My mother-in-law taught me this trick to clean grey dust and grime off window blinds before opening the house for spring with 0 effort. Here’s how it works

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15. My realistic routine for doing the whole house without burnout

I don’t clean every blind in one marathon session anymore. I break it into chunks: upstairs bedrooms one evening, main floor windows the next day, and basement windows only if I have the energy. Most standard windows take me about 5 minutes each, including setup and flipping the blinds.

For a house with 10 windows, that means the full job is usually under an hour if I spread it out. I’ll often mix the solution after dinner, put