**The Art of Cleaning and Organization from Around the World**

When it comes to cleaning and organization, people have different approaches and techniques depending on their culture, lifestyle, and personal preferences. In this article, we will explore some unique tips and tricks from around the world that can help you keep your home tidy and smelling fresh.

**The Importance of Scent in Cleaning**

One of the most striking aspects of cleaning is the use of scents and fragrances to make a space feel welcoming and inviting. According to a subscriber from Saudi Arabia, after a home is fully cleaned, they light something called "bakur" - wood chips soaked in fragrant oils and mixed with other natural ingredients like musk and sandalwood essential oils. This creates a luxurious and earthy scent that adds a touch of elegance to any room. While this may not be feasible for everyone, it's clear that the use of scents can greatly impact our perception of cleanliness and organization.

**The Art of Hand Cleaning**

In many parts of the world, cleaning is a labor-intensive process that requires a lot of elbow grease. In Brazil and Israel, for example, it's common to clean bathrooms by using a bucket with water and squeegeeing the water into the drain. This may not be practical for everyone, especially those with drains built into their floors. However, this approach highlights the importance of manual cleaning and attention to detail in maintaining a clean home.

**The Korean Approach: Scrubbing from Head to Toe**

In Korea, it's more common to scrub the floor by hand rather than using a mop or cleaning products. This approach may seem intimidating, but according to one subscriber, it can be a great way to get into tight spaces and ensure that every area is cleaned thoroughly. One question on everyone's mind was whether this method would hurt their knees - fortunately, a towel and some knee support made all the difference.

**The Filipino Approach: Protecting Your Belongings**

In the Philippines, people often cover their belongings in plastic to keep them clean and protected from dust and dirt. This includes new items like electronics or furniture, as well as everyday objects like couches or remotes. One clever tip was shared by a subscriber - covering the remote in plastic wrap can prevent it from getting grimy between the buttons.

**The American Approach: Keeping Messes Under Wraps**

In the United States, people often throw their mess under furniture to keep it out of sight and avoid clutter. While this may not be the most effective approach, it's a common solution that highlights the importance of maintaining a clean and organized home - even if it's just by keeping messes hidden.

**Conclusion and Future Plans**

This article has showcased some unique tips and tricks from around the world that can help you improve your cleaning and organization skills. From using scents to scrubbing the floor by hand, every approach has its benefits and drawbacks. We're excited to continue exploring these techniques and sharing them with our readers in future videos.

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Don't forget to check out our Instagram page for a special giveaway that's open to everyone - regardless of location! We have a $2,000 cash prize up for grabs, and it's completely international. Be sure to follow us and subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on how to participate.

**Final Thoughts**

As we wrap up this article, we want to thank each and every one of you who has participated and shared your cleaning tips with us. It's been an absolute pleasure to explore these unique approaches from around the world, and we're excited to see where our next video takes us. Until then, keep on cleaning - and remember to always have a sense of humor about it!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone and welcome back to my channel over 40 of you who watch my videos are international and that got me thinking why am i always sharing what we do here in the us i want to hear what you're doing i have always been fascinated with other cultures in case you guys don't know this about me i spent my junior year of college living in west africa i spent a summer living in the philippines i've backpacked all around europe and parts of south america so i have seen and experienced so many cultures and i just find it so fascinating and if you are new here to my channel welcome please take a moment to subscribe and also follow me over on instagram i am giving away 1 000 cash to two of you randomly watching on january 8th i'm just picking somebody who is an active subscriber who comments in my videos and my instagram post so make sure you are doing that and with all of that said let's take our trip around the world shall we so let's first have a chat about the biggest thing that came from all around the world and when i say all around the world this is including but not limited to kazakhstan denmark romania canada lithuania croatia austria slovakia poland turkey japan germany bahrain india iran norway sweden bangladesh finland scotland china nepal estonia and russia y'all are wearing house slippers so the clean home habit here to be clear is when you walk into the house there's a mat or a special rack for shoes and then at that point you switch into either house slippers socks or even barefoot it is gross to be tracking around things outside and then walking on your beautifully clean floors i get it believe it or not that is not extremely common here in the us out of everybody that i know i would say maybe like one or two require their gus to take their shoes off when they enter and i personally do always wear my house slippers in the house the problem is i can't get the men in my life on board coming in all the way from moldova and she says that once a week they take their rugs out in the back and they beat them with a stick to clean it and i thought you know what that sounds absolutely fun the question is where am i going to find a stick so the best i could come up with was this uh orange picker or a broom i think we'll go with the broom just get your rugs out back here and just start going to town this is amazing i actually see the dirt like flying off i don't know if that's gonna get on camera bonus points for being fun i do have to say i'm definitely getting more dirt off of these doing this than if i were just to shake it you know and i just realized here i am wearing my house slippers out on the muddy grass which completely defeats the purpose while we're outside my friends over in germany say that once a week they like to take their pillows and blankets outside and let them air out get some fresh air now that i think about it when was the last time i let these babies outside to breathe i've been suffocating my poor pillows okay so we're gonna hang them up let them hang out here for the day see the sights get some fresh air look at that they're having a nice little pool day today i love this idea love it now i will definitely say the folks in latin america are having the most fun people wrote in from mexico venezuela colombia dominican republic saying that what they do is they get the music going they get the family involved they sing and they dance while they clean so i have my uh cleaning assistant here he's gonna help me sing and dance while we clean how do you dance this next one is one of the most popular international clean home habit from australia to mexico to senegal to croatia and that is air drying your clothes outside versus using a dryer i feel like dryers are mostly common here in the us correct me if i'm wrong but look air drying your clothes it makes a lot more sense it's more economical it's better for the environment and there's benefits to air drying your clothes the sun will help brighten your white sounds like the apocalypse out here any country i've ever visited or lived in has done this i hope we all can appreciate my creative setup we have going on here i ran out of space here but we get the picture i'm gonna leave these out here see how long it takes to dry all right this next one was coming in hot from many many people probably over 30 people from mexico set fabuloso a lot of people said specifically the purple and the green but the only one i could get in time was this blue one so we're just gonna work with it this says that it is a multi-surface cleaner but a lot of you specifically said you love using this on the floors so let's have a little sniff shall we this uh scent is ocean paradise oh my gosh that smells so good it kind of smells like a really good laundry detergent like a fresh clean laundry detergent so we're gonna try and use this on the floor all right so i have my fabuloso in a spray bottle and then my swiffer instead of using the swiffer pads i use a microfiber cloth that's a little cost saving tip for you that smells nice that smells so fresh i love the smell of that and let me also say this the price is right very very affordable okay so my initial impressions the floor looks very very clean the scent is amazing so i understand the hype i believe the hype and my house right now smells so fresh seven wrote in from saudi arabia and said that after the home is fully cleaned they light something called bakur i don't know if i'm pronouncing that right and that is what they use to have a nice fragrance in the home so what that is i looked it up they are wood chips soaked in fragrant oils and mixed with other natural ingredients like musk sandalwood essential oils so i obviously don't have that here but what it reminded me of was my favorite fragrance oil that i use anyway sun tall because this is kind of a woodsy earthy natural scent but at the same time very luxurious so this is going to give me my decor vibes and yes i fully agree to me the house is not fully clean until it's also smelling good this next one was coming in hot from brazil and also israel they said that it is common for bathrooms to have drains all throughout the floors of the bathroom and to clean them they use a bucket with water and then squeegee the water into the drain um okay that's cool i obviously don't have drains built into this floor so that would be hard to recreate but the reason i'm down here anyway is because someone from korea wrote in and said that there it is not as common to mop and instead they're on their hands and knees scrubbing the floor by hand so that's what we're gonna do today because i can't say i've done that maybe ever my question is is this gonna hurt my knees i feel like that's gonna hurt all right got a little towel for my knees for some knee support wow when you're really up close and personal with your floors you can see how dirty they are gross here's what i will say it was a lot faster than i was anticipating also being so close to the floor i have much better visibility of what's on here and i can clean it better that being said it did feel like a little bit of a workout i feel like i needed something that would help my knees glide better like knee pads or something now i don't want to pick favorites but if i had to pick a favorite this one would probably be it it's coming in from the philippines and i remember this from when i was living there and that is covering things in plastic to keep it clean this is including but not limited to new items like a phone or electronics you keep that plastic on there as long as possible also your couch cover that in a nice little plastic liner is it going to be comfortable perhaps not is that couch going to look as good as new in 15 years absolutely it will the specific tip that came in from a subscriber of mine was covering the remote in plastic wrap this will prevent the remote from getting grimy in between the buttons no one likes the grimy remote okay i'm just gonna wrap it we're gonna we're gonna swaddle it like a newborn baby here beautiful nice clean pristine and guess what no more will you have gunk built up between the buttons of your remote and last but certainly not least we got a hot tip coming in from the good old u.s of a hi to include usa right she said in the us we throw our mess under furniture so it can't be seen and i have to say as an american that is very true this one will really save you time boom just like that no more mess all right so on that note i am going to wrap up this week's video i have way more tips than i was able to put into this video so if you did enjoy it again don't forget to give it a thumbs up so i know you would like to see this become a series i have big ideas for where i want to take them also thank you to every single person who participated and sent in your tips it is just so humbling to me when i see where you are watching from and that so many people from around the world are taking time out to watch my videos that just means so much to me if you watched all the way to the end of the video don't forget to subscribe and also follow me over on instagram again i do have a 2 000 cash giveaway that is international all the details for that are in the description box so check there and with all of that being said i will see you soon with a new video bye oh slippers oh you're right i totally forgot yeah now you're on the naughty list you just keep playing things now by santa you just get plain things yeah like what like just ramps and tracks oh okay i only get plain things yeah oh okay we'll make sad but i'm sad about that no don't worry it's gonna come with the car oh okay i get a car with it too okay goodhello everyone and welcome back to my channel over 40 of you who watch my videos are international and that got me thinking why am i always sharing what we do here in the us i want to hear what you're doing i have always been fascinated with other cultures in case you guys don't know this about me i spent my junior year of college living in west africa i spent a summer living in the philippines i've backpacked all around europe and parts of south america so i have seen and experienced so many cultures and i just find it so fascinating and if you are new here to my channel welcome please take a moment to subscribe and also follow me over on instagram i am giving away 1 000 cash to two of you randomly watching on january 8th i'm just picking somebody who is an active subscriber who comments in my videos and my instagram post so make sure you are doing that and with all of that said let's take our trip around the world shall we so let's first have a chat about the biggest thing that came from all around the world and when i say all around the world this is including but not limited to kazakhstan denmark romania canada lithuania croatia austria slovakia poland turkey japan germany bahrain india iran norway sweden bangladesh finland scotland china nepal estonia and russia y'all are wearing house slippers so the clean home habit here to be clear is when you walk into the house there's a mat or a special rack for shoes and then at that point you switch into either house slippers socks or even barefoot it is gross to be tracking around things outside and then walking on your beautifully clean floors i get it believe it or not that is not extremely common here in the us out of everybody that i know i would say maybe like one or two require their gus to take their shoes off when they enter and i personally do always wear my house slippers in the house the problem is i can't get the men in my life on board coming in all the way from moldova and she says that once a week they take their rugs out in the back and they beat them with a stick to clean it and i thought you know what that sounds absolutely fun the question is where am i going to find a stick so the best i could come up with was this uh orange picker or a broom i think we'll go with the broom just get your rugs out back here and just start going to town this is amazing i actually see the dirt like flying off i don't know if that's gonna get on camera bonus points for being fun i do have to say i'm definitely getting more dirt off of these doing this than if i were just to shake it you know and i just realized here i am wearing my house slippers out on the muddy grass which completely defeats the purpose while we're outside my friends over in germany say that once a week they like to take their pillows and blankets outside and let them air out get some fresh air now that i think about it when was the last time i let these babies outside to breathe i've been suffocating my poor pillows okay so we're gonna hang them up let them hang out here for the day see the sights get some fresh air look at that they're having a nice little pool day today i love this idea love it now i will definitely say the folks in latin america are having the most fun people wrote in from mexico venezuela colombia dominican republic saying that what they do is they get the music going they get the family involved they sing and they dance while they clean so i have my uh cleaning assistant here he's gonna help me sing and dance while we clean how do you dance this next one is one of the most popular international clean home habit from australia to mexico to senegal to croatia and that is air drying your clothes outside versus using a dryer i feel like dryers are mostly common here in the us correct me if i'm wrong but look air drying your clothes it makes a lot more sense it's more economical it's better for the environment and there's benefits to air drying your clothes the sun will help brighten your white sounds like the apocalypse out here any country i've ever visited or lived in has done this i hope we all can appreciate my creative setup we have going on here i ran out of space here but we get the picture i'm gonna leave these out here see how long it takes to dry all right this next one was coming in hot from many many people probably over 30 people from mexico set fabuloso a lot of people said specifically the purple and the green but the only one i could get in time was this blue one so we're just gonna work with it this says that it is a multi-surface cleaner but a lot of you specifically said you love using this on the floors so let's have a little sniff shall we this uh scent is ocean paradise oh my gosh that smells so good it kind of smells like a really good laundry detergent like a fresh clean laundry detergent so we're gonna try and use this on the floor all right so i have my fabuloso in a spray bottle and then my swiffer instead of using the swiffer pads i use a microfiber cloth that's a little cost saving tip for you that smells nice that smells so fresh i love the smell of that and let me also say this the price is right very very affordable okay so my initial impressions the floor looks very very clean the scent is amazing so i understand the hype i believe the hype and my house right now smells so fresh seven wrote in from saudi arabia and said that after the home is fully cleaned they light something called bakur i don't know if i'm pronouncing that right and that is what they use to have a nice fragrance in the home so what that is i looked it up they are wood chips soaked in fragrant oils and mixed with other natural ingredients like musk sandalwood essential oils so i obviously don't have that here but what it reminded me of was my favorite fragrance oil that i use anyway sun tall because this is kind of a woodsy earthy natural scent but at the same time very luxurious so this is going to give me my decor vibes and yes i fully agree to me the house is not fully clean until it's also smelling good this next one was coming in hot from brazil and also israel they said that it is common for bathrooms to have drains all throughout the floors of the bathroom and to clean them they use a bucket with water and then squeegee the water into the drain um okay that's cool i obviously don't have drains built into this floor so that would be hard to recreate but the reason i'm down here anyway is because someone from korea wrote in and said that there it is not as common to mop and instead they're on their hands and knees scrubbing the floor by hand so that's what we're gonna do today because i can't say i've done that maybe ever my question is is this gonna hurt my knees i feel like that's gonna hurt all right got a little towel for my knees for some knee support wow when you're really up close and personal with your floors you can see how dirty they are gross here's what i will say it was a lot faster than i was anticipating also being so close to the floor i have much better visibility of what's on here and i can clean it better that being said it did feel like a little bit of a workout i feel like i needed something that would help my knees glide better like knee pads or something now i don't want to pick favorites but if i had to pick a favorite this one would probably be it it's coming in from the philippines and i remember this from when i was living there and that is covering things in plastic to keep it clean this is including but not limited to new items like a phone or electronics you keep that plastic on there as long as possible also your couch cover that in a nice little plastic liner is it going to be comfortable perhaps not is that couch going to look as good as new in 15 years absolutely it will the specific tip that came in from a subscriber of mine was covering the remote in plastic wrap this will prevent the remote from getting grimy in between the buttons no one likes the grimy remote okay i'm just gonna wrap it we're gonna we're gonna swaddle it like a newborn baby here beautiful nice clean pristine and guess what no more will you have gunk built up between the buttons of your remote and last but certainly not least we got a hot tip coming in from the good old u.s of a hi to include usa right she said in the us we throw our mess under furniture so it can't be seen and i have to say as an american that is very true this one will really save you time boom just like that no more mess all right so on that note i am going to wrap up this week's video i have way more tips than i was able to put into this video so if you did enjoy it again don't forget to give it a thumbs up so i know you would like to see this become a series i have big ideas for where i want to take them also thank you to every single person who participated and sent in your tips it is just so humbling to me when i see where you are watching from and that so many people from around the world are taking time out to watch my videos that just means so much to me if you watched all the way to the end of the video don't forget to subscribe and also follow me over on instagram again i do have a 2 000 cash giveaway that is international all the details for that are in the description box so check there and with all of that being said i will see you soon with a new video bye oh slippers oh you're right i totally forgot yeah now you're on the naughty list you just keep playing things now by santa you just get plain things yeah like what like just ramps and tracks oh okay i only get plain things yeah oh okay we'll make sad but i'm sad about that no don't worry it's gonna come with the car oh okay i get a car with it too okay good\n"