Have you seen the TV commercials that show a doorbell being rung followed by a homeowner opening the door to find big green boxes filled with Swiffer products on their front step? If you have, then the big green boxes above may look familiar.
Kindii, my daughter’s dog looking out the window one last time right before we left the house we sold.
The commercial then shows the homeowner trying out the Swiffer sweepers, mops, and dusters in their home to see how easy they are to use to clean up the messes around the house.
Before we moved, I wanted to come up with an idea to give the couple that bought our house as a housewarming gift.
After doing some research, I found that for centuries, a broom is a traditional gift to give to new homeowners. I like tradition, but thought why not bring the idea into the 21st century with a new and improved way to clean a floor and more.
I was going to try to present the gift just like they do in the commercials, but this didn’t happen since we left for South Carolina a day before settlement.
Instead we left the boxes in the empty and clean family room for them to discover when they moved into the house after settlement.
With a note wishing them many happy years in their new home.
They have a baby, a toddler and two dogs. With all the hardwood floors in the house…
…I know they will become fans of the Swiffer Sweeper and the WetJet Mop when dirty little paws get tracked through the house.
No one likes to clean, but these products sure make the chore of cleaning so much easier and will leave them time to do the things they enjoy.
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The kitchen floor needs these badly.
I’d love to clean the kitchen floor :)
We have wood laminate through most of our house, so the floors would be as obvious choice. We also have vaulted ceilings, each with their own ceiling fan, so the fan blades would be another option.
With laminate floors in my main living areas, and one furry kitty, I obviously need Swiffer on
my side.
First and foremost my kitchen floor than the hardwoods in the rest of the house.
It would be a toss-up between regular dusting with the Swiffer (which I shamefully admit needs to be done NOW) OR using the Swiffer mop on my kitchen floor for the little paw prints that come through! Thank you for the opportunity to win Diane, God Bless!
I have hard woods everywhere, 4 dogs and a cat… I would love to win and have no shortage of things to clean!
Thanks for the chance!
Ceiling fans!! That would be my first stop, followed by the wood laminate floors in my living room, dining room, and bed room. I love Swiffer products!
I would clean my kitchen floor first.
Oh my gosh, the first surface would be the shelves of my computer armoire, the doors to which I close when anyone comes over. The narrow spaces between the equipment makes cleaning impossible. Ugh!
Oh, what a sweet idea! My first cleaning surface will be the upstairs guest room. Redecortain it for our first-to-be-born grandchild : )
I would clean all of my faux wood blinds.
I would clean the top of my Entertainment Center. It is very tall and gets so dusty. Then I would move on to my shelves and floors!
What a great idea! My kitchen floor needs that.
We are staying at our friend’s home in Largo , Florida at present. She is so fstidious, I would love to leave her this cleaning kit as a hostess gift. It would be the best one she ever received, I’, m sure!
We are staying at a friend’s home in Largo CFlorida. She is so fastidious, I would love to leave these cleaning supplies for her when we leave! It would be the best hostess gift she would ever recieve!!
My new bamboo floors that I can’t seem to get clean!! NOTHING I’ve tried works!!
OUUUU!! How great this giveaway is!! I would start with the tile floors and then the ceiling fans!!
I’d love to use these on my hardwood floors, with 3 kids they are always dusty!
My steps seem to catch dust and dog hair like crazy and the sun shines in the window showing them all!
My tile floors are a disaster
The first thing I would clean are my ceiling fans!
So thoughtful to leave the new homeowners a welcome gift!
I’d have to clean my tile kitchen floors first. I do planets of cooking and mess making and they certainly do not get cleaned as often as they should. Maybe swifter is the answer!
I want to drag that big fluffy one along that line where the ceiling meets the wall…get rid of those unwanted fluffs of who knows what up there!
I would clean the bathrooms first! Thank you for the chance!!
What a cute and practical housewarming gift! I have so much tile in my house with a dog and a toddler – the mess is endless!
Our bamboo floors and all their little dust bunnies! Then the kitchen tile and all the spills, dog tracks, etc. Boy, do we need this kit! Thanks. s
You are the best. I want to buy a house from you ;)
We’re getting new floors this week! Yay! And we have three big dogs. I would use them to sweep up the dog hair from our glorious new floors! :-)
I will use the Swiffer to keep my white tile/white grout bathroom floors clean of chocolate lab hairs!
I would clean the kitchen floor tiles. No matter how many times we mop, the floors never look clean.
I would clean our dark hardwood floors that constantly get dirty during the snowy winters of Iowa! Thanks for the giveaway chance! So happy for you and your husband in your new adventure! Blessings in the new year…..
What a lovely gift idea! So sweet! We use our dusters all the time because our sweet girl is allergic to dust! I need to the the UP HIGHS as my son calls it – ceiling fans and the like! It’s on my list for TODAY!
I would use it to clean my hanging lights and high hats in the ceiling and then on to all the floors since they are all hard surfaces on the first floor.
I would use the duster to remove the winter cobwebs!
Nice gift to leave behind.
I have to tell you, I had the Wet Jet and just didn’t like it. Left a residue and a line where you stopped like the old sponge mops. I am much happier with my 360 spin mop from HSN or QVC – picks up everything even stuff may have missed when sweeping, even dog hair. I don’t use detergent with it either. All detergents leave a residue with the exception of the Microsoap that comes with the 360 but you really don;t need detergent. Plain warm water works best.
I would first clean the top of my armoire in my bedroom.
I would use the duster on an extension and walk around the house grabbing all the little webbies that appear out of nowhere! Great housewarming gift! Blessings on your new home!
Michelle
I would use the Swiffer to clean my tile floors. It was such a sweet gesture for you to leave a present for the new owners!
How nice to leave a gift for the new owners. I’m sure the they will appreciate the thoughtfulness. If I had that package I would definitely clean my ceiling fans first.
Hallway. Our retriever Clarence is a joy, but man can he shed!!!
I would clean my front entry doorway & ceiling fans!
Really a nice idea ! In our family tradition We are European Jews we give
Bread: So that this house may never know hunger…or…So your cupboards will always be full
Salt: Given with the message “That life may always have flavor”, can also represent added luxury or flavor to life
Sugar: Means “So your life shall always have sweetness”
Wine: Symbolizes the hope “That joy and prosperity may reign forever”…or…”That your family will never be thirsty”…or…”So you will always be of good cheer”
Honey: So that you may always enjoy the sweetness of life
Broom: “So your home may always be clean” or “To help sweep away any evil and bad luck”
Coin: “So you may dwell in good fortune”
Candle: “So that this house will always have light” or “So you may dwell in light and happiness”
Hi Pye – I am going to print your list so I have it for reference when I want to give a gift to a friend with a new house. Thanks for taking the time to share it with me. XO
I woUlsan clean my ceiling fan first!
Well I have a shedding!! dog I could swiff 3 times a day. Have you tried the extra wide floor swiffer? My favorite!
Hi Diane, My husband and I actually looked at your house 3 times! I spent most of the time looking at your decor and design!! We finally found a house for our family this December. I am going to use some of you ideas there! I loved your chalkboard out by the pool. We are doing sooo much remodeling while not living in it. We hope to move in by March. I would use my new Swiffers on the hardwood floors I am having refinished and installed. Thank you! Erin
Hi Erin – Small world :-) How exciting that you can get the house fixed to your liking before moving in. I bet you are counting the days until March. Best wishes for many happy years living in your new home. XO
I would clean my kitchen floors first!
I’d love it for my wood and tile floors!
What a great idea to leave the Swiffer boxes for the new owners!! I would first do my beautiful wood floors which could certainly use a good cleaning!
My hardwood in the kitchen, morning room, foyer and hall.
Thank you for the giveaway!
-Aly
How gracious and kind your gift was to the buyers of your home! If I win, I will first tackle my large wood floor!
I would clean my kitchen floor.
Wood floors in my great room are the first I would clean. With 3 indoor dogs…it is a never ending job cleaning floors. Thanks.
Oh Diane! If I won this I would send this up to my daughter who will be moving into her own first apartment on March 1st. She just recently started her first job after college and the is such an exciting time for her! She is busily decorating in her mind and isn’t too familiar with how to “keep house” so that everything stays looking good. This would be such a nice housewarming gift for her! Her apartment is in an old brownstone in Hoboken New Jersey and has hardwood floors throughout-boy is she going to need a Swiffer!
My wood floors need this!
Debbie
What a thoughtful gift to leave the new home owners!
The first thing I would clean is our hardwood floor in the diningroom…kitty hair heaven.
The wood floors! We have 2 huge dogs. It’s an everyday job. Help!!!
I would clean the hardwood floors first because our dog brings in paw prints all the time.
Thanks for the giveaway, Diane! I think the first item I would clean would be the ceiling fan in my living room. I hope you are recovering well from the Shingles, and settling nicely into your new home.
My kitchen and utility room. With a dog and three guys, they have to be cleaned every day! A swiffer mop would make it so much easier to keep up.
My ceramic tile floors love all the dog hair from my 3 little furry girls. I need Swiffer products!
Our living room floor that our yellow lab, Charley, helps get dirty.
The top of the built in book shelves that surround the upstairs staircase going up to my daughters room. I always have to lug the stepstool up the stairs since I can’t reach the tops. So much dust collects there. It would make the job so much easier. What a lovely gift to leave the people who purchased your home. Very thoughtful!
The kitchen floor would be first! We have a toddler…
What a kind thing to do for the new homeowners! We are getting our house ready to put on the market, after living here twenty four years. The floors are a mess with all the work going on, so if I would win, the floors would be the first project! Thanks for the encouragement .
All of the ceiling fan blades! With 5 fans in our house it may take awhile.
My floors covered with snow melt salt and dog and cat paw prints
Definitely my floor!!!
We have hardwood in the kitchen so I would definitely clean the kitchen floor first. Then under the king-sized bed in the master bedroom. Jo @ Let’s Face the Music
Every time I see the commercials I wish I had a big green box at my door. I would love to have an easier way to keep my hardwood floors clean from the dust and dog hair!
After the kitchen floor, I’d dust every single flat surface in the house! ;)
How thoughtful of you to leave this gift for the new homeowners! Thank you for offering this giveaway to a reader. The first thing cleaned in my home would be the window trim that’s too high to dust without using a ladder.
The cork floors at our cottage… I’ll bet it would do a great job!
Wood ceiling beams and wood floor. On the main floor. Great items to have.
Three ceiling fans and hard to reach wood ceilings and beams.
Still looking for the ideal way to clean my bamboo floors. Ready to give the Swiffer option a try.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I will use whatever it takes to get rid of the remaining traces of my two grand dogs from Christmas. The rugs and upholstery have been cleaned by a professional and now I must do the rest. Also, getting rid of dust bunnies from my beautiful new hardwood floors.
My husbands icky bathroom!
Definitely the hardwood in my kitchen and hallway.
Such a wonderful gift. I know you will enjoy your new home.
My kitchen floor is the first surface that I would tackle. With 2 kids and 2 cats, it a constant mess!
I would start with my bathroom floor..
my living room floor
My hardwood floors, for sure!
I’d put it to work right away on the hardwood floors in our foyer!
A whole house of hardwoods!!!!!
I would clean my kitchen floor as that is where we come in and as we have had snow and a slight thaw and now more snow it is always in need of a cleaning.
I loved your idea to welcome the new homeowners. It would be a fun way to welcome new neighbors. I have a sweet Boxer so I would love to try the products on my hardwood floors.
Such a generous and thoughtful gift! I would start with the duster and clean my heat vents of dog hair! That would definitely be my starting point and I would go from there.
My floors. I have a corgi that leaves hair everywhere.
I will clean all the blades on the ceiling fans and the chandeliers!
I’ll make a run through the house! All hardwood floors.
I would love to have the gift of Swiffer cleaning. I am elderly and retired. I hope I’m the lucky Swiffer winner.
Ceiling fan in my bedroom, because I have not been able to do much high cleaning since I broke my collar bone and with so many fur babies……. I know the blades must be filthy.
That reminds me, I am looking forward to you and Ed adopting a couple furry babies yourself.
What a sweet gesture to leave the Swiffer products for the new home owners! You are so thoughtful!
The first place I would use the Swiffer would be in my sewing room.
I have all wood floors. I would start in the dining room. I also have two cats so it is constant battle to keep ahead of the cat hair on the floor. I think these swiffer tools might make the job more enjoyable.
What a great idea. I’m in my 70s, and I have 9 rooms to clean,so I would clean all my surfaces with these products. A lot easier and safer than other products. I might actually look forward to cleaning day.
I would clean my brand new laminate flooring!! With a big family full of kids I am looking for away to keep up the daily clean up.
That is a fabulous idea for the new homeowners, and very generous of you! I will clean the tile that runs from my back door to and through my kitchen and dining room. Can’t wait to get started!
You were very considerate, you left your home looking like a show house, lucky new owners.
I would use the cleaning supplies for my hardwood floors. My daughter, husband and two grandkids came for an extended stay (5 months). Now that they are gone and my invisability glasses are off it is time to roll up my sleeves and give the place a good cleaning.
I love that you left the Swiffer boxes as a housewarming gift for the new owners. Such a great idea.
My husband and I are settling our first house this week! I think the first thing I will clean will be the kitchen and bathrooms of the new house. Of course, we’ll have to clean our old place, too, so the Swiffers would work well there as well.
How fun! I would definitely clean the fans in our house. This is always something I don’t like to do. I would love to try the swiffer duster!
What a thoughtful gift for the new owners. Thanks for the opportunity to maybe win something so useful. I would definitely clean the hardwoods in my entrance hall, living room, and dining room. Then I would try it on the tile in my kitchen. Hope you enjoy living in your new home.
I would start in my entryway.
I would clean my kitchen floors first. Thanks for the giveaway.
My entire main floor…new hardwood throughout…kitchen, dining room, living room and foyer.
My hardwood floors in the master bedroom. Thanks for this!
Wood floors are the place I would tackle first!
I would start with my blinds and move on to my ceiling fans. :-)
I would clean the kitchen.
We had to move from our dream home to a new state last year. We left our old house emaculate. When we got the key to our new house and I walked in I bawled. It was so dirty. There was snot on the walls, dead mice and droppings in the furnace room to name a few and they just left what they didn’t want to take. We are refinishing the hardwood floors this summer and I would use the swiffer on the wood floors!
My kitchen floor – we track stuff in like crazy!
I would love to use the WetJet mop on our kitchen floor! Thank you for the giveaway!!
I would happily clean the hardwood and tile floors in the new home we are purchasing! Thank you for the opportunity to win these Swiffer products ?
My Ceiling Fans, the 360 looks like it would do the job easily…
I have used Swiffer products since the came out. Very handy!
First up – the hardwood floors we have throughout our home! Swiffer is the solution I’ve been looking for to improve my housekeeping!
Thanks!
My hardwood floors in the kitchen are always getting spotty from cooking, eating and traveling through. A Swiffer would be very welcome on cleaning day!
My hardwoods in foyer
Definitely using the swiffer wet jet on the entryway floors. It is winter in Minnesota!
While perched on a ladder, I would rather dust the ceiling fan very fast with Swiffer.
Always the kitchen floor! Busiest, messiest place in the house!
My kitchen floor. Always my kitchen floor. We have 2 medium length hair cats and oh my, the tumbleweeds of hair never end.
I would clean our living room floor first!
I would start with the hardwood floors in the upstairs hall, then swift down the stairs and into the living room followed by the dining room. All the wood floors done in 5 minutes! Now to mop the kitchen… I hate mopping, by the way.
My light fixtures would be the first to be cleaned because they are always the last!
I would dust my house. Dusting is hard for me, because I am handicapped.
I could certainly use the Swiffer to clean my tile floors!
It would definitely be our ceramic tile floors…. Kitchen/dining room, 2 bathrooms and our entryway !
What a sweet idea! I would clean my stairs! All four levels!
My kitchen, living room and baths!
I’d clean the kitchen floor. I’m always cleaning the kitchen floor.
Hi Diane!
I would luv to try these Swiffer products for my spring cleaning this year; starting with my living room, next the kitchen, dining room, and family room on our first floor. I like to wash the walls, clean the windows,
clean window treatments, the contents in each room, and the floors, rugs, and organizing along the way.
Since we remove our shoes at the front door, our house stays cleaner longer- thank you!
We put in a ceiling fan last summer and I have yet to dust it. I think it’s time!
Would love anything to help with the cleaning…….especially my plantation blinds because they collect dust quicker than anything!
I would use these products to clean my living room from top to bottom!
What a great idea for a giveaway especially when I am starting my spring cleaning early this year. The first thing I would clean with a Swiffer is my wood (tongue and groove) and other ceilings. Thanks for this giveaway
The picture of your daughter’s dog looking out of the window one last time brought a tear to my eye. So bittersweet!
My kitchen floor! I have 5 grandchildren, ages 2 to 11. I LOVE having them here with us, but after every snack time or meal, I look at the kitchen floor, around their chairs and under the table, sigh and get thhe mop.
Only you Diane, would be so thoughtful as to leave a housewarming gift to the new family moving into your beloved home.
All my hardwood floors would benefit especially our hall.
Hi, the first surface I would clean would be my wood floors. I have 3 kids and 2 dogs. I love swiffer products! They clean amazingly well. Thanks!
My foyer needs a good spa treatment!
I have never used a Swiffer product and am very curious to see what it’s all about. My NYC apartment collects dust like it’s a hobby. I end up vacuuming constantly — I could use some help.
I am not a fan of laminate floors. If only my daughter had consulted with me, before she bought laminate floors for our upper level! I would keep this cleaning tool in our upstairs closet to keep those floors clean!
I will clean my kitchen floor!
Definitely kitchen and bathroom floors, including baseboards. And then, or there’s so much more that needs to be done…
I use Swifter products now, and find them to be indispensable. To win such a gift would be over the top. The first thing that they would be used for are my hardwood floors. I have two Ragdoll cats and the floors need to be done frequently. Then the furniture. I would love to be the winner!!!!
My bookcases. Living near a dirt road makes for never ending dusting.
I would clean all the ceiling fans, then get to the den floor which is laminate. From there would clean up the kitchen and bathroom floors,
Thanks for a chance at a great give-a-way.
Oh that is such a nice giveaway, I could sure use it since I suffer from severe RA and I wear full length steel braces…mopping my kitchen and my bathroom floor is sometimes really difficult. But I hope the person who gets it can be blessed from this gift…Millie
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oh, my baseboards!!! its would be so nice not to have to crawl around on the floor but use the soft duster instead.
I will clean my travistine stone kitchen floor and all of my bathrooms, and get to those ceilings and blinds. I would the wet jet steam, it looks super cool.
Awesome story and a nice way to have the buyers/ family settle in their new home. More people should do that. It’s a pay it forward practice.
Would clean bathroom floors, I love the way Swiffer smells.
Holy Swiffers!!! I’d get right to the ceiling fans! Always running and when turned off look… um… like they need help way up there! lol
Ooh a giveaway of cleaning products? I’m in . Would clean bamboo and ceramic floors throughout the house. Thank you for the opportunity to be in a contest.
Ooh a giveaway of cleaning products.? I’m in . Cleaning my bamboo floors, kitchen bathrooms ceramic floors, you name it! Thanks for the opportunity.
I will definitely clean our hardwood floors first! It’s been raining a lot lately and even though we do a “foot check” at the door as our 3 boxers come in one of them always manages to get past us. It’s been a full time job keeping up with the floors lately!
Clean my kitchen floor. Love the gift idea.
My hardwood floors. Mathis rainy winter with 2 dogs and 6 six durri g the holidays has our floors begging for some cleaning.
I would first tackle the white vinyl floor in my kitchen.
Love your housewarming gift, what a thoughtful and lovely gesture.
How thoughtful you are to leave them terrific gifts like Swiffer products.
I have 2 dogs, a husband who tracks in dirt with his muddy boots and tile, hardwood, and laminate floors that are constantly needing maintenance. I have taken on families new to this country and I am always giving away my cleaning products and tools to them. One friend has several dogs and I showed her how my Swiffer mop cleans up muddy paw prints and now she is a Swiffer lover. Help, I am in need for my own home and sanity.
I love my cork floors, but they do need to be dust mopped often. That is where I would start first.
What A Beautiful And Very Thoughtful Woman You Are! What A Nice Way To Say Goodbye To Your Once Beloved Home, Welcome To the New Owners!!
My hardwood floors ?
I will start with my kitchen/great room laminate floors. From there I’ll work through the dusty living room, bedrooms, downstairs family room furtiture!
I need help cleaning the blinds
I’d clean the dark laminate floors in the entry way, family room, and kitchen first. They collect dust like crazy!
I would gift my 18 year old son with this marvel of an invention! He could keep his nightstand, dresser, baseboards, Beatles pictures…, guitars… Amps … Most of all help Mom out!! I always love the Swiffer commercials, especially the older couple.. Awww.
Thanks for the opportunity. And I love your choice of a house warming gift. I am sure the new owners will have as much fun and memories raising their family in their new home as Ed and you did.
Noticed this morning that the track lights in my dining room and den are VERY dusty!
My hardwood floors! Thanks for the generous opportunity!
I would clean the tile floor in my kitchen. The handle just broke off my old swiffer; I have used it for almost 20 years so guess it is time for a new one!!!
Diane, thank you for this opportunity to win some Swiffer products! I wish to surprise my brother who lives by himself on another Hawaiian island (I live in Honolulu). Visited him over the Thanksgiving weekend and discovered he keeps a neat, organized home, but the white oak laminate floors, baseboards, ceilings and fans need to be thoroughly cleaned. My visit was too short to work on the modest home, but a surprise delivery would cheer him up and hopefully motivate him to perform this cleaning that somehow many guys don’t think is necessary!
What a great housewarming gift! I love Swiffer products, with two sons, three kitties and a dog it’s perfect for my laminate floors. I haven’t used the one for ceiling fans so I would love to give it a try.
The first place I would clean is my hard wood floors in the kitchen
Definitely my hardwood floors. With two dogs and a cat I’m constantly sweeping up pet hair. Love this give away. Thanks!
So wonderful of you to give us this opportunity! I would definitely clean under my beds :-) and, of course, on every hardwood surface in our house! Thanks so much!
As many people have said, I would start with our hardwood floors. They attract EVERYTHING!!!! I am actually not familiar with Swiffer products, so this would be a luxury for me. I should say us since my hardworking husband helps out here a lot. Thank you for this chance and Happy New Year!!!
What a coincidence…I have used every Swifter product available for years and love every one of them, but today it was too cold to do anything outside so I decided to clean my nine ceiling fans. I only clean them about once a month (or longer) and I have to use the swifter 360 degree duster with the extension handle to be able to reach most of them. I still have to use a step-ladder for some but the extension handle/duster is great for everything out or reach otherwise…art work, shelves, etc. Great products!
I know exactly what/where I would clean! Under my beds! We have hardwood everywhere…and that dust gets in every nook and cranny. With downsizing I have things stored under beds, including daughter’s wedding gown in a sealed box! Ha! I would also dust the 9 foot walls of my house! I am short and finding a way to reach things would be so much easier with swifter products…handles.
Sheila
I would clean my daughters house to help her with the sale of it.
I’d clean my front hall way and kitchen!
What a nice and thoughtful gift to leave behind !! Have to ask where did you get the boxes from?
I would clean my downstairs, kitchen and den which are all hardwoods! Fabulous giveaway and you were so kind and thoughtful to leave that great housewarming gift!
Thanks you for the opportunity Diane. I would do my kitchen hardwood floors!
Our hand scraped hickory hardwood floors. Thank you.for the opportunity!
My front hallway gets really dirty with all the kids and pets. This would be great! Thanks so much for this giveaway.
First of all, what a great idea to leave the new homeowners a “Welcome to your new home” surprise and the Swiffer was the perfect present!
I have two young kids and hardwood floors on the main floor of our house. I would definitely use the Swiffer to clean the kitchen floor first then make my way to the living room and dining room!
I would do every room.I have 4 dogs who shed.I need help with dog hair,this would be my answer.
I would definitely start with the hard wood floors. With kids and a dog, they are constantly in need of a clean up. :)
What a sweet gift to leave your new homeowners.
We’re in the midst of trying to sale a house to move where hubby’s new job is so all these posts lately have been so helpful. Thank you!
I would use the Swifter Jet Mop on my kitchen floor. Between the dog and my husband there is hardly a minute goes by that they don’t bring dirt into the room. I think that the new owners are going to really love the gift you left. It was so thoughtful of you.
That was so sweet of you to leave a gift and card for the new owners of your loved home.
I love the Swiffer Ads. I would love a long handled duster to reach my lights. They get dusty and cobwebs sometimes. I have to get a stepladder out to reach them so they don’t get cleaned as often as they should. People don’t look up, do they?
Hardwood floors. Teens and dogs. They always need some love.
I would first attack the entryway floors with the Swifter products. High traffic areas are a challenge in our house!
What a kind gift, Diane! The whole upstairs of my 100+ year old farm house is hardwood, so that is where I’d start. Thank you for the opportunity!
I love the swifter surprise commercials! The older couple just melt my heart and the veteran who lost his arm and his family make my heart soar! My flooring is all stamped concrete and mosaic tile in my entry/hallway (gorgeous DIY). We have 3 cats and a dog and that’s a lot of surfaces to keep up with! The first surface I would clean would be my kitchen and then the hallway! I need all the help I can get and would love my own swiffer surprise box! Thank you!
I would “swiff-up” fur balls on my wood floors from my three indoor/outdoor cats. I love my cats but hate the fur! Thanks!!!
Somehow my 2 Pekingese rescues seem to track in more dirt than my 6 kids ever did when they were growing up, and the kids didn’t shed hair endlessly either. I could really use some Swiffer help on my tile floors, about 1800 square feet of them. They have to be cleaned every day, and this old back is objecting.
Definitely the hardwoods! Dog hair is everywhere!
I’d clean my tile entryway first, it gets the most traffic and usually needs a good cleaning once a week. Thanks for the giveaway!
I am kinda like the old couple in the commercial. I have back and hip problems which makes it very difficult to clean anything. The Swiffers would be a huge help for me to clean anything. I would start with my kitchen and move on to ceiling fans and tall as well as low furniture. Thanks for the opportunity!
Hi, I have light sand-colored tile floors throughout my house and a lovable, but long-haired black cat named Maggie. I brush Maggie’s coat daily but despite my best efforts, I’m sweeping up hair daily! Ugh! I’ve been constantly on the hunt for a better cleaning tool when I read your post on the give-away. Since I’ve been reading your blog for awhile now, and also sharing many of your DIY tips with my only daughter in Massachusetts who is completing a 1year post-graduate veterinary internship, and also has a cat and lives in a house with wall-to-wall wood floors; this give-away couldn’t have come at a better time!
Warmly,
Colette Horner
What a thoughtful gift!
If I win the give away, I will begin Spring Cleaning early! I’ll dust everything and clean my house-full of tile floors. I work 50-55 hours a week and Swiffer products would certainly help me breeze through caring for my home.
Love the handmade welcome note you left the new owners. Knowing there are new feet and paws enjoying your home hopefully eased the transition. I love swifter wet ones. I need to clean my basement stairs. I can’t even think when the last time it was done as they lead to an unfinished basement, but the dirt is tracking upstairs. Thanks!
What a thoughtful and practical gift. I would begin in my kitchen. With 2 dogs and the lovely Midwest weather I am forever mopping and “spot cleaning” the floor.
It was so sweet of you to left such a thoughtful gift for the new couple. I would clean everything, top to bottom. Mainly I would dust the entire house. You would think with all the snow and rain we have had the past few weeks, it wouldn’t be so dusty, but it is.
I love the commercials, especially the older couple going around cleaning their house. It seems like a great cleaning tool, I just never got around to getting one. So, if I had one I’d start with all our ceiling fans then do our tile floors.
Definitely the white kitchen floor and ceiling fans. We’re in our upper 80’s, so anything to make the job easier would be most welcome. I’m enjoying your move to the lake house. We moved into town from our lake house in the woods five years ago after 20 great years out there.
I’d clean my floors! The whole first floor is wooden floors and we have a shaggy, often wet and muddy, dog!
What a sweet gift for the new owners of your house!
I’d love to win the Swiffer giveaway – I’d use it for dust-mopping the tile floors in my entry hall, kitchen, and bathrooms.
Diane,
You are so amazing! And so very thoughtful! I am sure the new owners of your old home are blessed in so many more ways than we will know!
I would start with the hall upstairs. I would clean the bedroom floors next, then come down the stairs to the living room, kitchen and dining area. The Wet Jet mop would be a blessing in the kitchen since it seems to need mopping everyday!
Thank you for the opportunity to win this giveaway!
Dust the furniture in my living room! My dog plays and runs and fur and dust fly all over the furniture. Add in a little left over holiday glitter and you can see how the swiffer dusters would come in handy!!
Definitely my tile floors – kitchen, bathrooms, laundry. I HATE using a regular mop on them!!
I’m due for a new swiffer! I have been using my current one for years and love the ease of cleaning my hardwood floors. I would use it on the first floor of my two story house like I do now. Breakfast nook, kitchen, dining room, foyer all get the swiffer treatment as one leads into the other . My old one is getting worn out and tired and is looking to retire!
We have hardwood floors throughout the house. With three grandsons and three housecats the living room floor constantly needs cleaning!
I would clean my whole house! Got new floors and having a hard time keeping them clean! Thanks
It seems I dust one day and it’s back the next. Electronics especially collect lots of dust. I guess I’d start at the top…ceiling fans and work my way down.
My kitchen floor! With three boys, it never seems to get clean enough.
I don’t have a lot of uncarpeted space but what I do have is a total disaster. I use the vacuum to pick up the obvious but it doesn’t clean. I’ve tried a dry vac and it didn’t work well. So when the floor becomes unbearable it’s down on hands and knees to scrub the floors. Seem so 19th century. I’d like to be brought to the 21st century and would love to try the swifter products. It would get me motivated mentally and physically my back and knees would be very thankful.
Diane, you are treasure of information, I love all of your post. Of course , I need this for all of my hardwood floors. Old houses just love us so much they just keep giving us dust and dust bunnies. Thanks!
I’d love to Swiffer my ceiling fans. Thanks Diane!
Yes, I can definitely use this! First thing I’ll clean is the kitchen floor. It’s the hardest room to keep clean in my house.
I would love to use a swiffer on our new hardwood floors!
My 90 year old mother-in-law lives with us six months out of the year. She pays for a cleaning lady, three hours, everyother week, year round. The cleaning lady is more a companion. I appreciate all of her efforts, however her time is better spent with the visiting.
My mil seems to get more anxious with lots of activity and sounds. I would love to be able to do more “silent” cleaning before she wakes and during her naps.
My eye sight is much better than mil, I admit to being more finicky, we have a dog and I cannot wait 2 weeks to dust, sweep, and mop between cleanings.
My entire home is hardwood flooring with the exception of the kitchen. I would love to try Swiffer products throughout the home but especially on the hardwood floors. I have one dog, three cats and a disabled husband, so anything that would help the endless cleaning would be much appreciated!!
I would dust and then clean our kitchen floor. It’s a light color and shows dirt quickly! Thanks for the chance to win!
I sure could use a swifter especially on these hardwood floors..would love to try it! Thanks for a great give away!
Our house gets really dusty with a wood stove, so I would dust our computer desk first and then clean some of our hardwood floors.
What a thoughtful and practical gift! May you enjoy your waterfront home knowing your old home will be truly lived in. Having three rescue dogs, our floors require regular attention as does dusting. I would love to try some of the Swiffer products I haven’t bought yet.
Where do I begin?? I think I would start with the ceiling fans and then move to the hardwoods. Hope you’re enjoying Lake Murray. I’ve spent many a summer swimming and water skiing there. It is beautiful! You’re very generous and I’m sure the young family starting off in their new home loved your gift. I know I would. BTW, I love your blog.
Ugh! Floors and ceiling fans. With 2 little dogs I have little footprints all over my floors every day! Would love to try out these products.
That is so kind and thoughtful to leave the new owners a gift. If I won the prize, I guess I would have to say what surface wouldn’t I clean? LOL. We have 3 special needs kiddo’s who are 10 and four little doggies. With Christmas break my house has found itself in need of a thorough cleaning. This might just get me going. :)
Blessings,
Shelley
I would clean all my hardwood floors. We have a sweet King Charles spaniel who tends to leave evidence that he resides all over the house!
I would clean the floor in front of my wood stove first!
With 3 dogs and burning a lot of wood to keep warm during Michigan’s cold spells it gets dirty!
Thanks!
Hardwood kitchen floor for sure.
Such a kind and thoughtful (and very prudent!) gift for the new owners of your relished home. It must be very gratifying knowing that those walls will now echo with a new generation in creating their memories!
As for cleaning, we really try to keep up with dust and pollen around here due to allergies. All of our hard surfaces (floors and furniture) would no doubt benefit greatly from regular ‘swiffing’ :)
Congratulations on your new chapter…may it be everything you’ve dreamed!
What a great idea, so thoughtful!
That’s so cool & thoughtful! I’d clean ceiling fans for sure!
Thanks for the chance!
Joey J.
Call me old fashioned but I still sweep my floors with a broom and wash them down on my hands and knees! Ouch! I would love to try the Swiffer products to see what all the “buzz” is about!
What a great idea for new homeowners! So sweet. I would clean alltge ceiling fans in my home right away! Its gotta be easier than climbing a ladder!
After taking down and storing all holiday decorations, it’s time to rearrange, clean, and freshen up my entire home. Floors, windows, porches….Everything needs some sparkle!! Thank you for your blog and housewarming gift. As a Realtor I can tell you this is a most welcomed and useful gift.
What a nice gift – they’ll definitely put it to use with kids and dogs. I’d first use it to clean my ceiling fans. It would be much easier with a Swiffer. Enjoy your new house.
What a great idea for the new owners!
I would clean the baseboards!
What a wonderful idea for a gift! I have 2 dogs and a a swiffer / vacuum that I use daily. I couldn’t get along without it. If Inwere to win, I would gift the swiffer to my Grandaughter and hubby, as they are moving into their first home as I type! The floors are all wood, and with 2 dogs and a baby on the way, they would love theirs as much as I do mine.
The floors would be first. Love Swiffer products!
OH yes! With two dogs and living in the country, my floors are always in need of cleaning!
I would totally clean my window shutters and my kitchen wood floors. They really need a good scrubbing! Thank you for the giveaway!
Sorry for the double entry!
I will definitely tackle all of my window shutters and then my wood floors in my kitchen! That is such a cute idea to leave something for the new homeowners! Thanks for sharing.
My hardwoods and tile floor need this…and someone to push them around! What a thoughtful housewarming gift,
I would clean all the hard wood floors!
What a thoughtful welcoming gift! I have two dogs who have a lot of fur. You would not believe how much they shed. The swifter would be wonderful since I have tile floors. I live in the desert and we get a lot of dust in the house. So between the dust and the dog hair, I would really put the swifter to work! Also, my fans! To not have to get a step stool out every time I want to clean them would be such a lifesaver!
I would clean my mud room first. Dirty dog prints are not fun.
Welcome to SC and especially the Lake Murray area. I grew up nearby and remember my parents talking about making a car ride each Sunday afternoon to check out the progress on the dam as it was being built to form the lake. Family roots are deep in the Dutch Fork region.
My first joy will be cleaning the interior shutters and blinds…perfect task for Swiffer!
I put in a new dark wood floor and I have pet hair boy could I use this
It is such a needed gift. We recently just moved to our lake house which is very small , but on pretty days we leave the door open to the screened porch and with the wind there is so much dust. The laminate counters are dark and show much dust. I’m always wiping that. Also, I am always squatting to the floor to wipe something up. Shifters would be awesome.
Living Room Floor!
What a perfect welcome gift.
I have a beautiful home that is on the market soooooooo I am constantly cleaning.
I am doing my best to keep it show ready all the time . I have all hardwoods and tiles.
A green swifter box would certainly come in handy in my attempt to keep up the clean.
Thanks !
I use Swiffer and I love it — but as a gift to somone??? One time my friend’s husband bought her a mop and bucket for her birthday, and she didn’t speak to him for a week! (giggle)
Truly, your gift was a lovely idea.
Bathrooms
The kitchen & bathroom floors. Great giveaway! Thanks!
Thanks Diane, I would like to clean the high shelves that are hard to reach!
With my 11 mo. old grandson crawling (and standing more each day) and investigating everything, the kitchen and the wooden entry floors would be the first I’d use the products on.
All of my Hardwood floors!
With trying to reduce heating costs, the fireplace is running non stop. The hardwood floors on the living room is in desperate need of some TLC. Love the sentiment you left the new owners.
What a thoughtful idea for the new home owners. With a dog and hardwood floors, I would Swiffer the floors!
We just moved to New Orleans and find we always have dust and dirt everywhere. We would even use Swiffer in our car – great for picking up the dust inside.
I would clean the hardwood floors in our living room and dining room to pick up the hair from two dogs and two cats.
What a nice gift to leave the new homeowners. I would use my Swiffer on my kitchen floor. It’s a pretty honey blond color and it looks best when it’s spotless.
I think the first surface I would clean is my kitchen floor. I have tried a vinegar solution and steam mop but it just doesn’t look good. I think I would like to try the swifter mop!! ?
I had never heard of this lovely practice before, but it is such a gracious thing to do that I will remember it for whenever I move. Thank you Diane for the idea! Another reason that I’m such a fan of yours.
The Swiffer products would be so useful in both my kitchen and laundry room because I wash those floors frequently, and then in the bedrooms. where I have to dust the hardwood floors often.
What a great idea – I am sure the new homeowners were thrilled. I need to give my floors a good cleaning – would love to do it with these swiffer products.
How thoughtful! I would tackle ceiling fan blades!
I would tackle all of the nooks and crannies in my sewing room. It needs a complete cleaning! Thanks for the chance to win this fantastic gift.
Our family has lived in our current home for almost 20 years! Over that time, we have installed Pergo flooring in our den and kitchen. I would LOVE to try the Swiffer Wet Jet on these floors:). I would like to thank you for all your detailed posts about your recent experiences simplifying and downsizing. I have found it all encouraging!
I would clean the floor and bookshelves first.
We have no carpet in the house so I would clean all the floors!
How sweet of you to leave gifts for the owners. I would first clean my kitchen floors then off to the bathrooms. Wishing you much happiness in the south. I lived in SC all my life until I turned 50 them moved out west. Big change, miss home but am enjoying new things.
Like Karen, I also live in the Southwest. Dust is a never ending problem here in Phoenix! I can use Swiffer products in every room in my house. The kitchen would be the first place I would start. I really like your idea to give Swiffer products to the new homeowners. If you don’t mind, I may use your idea to do the same when we move back to my home state of SC late this Spring. Wonderful idea, Diane!
Thanks, Diane, for making this available. I have engineered wood floors for the first time and need a fresh approach to floor cleaning
I’d probably clean all the fans in the house. Every room has one and they are the most neglected. Congrats on your new home! Can’t wait to watch the creative process in action.
My husband and I are retired and we just downsized to a 1000 square foot home. Oh the treasures I had to give up! The new house has very dark hardwood floors all the way through it. I had no idea of the upkeep with the darker wood! They show everything! Definitely, swifter products would be such a help…..and that’s what I would clean with them. Everyday! ggggrrrrr!
Mary
Would clean the kitchen/dining area first- watching having my grandsons for a visit = always something to clean. But what a wonderful “problem” to have. Thank you
My kitchen wood floors seem to need the most help…..always splatters to clean up. Thanks!
when i read of the gift for the hew home owners i got a lump in my throat, my favorite saying is “there is good in the world” and your gift proved it, i haven’t tried swiffer for the floor and our kitchen sure would give them a work out ha ha thanks xx
Thank you for paying it forward! I live in the Southwest, where summer temps can typically range anywhere between 110 and 118. The suburb was once farm land and now here on my corner lot, across the street from a park, it is really, really dusty. (Forget about monsoon season!)
My first go at… the travertine tile throughout. Nine – 10 months of the year, my front door and patio doors are open. And, although wrought iron and screened, the dust ALWAYS finds a way to visit.
I would say GOODBYE to the uninvited guest! But I will keep my Maltese. She is a serious guard dog, despite the fact she brings in treats from the yard.
Will clean up the hair in the bathroom, crumbs in the kitchen and dust on the tabletops, a great start to spring cleaning!
My husband has been wanting to try some Swiffer products! Lucky me! He does the house cleaning as my job takes me out of town frequently. HE would do all the hardwood floors!
Such a considerate gift. I always start at the top and work my way down to the floors.
We have mostly tiled floors downstairs and mostly hardwood floors upstairs – so all of those. But it’d be the tiled hall and kitchen floor first, without question. I haven’t used this product before so I’m interested in finding out how much easier it makes keeping these floors clean.
When I move into my brand new house I will clean my fabulous new kitchen!! Love Swiffer!!!
What a fabulous idea as a house warming gift. I have a white cat who seems to shed his hair all year round. So I have to clean up after him every day, to keep on top of things. I’m not able to enter your competition due to the fact I live in WALES, UK. Which is a Pity as it’s my Birthday on the 20th, and that would have been a lovely present, for making 62years. I hope you are enjoying your new home by the Lake, lucky you. So looking forward to your forthcoming ideas for your new home, so that I can be inspired again, as I begin to start my decorating in the spring.
All the Best.
Allisan from Caerphilly, UK XOXO
Definitely my laminate flooring in my kitchen. Thanks for a great giveaway!
I would clean ALL my floors! I have a cat which equals lots of cat hair….eeks! Used thelse products at my daughter’s and would love them for myself. Thanks for this opportunity of your giveaway!
What a great idea to leave something like that for the new owners. When we move next time i will definitely be doing the same…thanks for the tip.
Hi Diane,
Wow, arent you thoughtful…speaks volumes about your heart and soul. I have hardwood floors in my summer camp in NH…and “rubberized” laminate in the basement. My husband calls me the queen of the sweeping, sadly…and of course there’s the dog and the fact that our lake house is on a dirt road!!
I’d rather be kayaking, but gosh, those Swiffers make life so much easier!!
Oh, and since we are considering downsizing here in TX, what percentage (estimate of course,) STUFF do you think you got rid of before your move, and do you anticipate new furniture for your new house? Anything you regret throwing out?
Thanks, Holly
What a nice gift for the new homeowners! great idea. I have all hardwoods and have never tried Swiffer products.
That is so clever! And very thoughtful! I have two golden’s and live in Colorado. When that snow melts and they come in onto the wood floors they always have to have their paws wiped. But the floors also have to be wiped! We won’t even mention the shedding :) Always enjoy reading your posts.
The hardwood floors in my kitchen.
I should have stock in Swiffer as it seems the dust bunnies appear daily. We do have a dog! She is short haired but still a constant mess. We have tile and hardwood floors so if I won I’d use the Swiffers EVERYWHERE!!! Great giveaway!
What a great idea for a house warming gift! You are very creative and thoughtful! I would do my basement floor. Have stained concrete with a shiny finish and Iwith my dog there is always fluffs of hair to clean up. I also like to keep a swiffer cloth in my car to dust the dashboard and steering column. Since the dog likes to ride in the car there seems to be dog hair there too!
What a great gift for the new homeowners! I use swiffer products all over my house, but especially for my kitchen floor…there’s always a need! Thanks for the opportunity! ;)
Fab idea for the gift!
My hardwood entry foyer is the go-to place for Swiffer.
How fun, how cool, and how helpful!! I’ve got laminate in four bumper-to-bumper rooms and they are dark. There’s no other place to start than right there! Fingers crossed!!!!!!
That was a very thoughtful way to welcome the new family to their new home…
A broom, huh? I do love practicality!
Oh, and the surface I would clean first? Where to begin!! The beams in the living room, then the mantle, while my daughters dust the furniture…and then ALL the floors in our home sweet home. Thank you for the opportunity and all of your helpful blogs!!
I just had my parent’s old house remodeled after they both passed away. To my great suprise and delight I discovered that all of the old floors that had been carpeted for many years were natural red oak.! I had these old 60 year old floors refinished and they are really beautiful. I am a bachler, 71 years old, and live alone. I have never had to clean hardwood floors before now. I would really love to have the benefit of a Swifter to help me with the dusting and moping. Natural hardwood are a real treat and they need to be taken real good care of.
We have two dogs and hardwood floors throughout most of the house (everywhere except carpet in the bedrooms upstairs). Stiffer products are so helpful! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
What a thoughtful and useful gift to give the new owners! A Swiffter set would certainly be put to good use in my house. We have two young kids, two dogs, one cat, and zero carpet. Keeping the floor free of dirt and pet hair is a constant battle. I would first tackle the dried salt puddles from snow boots that appear daily in the entryway! :)
Hi Diane! What a wonderful idea! I’ll be cleaning my hardwood floors first! Thanks for the opportunity!
I was going to start to say that I would use the swiffer for my wood floors first but then I realized I always dust first and then sweep. Not sure what the difference is now that I am in a condo but I seem to need to dust and sweep daily.
What a great idea for a housewarming gift for the new owners!!!!! I will have to remember that!!! Basically, every room in my house, other than the bedrooms, have hardwood floors, so I would find them handy. But, since I don’t have any pets or kids running through my house, someone who does would be more deserving.
Looking forward to seeing more updates on your lake house!!!!
My new home has loads of hardwood floors. Our two large dogs are always leaving footprints and hair everywhere. I need Swiffer to help me!
Swiffer would make my life easier for cleaning up pet hair and dander between big cleanings!!
Oh i love this idea as a gift! I use swiffers just about everyday on my floors, and furniture.
I’d clean my hardwood floors and my laminate. I’ve got 12 paws that make little doggy designs on my floors. (Yup, that’s 3 dogs.) The dry Swiffers are a super duper favorite of mine since one of the dogs is a pretty big shedder :-)
LOVE that you gave the new homeowners that gift. :-) I too gave a Swiffer as a gift to the people who purchased our former home. (Dog, child…hubby a fireman. It was a very welcomed gift.)
Moving to North Port Fl. from NY on the 29th and will have a new experience with laminate floors. Sounds like Swiffer might be just what I will need! Goodbye Vacuum!
A house with no carpet means I would definitely be cleaning the floors first.
How thoughtful of you! I love that idea! And the handmade card was the icing on the cake! If I win the Swiffer prize, it will definitely be put to good use. I have two dogs and an older home that constantly needs dusting!! Thanks for sponsoring such an awesome contest!!
Diane, You are something else! During one of the most hectic and busy times of your life you thought of someone else and brightened their day with a thoughtful house warming gift replete with a lovely hand drawn card.
If I win the Swiffer prize I’ll be using the duster(s) to fight the dust bunnies on my new laminate floors.
Vikki in VA.