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1. If you have tile on your backspash or your floor, give the grout a good scrub with baking soda, vinegar, and a toothbrush whenever it starts looking grimy.
2. Or use a battery-powered scrubbing brush with any kind of grout cleaner (or even baking soda or vinegar) to get it done with even less elbow grease.
3. And if you really don't like the tile in your backsplash but don't have the budget to replace it, set aside a weekend to prime and paint it.
4. Or if you rent and just can't live with it anymore, cover the worst of the tiles up with removable decals.
5. Wipe down that impossible greasy dust buildup on your stove and hood using mineral oil and a paper towel.
6. Pick up all the cooked-on gunk from your glass cooktop with a drizzle of Dawn, a dash of hydrogen peroxide, and a sprinkle of baking soda.
7. But if that doesn't work, bring out the big guns and get a deep cleaning kit made especially for glass and ceramic cooktops.
8. Quickly scrub off the cooked-on gunk from your gas or electric stove and burners with a classic, the Magic Eraser.
9. Make your burner grates sparkle ~without~ scrubbing by letting them sit in a gallon plastic bag with a little ammonia overnight.
10. Dissolve hard water buildup on your faucets by filling a plastic bag with vinegar and letting it sit overnight.
11. And if you love your faucet but hate the color, update it with a simple coat of metallic spray paint.
12. Baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and a little elbow grease will take the most stubborn stains out of your porcelain sink.
13. Wash your stainless sink like a dish, with plenty of hot, soapy water. Then, polish it with flour (yes, flour!) to make it gleam like it's just won an Oscar.
14. Remove set-in stains from your natural stone countertops using a paste of baking soda and water.
15. And if you can't remember the last time you re-sealed your stone countertops, you're probably overdue.
16. No stone counters in your present or your future? Grab a friend and spend a weekend refreshing your '70s countertops with a painting kit.
17. Not a painter? You can always cover an old countertop with a few rolls of contact paper.
18. If you have butcher-block counters, or even just wooden or bamboo cutting boards, deep clean them with a salty lemon then condition them with mineral oil.
19. Dust the tops of your kitchen cabinets, then lay down paper bags to catch all the new dust. Next time you go to dust up there, simply recycle the dusty paper bags.
20. Get the gunk off your wood cabinets and other finished wood in your kitchen using Murphy's Oil Soap.
21. Let a heavy-duty (but fume-free) oven cleaner cut through months or even years of gunky buildup overnight.
22. And lay down an oven liner that'll catch all the drips and dropped things even if you cook an entire thanksgiving meal over it.
23. Clean all the gunk off your stainless steel appliances, then keep them finger-print free by rubbing on a light coat of car wax.
24. For a quick refresh of your cabinets and drawers on the cheap, replace (or just plain install!) your drawer pulls and cabinet knobs.
25. Transform your boring fridge from the '90s or early '00s into something more modern with a stainless-steel painting kit that uses 100% stainless steel.
26. Simple-to-install under-cabinet lights will make it easier to see what you're doing while you cook, and give your kitchen a lovely warm glow.
27. Hate your floors? Cover up at least some of them with a pretty, easy-to-clean vinyl runner that looks like the accent tile of your dreams.
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