5 Things You Should Be Cleaning in Your Home
This past week, I got the itch to start my spring cleaning. While cleaning out cubbies, under beds, and shelves, I realized that my “clean house” wasn’t so clean after all. Thinking about all of the places that my family frequently touches throughout the day made me realize that there are many areas of my house that I should be disinfecting on a regular basis (that I’m not).
I received samples and compensation in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own.
5 Things You Should Be Cleaning in Your Home
(but aren’t)
1. Regularly touched surfaces: Do you take the time to frequently clean your light switches, computer keyboards, cell phone screens, remote controls, stair rails, and door knobs? Think of how many people spread germs to these areas throughout the day. Because viruses such as influenza can stay on such surfaces for up to 24 hours, it’s important to disinfect these household items daily.
2. The kitchen sink: Although you frequently wash your dishes in your sink, have you every thought about sanitizing your sink before washing your dishes? Make sure that you are also switching our your kitchen sponges on a regular basis. Kitchen sponges are a great place for bacteria to hang out.
3. Toys: Be sure you are cleaning your child’s toys on a regular basis. Don’t forget to clean/replace bath toys!
4. Toothbrushes: Don’t wait until someone is sick in your home to replace/sanitize toothbrushes. Make sure that you’re cleaning or replacing your toothbrushes on a regular basis. An easy way to do this is running them through the dishwasher. In order to avoid spreading germs, place toothbrush covers on each separate toothbrush.
5. The air: Let’s be honest, even if you’re pretty good at cleaning your home, chances are, you aren’t purifying the air in your home on a regular basis. Using a quality air purifier such as the Honeywell QuietClean Air Purifier is key to eliminating airborne pathogens, pet dander, dust particles, VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), and other indoor allergens.
Easy to transport from one room to the next, my family has fallen in love with our Honeywell QuietClean Tower Air Purifier. Because of its lightweight design, it can easily purify the air in any room of the house: kitchen, playroom, family room, bedrooms, etc. Living in a new home full of dust, the Honeywell QuietClean Tower Air Purifier has been a game changer – capturing microscopic dust particles, our allergies have never been better. Equipped with permanent filters that can easily be rinsed with water, saving money on cleaner air has never felt so good!
I typically clean my house during my kids’ nap time. While cleaning doorknobs, light switches, bath toys, etc., I always run my Honeywell QuietClean Tower Air Purifier. I’m always amazed just how quickly it rids my home from the strong smell of cleaners while purifying my air. Not to mention, it’s ultra-quiet fan never wakes my sleeping children. I call that a win-win!
The beginning of spring is a great time to rid your home of unnecessary germs and allergens. Cleaning things such as the air in your home has never been easier thanks to Honeywell. Be sure to check out the Honeywell QuietClean Tower Air Purifier at Best Buy for more product information and features.
I would like to thank you for sponsoring the Honeywell QuietClean Air Purifier giveaway. It is a fine piece of equipment.
Honeywell is a great name in air purifiers! Anyone like myself and family members,who suffer from allergies could definitely benefit from having one in their home.The only thing I hate about Spring is allergy season!
I really enjoyed your tips! Thank you for the ideas!
I’ve wanted an air purifier for years but really to get one soon since we are expecting a baby this summer.
It sounds great. Our home’s air has lots of issues.
My grandson has such bad eczema. Its hard to know what affects it. I wonder if this would help.
We could really use one of these in our household. Fingers crossed.
We have pets and could use something to clean the air.
Diana C
I live in a house with 7 dogs, I feel like this could be really useful! 🙂
I have never owned an Air Purifier before ..but I would love too. Often, I find myself turning on a window a/c unit even when it is cooler outside just to get some fresh air circulating in my home. My own often feels stuffy.
I do not clean the doorknobs nearly enough in my home, thanks for motivating me
The allergy season has come early this year and I’d be able to put this Honeywell QuietClean Air-Purifier to work right away.
I would love to win this:-)
This would be reat in our home with all the pets we have..I would love cleaner air to breathe
A good air cleaner is a must in a home, especially an older one. Thanks for a great giveaway!
With the animals in the house, an air purifier would probably be a very good idea.
Great giveaway! Thanks for this chance
Would love to have this to help with breathing issues..
With two cats, I probably don’t realize how much dander effects the air; nterested to see the difference with an air purifier.
So many nasties hiding out everywhere!
My whole family has allergies.This would help us out a lot
This would be so perfect for our family room where we spend most of our time. We all suffer from allergies.
Very good cleaning tips. I have a lot of cleaning to do.
This would definitely help with 3 cats!
could really use this – COPD
A breath of fresh air!!!
These are all some amazing tips. I know most people never think to clean the kids toys so that was a good one! Because we all have allergies and it is that time of the year this would be amazing to have to keep things as clean as possible!
Someone play The Hollies’ “The Air That I Breathe” here.
This is great for the dust and pet dander in the home- thanks for the giveaway!
I would love my son to have this air purifier in his dorm room.
We don’t currently have an air purifier, but my little one suffers badly from allergies and we’re been looking into them. Thanks for all the great information. I love that the Honeywell QuietClean Air Purifier is so quiet
This would help a lot since I have three dogs!
I would love to have the Honeywell QuietClean Air Purifier to eliminate germs and odors.
My husband has dust allergies. This would be great for that.
the spring pollen is starting up!
An air purifier would be so nice to have! Everyone should have one!
I’d love to use this in our house to clean our air since we have spring allergies.
I would love to have this for my home. We have a dog, seasonal allergies, and a child with asthma so clean air would be great.
We received some air purifiers to test a number of years ago…they have since given up the ghost(s) and I’d love to have another. Thanks for the contest, good luck to us all!
I think this air purifier would help my family with our seasonal allergies.
This would help with all the pet dander and dirt in our house.
I could use one of these for my grandson.
We could really use this with all the pets in our house!
I have respiratory issues and I’ve often wondered whether it would be worth trying an air purifier to see if it helps. Your review makes me think I should try it, if only to help eliminate the sometimes irritating odors left behind by some cleaners. Thanks.
Maybe this would help with our allergies!!
i would love this for my newborn due in July
A great reminder of some things that we may forget to clean! I forget to clean of things like knobs and toys.
This would be perfect for my husband and kids!
I would like to have an air purifier, I have a smoker in the house and I really need it.
We live in an area that is a top ten “Allergy” city. A good air purifier is a must.
I would love to win this! I have allergy’s. Thanks for the chance.
daughter suffers from allergies
The air purifier is not only for baby’s sake as I have a husband with asthma and this would be great for him, too.
Oh this would be so wonderful with two in our home with allergies. I really love that it has the permanent filters!! Would be so great to put in our little ones room at night!
We’ve had an air purifier since we got married and love it! My husband has allergies and asthma and it definitely helps.
I could really use this for my asthma.
I could use one of these, as I have pets.
I have a few Honeywell products and they are fab. I’d love to have this air purifier . It sounds great!
I could use this in my home. We all have allergies so I think it would be helpful.
I could really use this
The Honeywell QuietClean Air Purifier would be great to have especially with the warmer weather approaching. I love to open my windows in the nice weather but with the pollen and allergies it limits when I can do it. This would clean out the allergies and pollens.
Family of allergy sufferers, this is perfect!
My daughter and I have lots of allergies! This would be ideal for us!
I’d love to own one of these. Between daycare and work, we’re always getting sick
I have used a Honeywell air purifier in the past and really liked it.
I would love to get rid of germs and allergens in our home.
I would love to have this because I have allergies and we get our 2 yr old grandson every other weekend and he also is suffering with allergies, thanks
My son has a terrible time with allergies. This would be a great addition to his bedroom so he might get a good nights sleep. Thanks.
This would be perfect for my daughter who has numerous allergies.
I never thought of placing separate covers over toothbrush heads! Great tip!
I like that this is a quiet purifier.
It would be a mega help with spring allergies around the corner.
thank you
My family suffers from allergies each season. I would love relief and cleaner air.
Air fresheners make my eyes itch, cleaning the air is a much better solution.
My husband has dust allergies. I dust daily and everything in sight
HONEYWELL Plug-In is a must in my house. Hate dust.
Can not get a good nights sleep without my Honeywell.
I have terrible dust allergies and have had air purifiers for years. This one looks like the real deal!
I worked in a daycare center, so we did a lot of cleaning. This helped me keep my house cleaner.
We travel for a living, dust abound when we return home.
I love that this helps with allergens! They get us every time during this season!
I wonder if something like this would help my daughter’s environmental allergies.
I wasn’t really aware that I needed to clean the air until I had a pulmonary embolism and now have breathing problems. I would love to win this prize!
With all the dust, chemicals, pollen, etc., in the air, it would be great to have an air filter.
Yes, it’s getting to be spring cleaning/deep cleaning time here too
This would be great for when I cook fish on Fridays
I love all these tips ! And it could help out my home with pets
Great giveaway!
Is it sad I almost didn’t want to read this post because I knew it would tell me stuff I need to be doing – or not doing! Thanks for the reminder though!
I have been wanting to buy one of these for my house. I am always trying to make my home more pure.
Cleaning the house during nap time is a fantastic idea. I used to put the kids Lego in a mesh bag and run it threw the washing machine to clean them.
Luckily we actually clean all of these. I know you have to keep very clean, especially when having kids. We even spray with lysol around the house often because of germs.
Thanks for the giveaway!
We have a small purifier for the kids room and love it! I want a larger one or one for every room in the house!
This is such a great post. It amazes me how many people don’t wash their baby’s toys. Babies put EVERYTHING her mouth.
Wonderful suggestions! I can never leave our sink spotty or dirty and totally understand that clean air means less allergies.
We go through toothbrushes like crazy in my house. I should get one of these to help with my allergies.
When it gets humid in the summer I find my girl’s room smells weird. I think it is from the carpet, but this would help a lot!
Great list! I definitely need to clean those items more often! Thanks for the reminder.
Oh yes! I am all over the doorknobs. Just thinking about all the germs that live on them make me cringe.
helpful tips
I’d like to try this as I am not keen on using air fresheners but would occasionally like to rid of cooking odors.