As the weather warms, the skies brighten and daffodils bloom, you may be overcome with a strange urge to dust your window sills and vacuum beneath your couch. You aren’t crazy — or alone. Spring ...

Credit: Ian Moore / Lifehacker; hudiemm / iStock / Peter Dazeley / The Image Bank / Getty Lifehacker’s Ultimate Guide to Spring Cleaning will help you clean more efficiently and make organizing less ...

Welcome to How To Do Anything Properly, a monthly column where we break down all the tips, tricks and products you need to tackle a complicated task. So you’ve found yourself overcome with the ...

I am notorious for not cleaning my room. Usually, the problem is my reluctance to put away a pile of clothes after a long day. But, over the past few weeks, what began as a pile has slowly escalated ...

When studying for a midterm or working on a difficult p-set, nothing is more distracting than a messy room. It can be so easy to get sidetracked when you’re surrounded by random junk and clutter, and ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

We rely on our washing machines and dryers to clean our clothes, towels, and linens regularly, but they also need to be cleaned from time to time so that they can do their jobs well. Because as ...