I used to be the main person who cleaned because my kids were too little to do much more than help tidy and Shane was in school full time and working full time. Now things have changed and my boys have daily cleaning jobs. In some ways it really helps, but the OCD in me sometimes twitches when I see the quality of the job they do. I want to follow them around and fix things but I know they won't learn that way. I do make suggestions on how they can improve and I am sure they will. My oldest is already a pro for the most part. Since I am not the one cleaning the bathroom on a regular basis, it means that once a week when I do clean it, I have to deep clean it instead of just your basic wipe down. There are also little things around the house that my boys tend to miss like light switches and door knobs.
Me and my trusty SteamMachine have it all covered though :)
It can steam clean rugs. The ones that get the most traffic, like runners and door mats are the ones I steam the most. But it can spot clean larger rugs too.
There was a point in time when my germaphobe self needed to clean the door knobs multiple times a day. While I don't do it that often anymore, I do feel better when I can steam those germs away. My door knob plates hae little groves and the scrub brush attachment gets in all the little nooks and crannies.
Baseboards (especially in the corners!) are another of my favorite thing to use the SteamMachine on. While I'm down on that level, I go ahead and steam the vent covers too. It also rocks tile grout!
Anywhere there is molding detail with a ledge like doors, cabinet doors, board and batten, ect., the dust collects like crazy. I like using the plastic scrub brush here as well. Scrub & steam and then just wipe it away!
Ugg! Why do window tracks get so dirty! I feel like I am always having to clean them. Before I had the SteamMachine all I could do was wipe and get what was within reach. Now with the nozzle attachment I can get in the cracks. Wipe away with a rag and you are good to go!
HomeRight wants to giveaway a SteamMachine to help one of you get your spring cleaning started! Enter below using the Rafflecopter widget.
Must be 18 years or older to enter and a resident of the United States. The giveaway will run from March 7, 2018 until March 14, 2018. The winner will be picked via random.org and will be notified by email. The winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. The company, HomeRight, will be responsible for shipping the prize.
This post was sponsored by HomeRight. All ideas and opinions are my own.
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I would clean my moldings first but really would use this wonderful maching throughout the house - it needs a good spring cleaning.
I would clean my bathrooms. Boys ×3 will make a mom want to do that!
Oh man, where would I start?! Probably baseboards and doors. Having 5 kids makes this a tricky question because I need to clean ALL the things ALL the time! :)
I’ve adored these for awhile and always wanted to try one...so much goodness! I’ve wanted to try it in the oven/stovetop.
I serrrrrrrriously have wanted this since the first time you had a steam cleaner on your blog! I want to clean my car like you did!
My rugs!
You had me at baseboards! So much dust!
That looks like the handiest little tool I've ever seen. I would use it to clean my baseboards and then the bathroom and then the window tracks. Spring is coming, so I can come up with even more ideas. Thanks for the chance to win.
Bathroom.
I would first thoroughly clean my bathroom from head to toe.
The toilet seat hinges! I love when you give these away. One day I will win!
Window and door tracks........and, ohhhh, the BATHROOM......yuck!!
with 3 big boys and 2 pets I really need this!!
Gah! This is the coolest! Thanks for sharing! I would have to say the first place I would use it is on my kids bathroom tile grout. I love the bright white but the previous owners did not have school aged kids when they selected it and I feel like I’m constantly trying to maintain...especially in the summer! Thank so much for the opportunity! ?
I never knew you could clean rugs!Not sure why I didn’t think about it..This is fantastic!!
My stainless steel range. I LOVE it, but there are some bits that I just can't get to, and what I really need is a steam cleaner! Then onto window jams.
I would steam all of my windows and the sliding door frame. It's so hard to clean the tight corners!
This handy little steam machine would definitely make life easier for me.
My rugs especially after all the rain we have had and 5 kids and the dog walking all over them!
My car! I have two boys, I can never keep it clean lol
I would clean all my windows and then get started on the basement!
I would love this steam cleaner! I would start with my baseboards and tub area!
Good morning Stacy,
What a great little machine. I am always looking for a way to clean all my doors with that beautiful edge and don't even get me started on the slider track. Ugh! My mama is OCD and as they say, the nut don't fall far from the tree. I try to fight it but it gets me every time. Have a wonderful day. Vicky (a little OCD, maybe).
My car would definitely be the first thing cleaned. It needs detailed badly. After that, the sky's the limit, lol. Great giveaway.
I would clean my window tracks first!
Hello, thank you for a wonderful giveaway. I would start by cleaning our baseboards!
I clean the seal in my washing machine
I've been wanting one of these. I would love to have one for my 3 pets that shed a lot.
Very nice machine
My bathroom grout needs to be steamed soooo bad!
Looks like this would be wonderful at cleaning all the air vents in the house.
The first thing I would use this on is my shower.
This would be so helpful with three kids under 5 and a dog. The first thing I would clean is the bathrooms.
I would definitely clean my baseboards. I love how this gets into the tight corners.
I would love to have a steam cleaner to use in my bathrooms, kitchen and the windows!
The first thing I would clean is our shower! Our two older kids use it too and it gets gross so fast! I feel like it’s never clean for long. I’d love to go a little crazy on it! Lol!
I would use it to clean my dirty window screens. This would also be great for spot cleaning when my furry kids have an accident.
I would use it to clean my dirty grimy window screens. Would also be great on my throw rugs when my furry kids have an accident.
I would steam clean my bathtub!
I want to steam All The Things! But I think Id start with my couch
The first thing I would steam is the underside of my range hood.
The first thing I would clean is my window and door tracks. Do you get so dirty so easily!
My rugs need cleaned for sure.
Stacy
I am with you on the window tracks, so that is probably the 1st thing I would clean....or maybe the inside of my car....or maybe all the baseboards in my home....So much to clean.....
Hope I am the winner and Thanks for the giveaway!! :)
I would steam clean my couch
Oh, this machine would make cleaning window and sliding door tracks soooo much easier! It's one of my least favorite jobs, but the steam machine makes it look like a breeze. With spring right around the corner this would come in super handy!
I would clean my windows, no my oven, umm, maybe my shower? Too many to choose just one! Thanks for offering the give away
The first thing I would clean would be my entire kitchen. It really needs something fabulous like this to get the job done right.
The window tracks & door thresh holds for sure.
Those pesty window tracks would be tne first to get cleaned. Thanks for the chance to win!
My window's track. They always get so dirty and they are always hard to keep them clean.
I want one of these so bad! The first thing I would clean is my kitchen floor - it's an old linoleum and doesn't look clean no matter what I do!
I do have one of these and probably should use it more often than I do! I love how it cleans the bathroom..."look mom, no hands!" But I especially LOVE how it cleans up around my kitchen range and food splatter! Did I mention, my husband does all the cooking??? well, he is a great chef, but no so great at cleaning!!! So this baby comes out for that job and gets it gone in no time flat!!! Thanks for making this offer available to some lucky winner!!! They will be so happy!!! :-)
The tile grout in the entryway. It's awful! And the baseboards, and bathroom, and window tracks. I've got three furbabies and a five year old so there's a lot of dirt and hair floating around all the time. I really want a steamer now, lol.
I never thought about using it for door handles. That is what will be my first use of it. I have three kids, two of them boys. Enough said. lol.
The tile floors in my bathroom would be my starting spot. I have eleven grandsons - enough said. Even my small condo has lots of need for the steamer. Patio doors and windowsills are high on my list.
Crossing my fingers.
I work in a classroom and would love to use this on our chairs and door handles. The flu season is still here. I am so grateful for the Paintstick EZ-twist but this would help our class stay healthy!
I need to clean my window tracks! They are so filthy. We moved in several years ago and still have not gotten to them! I would love a fresh start!
I would definitely be cleaning my bathrooms first. Such an awesome giveaway, thank you!
My grout!! Needs it done so bad! I have been spring cleaning like a mad woman lately. Cleaning out closets, kitchen cabinets, taking down curtains and washing, cleaning baseboards-tops of door frames and the doors, washing walls, organizing things, moving out appliances and cleaning behind them.....it has just snowballed...lol. I need that steamer!!! lol
The contest entry didn't work for me. Clicked and clicked, but nothing worked. Anyway, thanks for sharing about your children. Cheers and gold medals to you for teaching them to be independent (learning how to clean)! The steam machine looks great - didn't realize you can use it in so many places. Thanks for the great demo. I need one for my WHOLE house; I wold start in the kitchen work my way around.
My window tracks are in desperate need of cleaning. This steam machine would be perfect!
My sliding glass door would be the first thing I clean!
I would steam clean my bathroom floors, first.
I would steam clean bathroom floors first.
Wow I sure would do my window tracks. I would be thrilled to get all of the crud off them.
I would steam clean my shower, then my whole bathroom
Well, my bathrooms definitely need this to clean the grout.
Every time you talk about your steam machine, it makes me want one so bad! Thanks for the giveaway!!
There are some nooks and crannies in the bathroom that are hard to get to, and this would certainly be an easier way to clean them. Also, my car needs spring cleaning!
I would start in the bathrooms, since they definitely need it the most. Believe me, I clean them regularly but somehow they seem to not look like it!
Wow, what an awesome little machine! I think I would first tackle the tile grout and baseboards. This would be such a huge help. About to start reno on my Nana's home in which I live now.
Sounds like a dream come true!
With 4 cats there's always something needing cleaning!
First thing on the list to be cleaned are registers because our heat registers in the walls of our home have little slats to control the amount of heat that comes through and There's no way to clean them unless you unscrew them from the wall!
Now, you can imagine the dust on them from a forced hot air furnace!!
It gives me nightmares of dust bunnies saying "Haha,you can't get us!"....well, that's if they could talk.
I could really use a steamer like that.....Please help me end my nightmare.?
I would love to use this steam clean my window tracks and vents! My least favorite places to clean....
The bathroom
Window tracks would be the first thing for sure! I hate how they are always getting dirty.
I would steam clean my kitchen cabinets.
I have bathrooms I would love to use it on.
I would clean the hood above my stove. If I put any grease cutting cleaner on it the paint comes off!
Ceramic tiles in the backroom
the shower they are the plastic kind and soap scum is a problem that i am sure the steam would clean right up xx
I’d start with the bathrooms. Oh the bathrooms. 3 little boys and I’m afraid to go in there right now!
With three sons and the hubby, I shall start in the BATHROOMS!!!!!!!!!!!!! This would come in handy.
I'd love to start with the baseboards which are rarely cleaned and our sliding glass door.
The kitchen cabinets and the bathrooms would be the first places I'd steam clean.
My front door first, then a whole house clean. You have some great helpers.
Thank you for a chance to win this steam cleaner. Question do you find the cleaner really loud?
Sorry forgot to write about where I would clean. With 2 little boys the bathroom for sure!!!
Would love one of these. Thanks for the chance to win.
love to have another chance to win!
First is my kitchen top to bottom..actually my parents kitchen.
Oh man I would love to win this. I hate trying to clean the corners of the baseboards!!
I would clean my bathroom first.
Where my dumb dogs pee! We got a black light and have found places the dogs have been peeing in the house- like on the baseboard and one of the doors.
I would clean my vintage kitchen stove!
I'd attack our sofa first!
I never thought of using a steam cleaner to clean window tracks - which are always my least favorite things to clean! That would definitely be the first thing I would tackle with a steam cleaner!
This is really neat! I hate cleaning my window tracks!!
My bathtub would be the first job up, it is truly my least favorite.
I DEFINITELY need one! You've sold me on it!
Bathroom tile would be the first!
I would clean my bathtub and tiles first. I've tried EVERYTHING and cannot get them back to the brilliant white that they used to be. I have an inkling that the steam cleaner is just what I need to blast away my now BEIGE porcelain.
Wow this machine would change my life!!
Need this for my basement!
Definitely our cars ... taking boys to and fro various places means dirty cars so this would be so helpful!!!
I would clean the bathroom tile and grout! Looks so easy.
I would clean my bathrooms. Ugggg!
my rug
My kitchen floors!
The first thing I would clean are my 28 window tracks, I have 28 windows! Then I would move on to my baseboards. Looking forward to spring! Time to refreshen the house. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I think I would enjoy cleaning everything in the house!
6 Children-3 boys and 3 girls means I would probably start in the boys bathroom (yikes!), and then the craft room, and then.... Let’s just be honest, I think I would take a week and do every surface of my home. This is awesome!
I would steam clean my bathroom floor and bathtub.
I would steam clean my bathroom! I've always wanted one of these machines; so many different uses around the house!
I would start with my oven, then several other projects. Thanks for the chance to win!
My bathroom needs serious cleaning.
around toilets
I would clean both of my bathrooms but my rugs could use the cleaning too!
I had a steam cleaner I loved and it bit the dust. No safer, more effective way to clean for this asthmatic! I'd start with the bathroom.
Bathroom grout would be first on the list. The front porch needs a thorough cleaning, too.
I would clean under the refrigerator.
Nooks and crannies all the way!
Probably not what you would expect, but first thing I would steam clean would be my car. It needs a good detailing.
Since I just cleaned the grout in my kitchen...the old-fashioned, hands and knees method, last week, I will probably start with my shower tile! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I would use this on my bathroom floors first.
I would for sure first clean the trim and my house.
I would clean my couch
I would so love to win this! The very first thing I would clean would be mybathrooms.
I would be running to my baseboards!
I would steam our window crevises and the handles on the doors....they always get so grubby.
I would clean the tracks of my sliding glass patio doors. Yuk!
I would start with my couch (I can wash the cushion covers but need to clean the rest of the upholstery) and move on to my windows - as you note, so much junk collects in the tracks!
The shower.
I would steam clean the tile in my kitchen first. It never looks as clean as I’d like, plus I’m a really messy cook and I’m sure there are things on it that I don’t even want to know about.
I have 2 dogs. So I am pretty sure the first things I would steam clean are dirty dog paws on the floor!
I cannot decide whether I'd clean my bathroom or kitchen floor first. Once I got started cleaning the kitchen floor though, I am sure I'd find plenty more to clean. Surprisingly my moldings appear pretty clean for now. Amen to Anna Marie's comment!
I would steam clean the grout and shower in our master bathroom.
I would clean my dogs bed and favorite chair first.
My baseboards all the way!!
I’d clean my window first!
I would steam clean my shower and bathtub
Definitely my carpets through whole house would be first on the list. Then on to the bathrooms.
I would steam my bathroom it is in need of a good steam!
My mattress and it needs it!
the first thing i would steam clean if i was the lucky winner would be every door in the house !!!
would love to win
I would start with my mattresses first!
My rugs and furniture.
I would clean my oven first.
I would clean my oven its yucky..
And I steam? My whole house needs this!
Ahhhh there's so much I'd love to tackle with a HomeRight SteamMachine!!! Some of the first things I'd tackle would definitely be window tracks, walls, nooks & crannies along moldings on the walls (esp where they meet the floors & ceilings), & so much more!
Around our windows
The first thing i would steam clean is the bathroom
I am so for cleanliness, but steam cleaning a door knob, really??? Who have that kind of time? Please tell me how you do it? The ONLY WAY I would have time to do such, I would have to live alone... Just saying
Great tips, I really like cleaning with Steam, I always feel really clean whenever I am finished with it! Great tips and tricks!