Ever since we moved to this apartment, we only had a cleaner coming here once. My daughter doesn’t like to have people touching her things. So, I resort to my eco-friendly cleaning tricks and use vinegar and baking soda to leave our place spotless.

I like to use vinegar; it works great and doesn’t leave a smell. I soak a sponge with vinegar and rub it on the mold accumulated on the tile joints. Then, I just rinse it up. If you like, just leave it from one day to the next without rinsing it. You don’t need to use any chlorine or bleach. When the tiles are very dirty, I add a little bit of baking soda, in the proportion of four coffee spoons for 500ml of vinegar. You can find some other cool and practical tips here, on this post: An exceptional wine.

My next experiment with vinegar will be to erase the scribbles left by Little Princess on the walls, while a new coat of paint doesn’t come. I’ve already tried it on a tiny piece of the wall and it worked like a charm. Pure vinegar or vinegar mixed with an equal part of hot water can erase every trace of color pens, crayons and color pencils.

My back complains. I need to convince my daughter to change her mind and call the cleaner back. After all, cleaning white tiles and a wall full of scribbles is not a piece of cake!