I feel like I’ve been working on this kitchen for a year. But the truth is, it’s just been a tad longer than 2 months. We were only non-functional for about 3 weeks. Everything now is finishing touches, and all those little projects are about 90% finished. Yesterday, in an effort to check something off my list, I installed a great little gadget. This quick and easy project can be added to any kitchen, new or old in just a few minutes. From opening the box to use, the whole project took less than 30-minutes… A toe-kick vacuum! Sweeping and cleaning up the kitchen is now even easier!
Making Clean-Up Easy
I’m not even sure how I ended up finding this product. Sometimes I think of things and then do a search to see if my idea is already a reality. This time I was sitting in the dentist’s office waiting for O-Man to have a cavity filled. I found the Sweepovac on Amazon. It didn’t take me long to decide I needed to add this to my kitchen.
Because seriously, if my legs could look that good while I sweep the floor in heels, then I really will have my dream kitchen!
Installing
First thing I did was use the included template to mark where to cut my toe-kick.
My sink cabinet has an outlet inside since I will also be installing an Instant Hot and Cold. So, this was the perfect place to install the toe-kick vacuum. Plus, it’s close to the center of the kitchen and dining room, making it a good spot to sweep the pile to.
Once the space was marked, I used my multi-tool to cut the toe-kick.
Because of where I cut my toe-kick, the rest of my toe-kick wasn’t securely attached. I used the scrap piece to stabilize the rest of the toe-kick.
Next up, I slid the unit into place and fed the cord through a hole already in my sink cabinet. If I didn’t have this access already, I would have had to add an additional step of cutting a hole in the cabinet to feed the cord through to the outlet.
The unit simply screws into the toe-kick with 4 included screws.
Toe-Kick Vacuum
The last thing I needed to do was snap the face plate back on and slide the center of the vacuum in place. This is the part that holds the vacuum bags.
And I swept all the saw dust up to it to test it out. The square on the right side gets tapped with your foot to turn the vacuum on and off.
When I need to change a bag, all I have to do is pull out the center portion. It slides right back in and clicks into place.
IronFish has been referring to the toe-kick vacuum as “the robot.” O-Man actually is excited to sweep the floor!
Aside from being a really quick project, this little toe-kick vacuum can be installed into any kitchen or space as long as it can reach an outlet. Cleaning the kitchen floor is so much easier now!
What, you don’t clean and sweep in a cute dress and heels? The toe-kick vacuum sounds really cool. Thanks for sharing at the#HomeMattersParty 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
I only vacuum in pearls! Lol
Totally jelly of this. Back in the 1970s the parents of a friend of mine built a new house and installed a whole house vacuum. I thought that was cool but think the toe kick model would be much simpler and practical to install.
My parents have the central vac in their house, my mom keeps wanting me to put it in mine, but this works so nice, I might actually put another one in a closet to sweep the rest of the house too!
What a great idea!
OMG I think my jaw hit the floor when I saw this. I have never seen one before but I so want one! I sweep my kitchen floor almost every day because we have dogs and this would make it so much easier to do. I’m showing it to my hubby asap. #HomeMattersParty
We sweep the kitchen and dining room daily, so it really is great to have! I bet it would be handy with dogs
What a neat invention!
I wish I’d known about it years ago!
I am constantly sweeping the kitchen area and think this toe kick vacuum would be so helpful! It doesn’t even seem too hard to install ourselves. Very cool find! So glad I saw your post at the #HomeMattersParty link up this week!
It’s really not too hard!
I so need this in my life!! This would save so much time! I wonder if I can install it myself. I will look into it. You must be so excited for your kitchen!!
It really wasn’t too hard to do with the right tools! I bet you could!
Great to see this working is someone’s home I have been looking at these myself thanks for sahring your experience of it Emily
If you’ve been considering one, you really should get it, I love it!
That vacuum is awesome!! I’ll admit I’ll stick to my yoga pants and flip-flops for vacuuming!! #HomeMattersParty
Usually pajamas and bare feet for me!
I need this in my life. Thanks for sharing this with us at the Waste Not Wednesday link Party. Looking forward to seeing you back this week.
I think we all need this, lol!
This has got to be the invention of the year. My husband keeps saying we should have one connected to our central vac, but this is way more doable. Good share!
Such a crazy fun idea! You definitely make me want one! And I LOVE the idea of getting the kids excited about helping sweep, even my 2 year old could do that with out me worrying she’ll spill the dust pan… ~Loni
Never seen this before but it looks fantastic! Would llove if you’d join us and share at Reader Tip Tuesday – we are open and growing all week long!
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Wow!!! I had no idea this existed in the world! HA….how funny I would love this! Saw your post at the Thursday Favorite things party. pinned:)
I’ve seen these used at the place where my kids get their haircut and think it’s a genius device! I want one of them in my kitchen, and every room in my house.L
What a cool little gadget to have in the kitchen! Would be great for dog hair! Thanks for sharing with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop! Roseann from This Autoimmune Life