The Single Best Thing You Can Do to Clean Your Kitchen (or Any!) Rug — Cleaning Tips from Kitchn

Most of my housekeeping habits come from my German mother. She is the queen of clean and the reason my home is mostly spic-and-span. (Although it will never be as tidy as hers, ever.) Still, I have to give credit where credit is due — and my favorite trick for ridding rugs of dirt, dog hair, and whatever else ends up embedded in my treasured carpets — comes from my dad (who is Irish and English, if that matters).

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