What are your best tips/gadgets/purchases for preventing things in your household from needing to be cleaned/maintained as much or as often? I don't mean how to make the cleaning easier or faster, but how to reduce the amount of cleaning that has to be done in the first place.
I'm thinking of things like
- glass-fronted bookcases and plastic or glass display cases reduce the amount of dust that can even get on your books and action figures
- internal blinds on a glass door or window mean those blinds don't have to be cleaned
- a hair-catcher over a bathtub drain slows buildup in the pipes
- paper plates mean no dishes (ideally, most solutions would be more eco-friendly than this one, though!)
- ???
What else is out there? Any level of cost, practicality, and/or convenience is fine.