Cleaning
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Quickle Wiper genuine dry sheets beat dollar-store refills
 I live in Japan and thought cheap refills were...
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How to Throw Out Plastic Storage Drawers: Don’t Saw Three, Pay the Fee
 During Golden Week I swapped mismatched storag...
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Bath slippers that are not freezing in winter
 I used 100-yen bath slippers for years--chea...
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Quieting a 10-year-old washing machine with anti-vibration rubber
 We have a 10-y...
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I love the Marna fish sponge
I’m not a househusband, but I cook and wash dishes a lot. After trying countless sponges, for the pa...
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How to reliably remove that musty damp smell from clothes
A shirt I’d washed and sun-dried smelled like a damp rag as soon as I sweat in it. I’d stored it cle...
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Clear lint from Velcro with a toothbrush and packing tape
Lint piles up on the hook side of Velcro. Mine was on sandals, so I ignored it until it looked terri...
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My plastic clothespins kept snapping, so I tried 100-yen polycarbonate ones—nine years later they’re still fine
 I dry laundry wit...
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Using Seria’s dressing bottle for natural cleaning powders
Seria sells a dressing bottle with a white lid and a wide spout. Because it’s for salad dressing, th...
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Master 100-yen storage by knowing the maker (Inomata)
On Instagram, the hashtag #冷蔵庫収納 (fridge storage) blew my mind—fridges packed with tidy bins. Prepar...
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I read a stack of cleaning books to make our home comfortable
I live trying to own as little as possible—and went overboard into a stark room. Fewer things, but c...
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How many days can you reheat bathwater?
 When I lived with a tub that couldn’t reheat, I’d use ...
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How I killed food waste odors for about ¥20k
I live in Japan and summers mean the triangle strainer in the sink starts smelling fast. I tried sea...
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Year-end deep clean? Duskin’s PDF checklist is all you need
 Duskin “little-by-little” deep-clean plan ...
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Taming outlet clutter with a cable box—options beyond Bluelounge
 Behind the TV: two wall outlets,...
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Washing bath towels daily feels impossible? Go smaller.
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White specks in my tea pitcher weren’t mold—they were limescale
 We cold-brew and sometimes...
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Killing tea stains in a Thermos: the melamine-sponge bottle brush that finally worked
 I’ve used the same 350 ml scr...
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Why does toilet dust pile up so fast?
 The toilet isn’t a high-traffic r...
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Cheap Uniqlo pack tees and the fight against pilling
I grabbed the famous Uniqlo pack tees this summer. They were 500 yen a piece (about 400 yen on sale)...