Everyone always talks about Spring Cleaning. And while I love spring cleaning, about mid-winter I get an itch to de-clutter and deep clean my home! Over the last several weeks, my husband and I have spent many hours purging and organizing, and it feels AMAZING! (more on that later though)
And then, it was time to tackle a little deep cleaning.
I love a deep cleaned home, but as I have gotten older, I have noticed that many harsh chemicals actually give me a bad migraine. I need a clean home, but I can't suffer the rest of the day with a migraine because of it. So I am always on the look out for cleaning supplies that aren't harsh but still get the job done.
This is one of the reasons I absolutely LOVE HomeRight's SteamMachine! It gives me the ability to steam clean and sanitize just about anything, using only water! So I can sanitize and clean my home, without getting a migraine! Wahoo!! (Be sure to read the whole post to see how you can enter to win a SteamMachine for yourself too!)
I worked hard to deep clean my home this past weekend and so I wanted to share with you my quick cheat sheet for deep cleaning! And it's yours to print and use for FREE!
In addition to the items on my checklist, I also gave my SteamMachine a run for it's money this past week! In fact I cleaned almost my entire bathroom with it and it did a great job.
Here are a few items I cleaned with my SteamMachine:
Inside of Oven and Glass Door
I typically use my self clean setting to clean the inside of my oven, but if you don't have a self clean setting, a SteamMachine will do the job! Regardless, the glass on most oven doors often gets pretty grimey and dirty and using your SteamMachine with the wire bristled brush will clean it up in just a few minutes!
Bathroom Mirrors
The SteamMachine comes with an attachment perfect for cleaning mirrors and windows. Be careful with windows though, if the temperature is too cold it can shatter your glass. Since we have crazy cold weather right now I couldn't test this on my windows, but I cleaned my kids bathroom mirror (that is by far the dirtiest mirror in our home) and without even scrubbing, it was perfectly clean and shiny again! I can't wait to try this on my windows in the spring.
Bathroom Counter and Sink
While I had my SteamMachine out I used it on my kid's bathroom counter and sink (again, it was super gross). It did a great job getting dried off toothpaste off of the counter! All I had to do was spray it for a few seconds with my SteamMachine and then wipe it off with a cloth.
Faucet
Toilets
I won't show you before photos of my kid's toilet (ew) but let's just remember that I have young children, including a boy. So, ya. The whole thing needs to be cleaned and sanitized regularly. The pressure of the SteamMachine did a great job cleaning all the yuckiness off that builds up in all the crevices around a toilet. This might just be the very best way to clean toilets!
Shower
Is that not the grossest thing ever!? Ew. There is this place where my kid's tub meets the side panels and I have never had a lot of luck cleaning in between the two because of how it angles. Toothbrushes help, but there are places I still can never get to. Ew. Well, in literally seconds the SteamMachine was able to get all of the yuckiness off! This was an absolute miracle worker in my kid's shower! Hurray!
The SteamMachine can also be used for many other things like:
- Steam cleaning curtains
- Steam cleaning upholstered sofas, chairs or pillows
- Baseboards
- Windows
- Grout and tile
- Floors (linoleum and tile, but not laminate)
- Removing wallpaper
In other words, it is an amazing machine that I absolutely love!
And I am so excited to be able to give one away today!
Please wait until the Rafflecopter fully loads and then follow the instructions to enter to win!
annemarie
I would clean my tile grout - it is horrible.
Colleen
Wonderful giveaway. Sure could use machine. Would make my life so much easier<br />I would clean the bathroom toilets, floors and then my glass on the oven door and then go from there doing anything and everything possible.<br />Thank you for this opportunity<br />ColleenB.<br />Texas
Michelle Smith
I'd take that to my bathroom!
carol clark
my stove for sure
Jane
First, I'd clean the inside of my stove and microwave. Then, everything else.
Happy Valley Primitives
I would clean my kitchen counters first. Thanks for the great giveaway! Ilene
Stephanie Confer
This is an awesome giveaway! I would totally clean my kids' bathroom. Having 2 boys ages 5 and 7 you can only imagine how much I dislike cleaning their bathroom.
Stacie S-H
I would steam clean the seats in my car, they have probably never been done and its a 2002
Skyann Smith
Our bathroom. I love a clean bathroom<br />
Dina M.
Definitely my stove. It needs a major overhaul!
Pamela Reilly, Naturopath, CNHP, CNC, CPH
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Dr. Pamela Reilly
I had no idea those machines have so many uses. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom!
living_simple
Wow, this may be just what I need since I am awful at cleaning!
Melanie @ bear rabbit bear
Bathroom, stove, the kids 🙂 Just kidding about the kids.
Kendra
I would love this for my windows. They feature a lot of my dog's "nose art".
Mama.Mommy.Mom.
The first thing I would do is tackle the grout in my kitchen tile!
Meg Gerloff
I would clean the grime and mold from our shower for sure!
Jillian @ Hi! It's Jilly
What you said about cleaning around the kids' toilet convinced me. I need one of these! 🙂
Kathe
I'd attack the tile in the master bath shower! I don't think the previous home owner really ever cleaned them at all!
Nicole Burkholder
Oh, man, I have three young boys and a husband and that bathroom toilet is GROSS. I can never get the caulk around it clean! I would LOVE one of these!!!!
atexaslily
Finally someone else that cleans like me !!! I thought I was the only one !
darcie
Oh, the bathroom for sure would be at the top of my list to clean.
Jodeth
With a family of four kiddos (9, 7, 6, and 2) and three adults (hubby, my self and my father in law)... the three bathrooms in our could sure use this amazing machine.
Amy
Baseboards and bathrooms!
Katelyn
I honestly love deep cleaning. Call me weird. But, I would probably clean the floor in my kids bathroom! There's this yucky stuff that just won't come off! Love to see if this steam cleaner would do the trick!
kellyr78
I would clean the tile in my foyer.<br />kellywcu8888ATgmailDOTcom
squishysandee
I've always wanted a safer way to clean me and my kids things!
Marlys Folly
My shower this looks like it would be much easier then the way I do it now... Great giveaway.
My Garden of Eden
My stove would be first.:) but coming in second is my stand up shower.
Amber McCain
OH my gosh, I'd clean the kids' bathroom! It scares me!<br />Then our stove! It's gross!!
Cherie
Our shower! Definitely the shower!
Chris Arbuckle
I would love one!
Jillian
I'd clean my baseboards.
Jillian
I'd clean my baseboards.
Lisa Joy Thompson
I'd clean our bathroom! With 6 people sharing it (including a little boy), it gets pretty grimy pretty fast!
Coolmoms Cooltips
I would start with the oven glass door but everything else wouldn't be to Farr behind. I want to try this on the grout of my tile too!
Emily
My nasty old vinyl flooring in the family room. It never gets clean!
Lauren
I would clean the tile in my shower
Mandy
kitchen floor!
Donna O'Neil
I would clean my tile floors.
Maggie Wallace
The tile floors first!
Ally
The kids' bathroom.
Shannon
Kitchen, kitchen kitchen....the inside of the fridge has seen better days in parts.
Amy Frye
The first thing I would clean is my kitchen floors. I have two dogs that are tracking in dirt/mud constantly and it drives me crazy.
Cyndi
shower surround for sure!
TheresaSea
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TheresaSea
My couch could really use some steam cleaning!
Jane Downes
Our sofa would be first. Great give-a-way!
Designed Decor
I would use it to help remove wallpaper!
SolDucky
Our master bathroom shower!
Neighborhood Gossip
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Neighborhood Gossip
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Katie
I'd clean my floors first!
jessicawgourley
I would clean our textured bathtub floor FIRST! 🙂
Kimberly
I would start with the bathroom floors!
Eligonma
I would clean my oven.
I Play Outside The Box
My bathroom needs this so badly...so I have my fingers crossed. Thanks for the chance to win this jewel. 🙂
Amanda
Bathrooms!!!
Leah Hudson
I would clean our glass shower doors and the jambs for them. I love Winter cleaning...fun!
Ann
I would clean my stove first
Ann
I would clean my stove first
Gina @ Kleinworth & Co.
OMG!!!!!! I NEED this - I would go nuts cleaning everything I could with it- starting with the floors. I would love to have them clean enough to eat off of- not that I would- but just to say I could 🙂
Stacey
Definitely the bathrooms. They are just totally nasty!!!!!
Chrissy Boerman
i would definitely clean my bathroom first. ick boys are gross!
Karen
The glass door on both my oven and toaster oven
Robyn Swensen
I would CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!! Starting with the bathrooms around the toilets!
Chelsea
Oh my gosh!!! This steamer looks AMAZING! I can't believe how well it cleans-- with just steam! Incredible! I need this!
Nicole
Oh I would clean the whole house! I love new toys!
Nicole
Oh I would clean the whole house! I love new toys!
Catherine Gynn
floors! clean floors!<br />
MSGottfredson
I hate bathrooms, I would love this.
Maylin
This would send me on a cleaning streak!
Todd and Mallory
Bathrooms!
Mary
Furniture! Our sofa!
Nicole
Maybe this would fix my shower!
Andrea
I have been dying to use the steam machine on my bathrooms. I want to get all of the grime I can't really see. Plus I think I'd use is on my oven too.
Kathy Penney
I have 2 under 3 and 2 large dogs so this steamer would be so handy!
Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird
Oh my gosh that thing would work WONDERS in my bathroom!
Amy Anderson
I'd definitely use this in the bathroom!
five and a high chair
I would clean the master bath shower!
five and a high chair
I would clean the master bath shower!
Nydia Appolonia
I need this!
Jenn
awesome giveaway....i would clean my bathrooms first
Sondra Lyn
I (still!) have some wallpaper that needs to come down in our daughter's house! And my oven window is tragic!!
Carla
I would love to win one. How nice to see how clean my house can be 🙂
malia
the shower!
Britni Vigil
My kitchen!
Harmony Burmeister
My boys bathroom. boys are gross<br />njharmonyg @ aol.com
Mom-topia
this would be perfect for my tub. I have a whirlpool tub and is it just me, or is it impossible to get the jets and the filter clean? And for that reason, I never use it as a tub!
Jill @ Create.Craft.Love.
My couch!!
Tracy Laurie
I would love this! Having 2 cats, 2 dogs and 3 teens- oh the things I could clean!
Eq4bits
Bathrooms! Oven (even though I have a self-clean it doesn't leave it 'sparkly' enough for me)! My despicable 'bumpy' tile kitchen counters! .... EVERYTHING!
Kiy
Okay honestly, I had absolutely no idea you could clean all of that with a steam cleaner. NONE! I clicked over from Pinterest thinking I would learn how to clean the inside of my oven door easily, and learned that I cannot live without a steam cleaner. Who knew?! So, really and truly, thank you. Now, for what I'd clean, heh - everything! But I'd try it on my oven door first, then move to
Mel How
I would love this for my kids' bathrooms!
Melissa Cushing
I would clean my stove and oven first and then move to the bathrooms!!! Thanks for the amazing giveaway!!!
Melody Lopez
My house needs this!!!!!
lyn Mackay
My shower really needs this
Krystal
Baby #4 is due in 11 weeks! A sparking clean house would sure help me feel more ready!
Miranda Aiello
I would love to see how well it works on grout!
Miranda Aiello
I would love to see how well it works on grout!
Mia
Well, I would steam my shower stall first...then attack my kitchen tile...and then maybe the tracks of my windows~why yes...yes I would....especially the one at the kitchen sink...hmmmm....the husband? No wait....no humans...but it is after hunting season, so maybe the stuff he brought back from the lease? YES!
Rebecca Crimi Laczkowski
Awesome! We have a HUGE glass wall in our shower that is a bear to clean. This steamer would really help me out!
Ana Paula
i'd love to win it! Thank you!
Corinna Bennett
My boys' bathroom! 😉 Eeewww is right! 😉
Cyndi Gracie
Oh Man... everything in the bathroom!
Clarissa Adams
Both bathrooms!
libby
We just moved into a new house and I would love to clean/sanitize top to bottem!
andyashleigh
I would clean my toilets and tile grout! Eww! missashleigh at juno dot com
Kristin Winward
The shower. Oh goodness I would clean the shower.
Tammigirl
I would attack the grout. And the kitchen, bathrooms, and who knows what!?
Danielle Kirk
I have 3 little boys so reading that you can use the steam machine to clean the bathroom?! It would be such a blessing to say the least. Thanks for the opportunity!
Amanda Sakovitz (mandy83)
I would clean my kitchen with this!
K
I'd clean my kitchen and bathroom first.
madfam
I'd definitely clean my bathroom first.
Stephanie Paxman
My windowsills!
Jordan
I would clean my kids' bathroom. It's a swamp. Always.
Charles Young
We would give this to the boys and tell them to go clean their nasty bathroom. I think the older they get the messier they are about being clean. My wife is quite glad I have mostly outgrown that. Enjoy your tips.
Heidi @ Happiness is Homemade
I would clean EVERYTHING! Probably the boys' bathroom first though - that place is a nightmare! 😉
sawstrunk
I would clean everything in my house with this<br />[email protected]
Kathryn Himelright
I would clean the tile i have in both bathrooms and my kitchen all my ceiling fans because i am allergic to dust...and then clean everything else in my 2000 sq ft house lol
Lady J
Ooh, I need one for all the toilets my 3boys and husband use....gross!<br />
Birdie Bee
I would steam clean my furniture as it has been in storage for a few years and has a smell to it.
Thomas Murphy
I would clean my toilet. <br /><br />rounder9834 @yahoo.com
wix brison
my stove and bathroom toilet for sure..
Tyrael Dauthau
If I won I would clean the whole bathroom with it.
Katrina Weghorn
I used to have one of these and loved it. After your post, I need to look into another steam cleaner like the SteamMachine you are using!