegar straight into the drum. Pop your washing machine on a normal washing cycle and let the two mixes work their magic.
To be honest with you a paste made of baking soda and a dash of vinegar can work wonders on all manner of kitchen clean ups.
What are your top tips for cleaning naturally?
Brilliant! Love seeing natural cleaning methods promoted.
Funny enough I was just telling a friend to use vinegar to clean his mirrors. I had forgot about baking soda, thank you for the reminder. I ususally keep vinegar on hand, but I’ll also pick up some baking soda to add to my natural cleaning supply. I’m trying not to use as many chemicals these days.
white vinegar & lemon juice in the washing machine are good for descaling/deo-odourizing.
a natural carpet cleaner use bicarb and mix in some crushed herbs like lavendar or rosemary sprinkle on the carpet, leave for a while then just hoover
Brilliant tips – I really need to try the washing machine one too! Kaz x
We love using bicarb & white vinegar for cleaning most things!
Great ideas. Must pop out for some baking soda now!
Some great tips – bicarb and vinegar have so many uses around the house x x
Great tips and simple too
I did use bicarbonate recently to remove odors from a wardrobe and I know coffee beans can do the same trick! Wish I knew more, this sort of tips are always useful to know!xx
Great tips here! Thanks for sharing!
I love using baking soda, it works better than anything bought in the shops!
I’ve been looking for some more natural ways to clean the kitchen. I can’t stand the amount of chemicals in cleaning products!
great tips! Love it! does the vinegar smell disappear after those 2 washes? never tried that but I would be definitely excited to go for it!
xx
Dominika
Yes it does – I was worried about that at first, to be honest I think the bicarb probably helps you wouldn’t know you had used it, it actually smells fresh!
Hahrrr some good ones I have to say just done mine today.
I will be trying out the washing machine tip, its not doing so great at the moment so a bit of love will hopefully make it work better lol
I want that kitchen, it is perfect x
great tips. thankyou for another great post
I wouldn’t be without Bi carb in my kitchen. That and white vinegar are my cleaning arsenal
Ah the stink from the washing machine, eek! We have done that with the baking soda and it really works. I like natural cleaning tips. White vinegar is so good to have in.
Great tips especially for the washing machine and fridge. I am a bit of a clean freak when it comes to my oven as I can stand the build up of grease xx
Great tips
A lemon cut in half with a cup
of water heated up in the microwave is great to loosen any dried on food and stops nasty smells too
Baking soda and vinegar are amazing for cleaning. You can honestly use baking soda for so many things!
It’s amazing isn’t it, a must have in the cupboard for so many reasons! x
I like to deodorize my microwave with half a lemon in some water – pop on high for 2 minutes and it’s fresh smells all the way!! Plus the steam helps you to get the baked on dirt off too!
Great tips here I need to do the washing machine there is so much build up in there! Baking soda certainly is such a versatile product! xx
I love your tips – my washing machine could certainly do with some TLC.
I keep meaning to try this with my washing machine! Great tips!
I love your oven tip, I am going to use that! I like the lemon tip. Cut half a lemon, place in bowl of water and put in microwave for about a minute. When it’s done you’ll be able to wipe away all the grease from the inside of your microwave really easily!
Oh I’m going to have to give that a try – our poor microwave is so over used lol.