How to Do Less at Home

We learned to do laundry from our parents, but things are different now.

Is washing ourselves very frequently necessary? Some experts believe that everyday showering is based more on a ‘social contract’ than actual need.

You do not need an excuse to sit down and watch ‘The Bachelorette.’

You might think it helps the dishwasher get them cleaner, but it actually does the opposite.

The Princess and the Pea had it all wrong. The coziest way to get a good night’s rest has nothing to do with being as far above the ground as possible—in fact, the opposite may be more accurate.

The mealtimes I dreamed of are happening, just over different kinds of food than the fantasy includes.

There’s a growing cohort of people who believe in washing clothes less – or not at all. Matilda Welin talks to the ‘no-wash’ and ‘low-wash’ believers.

Most of the time, when I’m researching a cleaning story for this site, my takeaway is: I’m not cleaning well enough, or often enough. So it was a relief to search for things I’m cleaning too much.

Convenience is a vastly underrated kitchen tool.

Try this when cleaning the whole house is simply too daunting.

Low-effort ways to upgrade your go-to staples, from brownie mix that tastes homemade to grown-up mac and cheese you can have ready in just a few.

If we want to ramp up our productivity and happiness at home and at work, we should actually be doing less.

Not only can kids survive without meticulously packed lunches and screentime guidelines—they can thrive.