Jennifer Sheahan: These are the only three cleaning supplies you need 

There are only three cleaning supplies you really need, according to the 2021 Home of the Year winner 

Vinegar and salt shines up copper pots, says Jennifer. Picture: Moya Nolan

I don't have one of those boiling water taps, partly because I don’t drink enough tea to justify the cost, but mostly because there’s a bulky unit involved that takes up too much space under the sink. Space I don’t have — or so I thought. Currently, that space is taken up by a small bin and at least two armloads of cleaning products, 90% of which I never use.  If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have bought any of those bottles and instead saved myself so much space. 

Learn from me and don’t repeat my mistake, because there are really only three cleaning products I ever use in my home and I have yet to find a need for anything else — vinegar, baking soda, and a two-sided sponge. I’ll pause while you go and do a little dance in your newly freed-up cleaning cupboard space. Done? OK let’s discover everything you can clean with vinegar and baking soda (spoiler: it’s pretty much everything).