Finally Dust Under Your Fridge — And More Home Cleaning Projects You've Been Putting Off

New York Times

15-05-2025

In this edition of Clean Everything, we share four affordable tools to help you tackle your most dreaded to-dos, including a fix for your wobbly towel bar and an organization hack for chaotic Tupperware lids.
In life, there are plenty of messes that demand immediate attention: big spills, a sink full of dishes, trash ready to be taken out. But there are also those less pressing to-dos that tend to pile up: finally fixing that wiggly towel bar or dealing with the pile of dust you know is waiting for you under the fridge.
Many of these messes are actually easier to sort out than you might think — with the right tools. Here are a few we swear by:
For dusting under your fridge, washer, and other heavy appliances: This $20 tiny airbag can lift hundreds of pounds for hours at a time. It's great for leveling the legs on heavy pieces or sliding a duster underneath. Writes home-improvement expert Liam McCabe: 'It's like an extra set of hands that can slide into the tiniest gaps.'
This $20 tiny airbag can lift hundreds of pounds for hours at a time. It's great for leveling the legs on heavy pieces or sliding a duster underneath. Writes home-improvement expert Liam McCabe: 'It's like an extra set of hands that can slide into the tiniest gaps.' For the wobbly towel bar or toilet paper holder: These $1 bolts are great for hanging stuff in hollow walls — and the butterfly design keeps things really secure. Liam says: 'When I dry my hands now, all I feel is terry cloth. No wobbling, no worrying about how and when I'll get around to fixing the bar when it inevitably comes loose.'
These $1 bolts are great for hanging stuff in hollow walls — and the butterfly design keeps things really secure. Liam says: 'When I dry my hands now, all I feel is terry cloth. No wobbling, no worrying about how and when I'll get around to fixing the bar when it inevitably comes loose.' For the chaotic Tupperware shelf: If you've ever tried to pull just one food storage container lid out of your cabinet, only to have a whole avalanche come tumbling down around you, consider this lid organizer. It's ingeniously designed to keep wayward lids neat and easily accessible.
If you've ever tried to pull just one food storage container lid out of your cabinet, only to have a whole avalanche come tumbling down around you, consider this lid organizer. It's ingeniously designed to keep wayward lids neat and easily accessible. For keeping grout glistening white: This teeny little cleaning brush is good for just about anything, but our cleaning expert Caroline Mullen especially likes it for scrubbing grout. Its angled shape also makes it good for getting into hard-to-clean nooks and crannies, the rim around the toilet bowl, and more.