10 simple spring-cleaning tips

Make your vases blooming lovely

If your favourite vases have become discoloured with grime and greenery over the winter months, you can give them a new lease of life with - wait for it! - a packet of frozen peas. 'Pour some frozen peas into the bottom of the vase, fill with cold water and swirl,' suggest property and interior design experts Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan. 'The effect is like a jumbo dermabrasion and will gently get rid of a year's build-up of grime.' So now you can buy yourself a bunch of spring flowers as a reward for all that cleaning...

For more cleaning advice, see our top 10 tips for a clean kitchen, and Kim and Aggie's top 10 natural cleaning tips