washing machine
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The Easiest Way to Clean Your Washing Machine
Your washing machine cleans your clothes, therefore you should clean your washing machine. It’s a simple concept, but not one we think about too often. The washing machine doesn’t always strike me as a clean-able object or even one that needs to be spruced up, but in reality, it does get pretty grimy after pulling…
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How to Locate and Clean Your Washing Machine’s Filter
You’re probably familiar with the lint trap on your dryer, and, ideally, clean it after every load of laundry. But did you know that your washing machine has a filter, too? If that’s news to you, that probably means yours has never been cleaned. But don’t worry: Once you know where to find it, it’s…
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All the ‘Single-Use’ Household Items You Should Be Re-Using
Part of being an adult is feeling the constant need to replenish basic household supplies. One way to combat this loop is to be more mindful about recycling and re-purposing your stuff. But you can go one step further—there are many things we tend to treat as “single-use” that can, in fact, be used more…
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Do Washing Machines Actually Eat Your Socks? An Investigation
We’ve all been affected by missing socks after we’ve washed them and it’s been an age-old myth that washing machines eat socks but is that actually what’s happening? There’s currently a viral video doing the rounds on TikTok showing someone opening up their top-loader washing machine to find a whole bunch of socks stuffed inside.…