The Most Useful Items To Have In Your Cleaning Caddy

If you’re like me and tend to do some “fall cleaning” in addition to spring cleaning, today’s post will help you get a jump on it! We’ll be exploring how to assemble an everyday cleaning caddy you can grab that has everything you need to tackle messes and daily cleanup around the house.

I’ll tell you which tools, cleaning agents, and homemade cleaning solutions I keep in my caddy so you can get an idea of what might be useful in yours. And while I’ve shared many homemade cleaning solutions over the years, I limited myself to just four of them in my cleaning caddy (though I had a hard time choosing!)

Jillee’s Everyday Cleaning Caddy: 10 Essential Items

Here’s an overview of what you’ll find in my everyday cleaning arsenal. Below this list, you’ll find more detailed descriptions of each item.

1. Caddy
2. Spray bottles
3. Microfiber cloths
4. Magic erasers
5. Hydrogen peroxide
6. Baking soda
7. DIY glass cleaner
8. DIY dusting spray
9. DIY all-purpose cleaner
10. DIY tub and shower cleaner

Note: This isn’t an exhaustive collection of every single thing I use to keep my home clean, but rather a curated arsenal of everyday cleaning supplies for day-to-day cleanup.

1. Caddy

This caddy bag has plentiful pockets, along with a shoulder strap for easier lifting. It’s great for transporting your most used tools and treatments around to the different rooms of your house.

But there’s nothing wrong with a simple plastic caddy like this one, which has the advantage of being easy to clean. Whichever caddy you choose, don’t choose one that’s too big, or it could be heavy and awkward to carry once you’ve filled it up.

2. Spray Bottles

Spray bottles always come in handy for cleaning. You can use whatever bottles you like, but as I use essential oils in a lot of my cleaning products, I use amber glass spray bottles almost exclusively.

It’s important to label your spray bottles clearly so you know what it’s in them. My spray bottle labels have the names and recipes of my favorite homemade cleaning solutions printed on them in white lettering that’s easy to read against dark glass.

3. Microfiber Cloths

Unlike traditional cloths that tend to smear dirt and grime around, microfiber lifts dirt and germs from surfaces and traps them in its itty-bitty fibers. Microfiber is also highly absorbent and safe to use on most surfaces. Learn more about cleaning with microfiber at the link below.

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4. Magic Erasers

If you haven’t been introduced to the magic of magic erasers, it’s time to remedy that! These melamine foam pads are amazingly versatile and have virtually unlimited uses both inside and outside of your home.

Read More: 23 Magic Eraser Tricks To Make Dirt Disappear

5. Hydrogen Peroxide 

Hydrogen peroxide is one of the more underrated items you can have in your toolkit. You can use it to disinfect, sanitize, and deodorize hundreds of surfaces and items around your home. Hydrogen peroxide is also a powerful oxidizer, making it useful for whitening and bleaching things, too.

Read More: This Is The Ultimate List Of Uses For Hydrogen Peroxide

6. Baking Soda

Baking soda is another powerhouse cleaning agent — it’s non-toxic, effective yet gentle, readily available, and inexpensive. I like to store mine in a mason jar with a pour top. (You can make a great DIY pour top if you don’t want to buy one.)

Baking soda is an effective substitute for scrubbing cleansing powders, and it’s also useful for things you’d never think of!

Read More: 26 Impressively Useful Things You Can Do With Baking Soda

7. DIY Glass Cleaner

Adding just a few drops of Dawn dish soap to this glass cleaning formula gives it a boost of grease-cutting power, so that even the greasiest fingerprints and smudges wipe away with ease! This post also has recipes for a non-toxic window cleaner and an outside window cleaner!

8. DIY Dusting Spray

While a damp microfiber cloth can take care of light dust, there are occasions when I need my DIY dusting spray, like when grease or dirt gets mixed in with the dust. Just give it a shake before each use, spray, and buff with a clean, dry cloth.

9. All-Purpose Cleaning Spray

Featuring grease-cutting ingredients like borax and washing soda, this spray cleaner is ideal for everyday tasks like wiping down countertops, erasing splatters from cupboard doors, and removing smudges from furniture and appliances. (If you have granite countertops, you’ll probably want this cleaner in your caddy too!)

10. DIY Tub And Shower Cleaner

This powerful tub and shower cleaner will get your bathroom as clean as any commercial cleaner, and it couldn’t be any easier to make.

Now you have everything you need to clean almost everything in your home in one handy place. I think it would make a pretty great housewarming gift too! :-)

What’s in your cleaning caddy?