A common misnomer is that to be clean it must smell clean. However, when your home or workplace is dusted, vacuumed, swept, mopped, and sprayed, you should smell a lack of scent. The air freshener or your favorite candle should be the real star of the show.5

Fill a spray bottle with pure vinegar and spray all over the material (do not use on leather or suede). Let dry and the odor should be gone but remember it will smell like an easter egg while still wet/damp. If you turn on the fan and/or open a window it will speed up the drying process.

Make a paste using baking soda and water, should be almost like Elmer’s glue. Scrub the inside either using your fingertips or a rubber bottle scrub brush. Scrub for a few minutes and rinse. The bottle should be clean, stain free, and odorless.

No, you should change your sponge for a new one every 2 weeks as the germs will build up and there is no effective way of disinfecting it.

Everyone defines cleanliness differently. Clean is a tone that you must set personally, and that definition may change depending on the stage and circumstances in your life.