The Five Cleaning Things You Actually Need

Steps

1. 01(1) Dish soap. The yellow lemon kind. Cleans dishes, hands, sometimes a stain on a shirt.
2. 02(2) Distilled white vinegar. Diluted 1:1 with water in a spray bottle = all-purpose cleaner for counters, glass, mirrors.
3. 03(3) Baking soda. Scrubs sinks, deodorizes carpets, cleans the oven (with water paste, overnight).
4. 04(4) Microfiber cloths, four of them. One for kitchen, one for bath, one for glass, one for floors.
5. 05(5) A real broom and dustpan. Not a Swiffer. The broom outlasts your apartment.
6. 06Notice what's missing: bleach, branded sprays, sponges that need replacing every week. You don't need them.