Cleaning Hardwood Floors!!!

 One of the things that made me fall in love with our new home was the rich dark hardwood floors but keeping them clean would become a struggle for me.  I tried several cleaners,  and none of them gave me the shine I wanted.  So,when all else fails, google! I found tons of info on homemade cleaning solutions, and with a little tweaking found what worked best for me.

Here is my cleaning routine for my floors.

I bought a huge dust mop and I go over my floors everyday sometimes twice when they need it. 

I mop them with a solution of vinegar, water, olive oil and essential oil, about once a week, I  may go a little longer.

 Dilute 1/2 cup of distilled white vinegar into a gallon of water, you don't want to use more than that. To much vinegar can damage your floors

1/4 cup of olive oil, this puts the shine in you floors 

10 or more drops of essential oil, this helps with the vinegar smell

it works great!!!!

Make sure to mop is slightly damp, wring out as much water as you can, you don't want a lot of extra water on your floors.  I found that after I mopped with this solution several times my floors began to shine and I didn't need to mop so often, just sweep or dust the floor.