I use white vinegar and water (1:4 ratio) for most surfaces that aren't wood. For wood, I've seen a recipe for oil/vinegar (3:1) that I intend to try as soon as I run out of the petroleum-based wood oil. For scrubbing I use baking soda.

My priority is stuff that will clean and is non-toxic. It works very well.

Bon Ami for your tub/shower - that's the key, and swiffer wipes for dusting - if you have hardwoods, get the whole swiffer sweeper. I have a handy box with: aformentioned bon ami and swiffer wipes, bleach and water in a spray bottle to disinfect handles etc., a scott pad and sponge, window cleaner (vinegar has never done it for me), and castille soap. And get a dust buster, and if you have cats/dogs, rubber gloves to get the pet hair off your couch.

And this is super dorky, but once I started implementing this system, my life got significantly easier. My house still looks like a bomb went off in it, but at least the toilets are clean.

http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/daily-cleaning-checklist-00000000000953/index.html

Real Simple is actually a good resource for tips, but a lot of it is just advertising.

Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds I use around the house, for most things except dusting and glass. I learned of it when I read Karen Logan's book _Clean House, Clean Planet_, a diy guide to making earth-friendly, non-toxic cleaners. I know Super Supplements carries Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds. I use the Dr. Bronner's soaps as ingredients with tea tree oil for disinfectants.
I also use Arm and Hammer Baking Soda, by Church & Dwight, and distilled white vinegar, and maybe some 20 Mule Borax.

I used to use Simple Green with diluted hydrogen peroxide for anything that needed disinfecting, a 1:1 solution of water and vinegar for glass, and oil for wood. I also use Swiffer dusters for dusting. Microfiber cloths I'd used for dusting in the past were difficult to clean, but I might switch back once I use up my current stash of Swiffers.

Since I moved to a higher maintenance apartment, I use a special granite cleaner, by Method, in the kitchen and a gentle floor cleaner, also by Method, on my wood floors.

For most kitchen, floor, and bathroom cleaning, I use the Clorox Cleaner with bleach spray. For windows, I use white vinegar and a squeegee. For dusting, I use a lambswool duster, no sprays or liquids. For scrubbing things that need more abrasion, I use Bon-Ami powder or baking soda. For my hardwood floors, I mostly use a damp mop.

For laundry and dishes, I use whatever is cheapest at Costco.

My roommate.

Rosie the robot.

(actually I use mainly 7th gen products)

I've used Biokleen (biokleenhome.com ) for a long time because it doesn't trigger my fragrance sensitivity - even a lot of "natural" cleaners do. I used to use the all-purpose cleaner, diluted, for pretty much everything but I recently started using their dish washing liquid for dishes -- it's a little more pleasant. I've also used their powdered laundry detergent for a long time.

Another thing Biokleen sells that is nice is their Soy-lube spray - it's like safer and less stinky WD-40. I've heard you can use that to remove sticky stuff but I've never tried. I've also heard that Bac-Out (the original, not the spray bottle stuff) is good for getting rid of cat pee smell.

Other things in my cabinet: Bon Ami is great for scrubbing anything. The Biokleen concentrated all-purpose cleaner, undiluted, is good for oily stains or spots; when that's not enough I have a bottle of Citra-solv concentrate for extra tough jobs. I also have some borax that I use for certain stains and for cleaning the toilet bowl.

My only cleaning secret is I put diluted dish washing liquid in a foaming pump to use for quick wash-ups. I use a lot less soap that way. I also try to use the weakest recommended amount of cleaner because it's almost always enough.

Oh, I'm not sure if this counts as cleaning but I use anti-dust mite stuff on my carpets and furniture every couple of months and I wash all my bedding with special allergen detergent that I got from natlallergy.com . It's expensive and very time-consuming but so worth it. I've been using this stuff for a year now and my hay fever was not as bad this year, and I don't wake up with a stuffy nose every day.

Hydrogen Peroxide in a spray bottle works great in a bathroom, cuts the scale off and kills algae.

I use PawSafe on my toilet and bathtub, it's available in like...Petsmart. I use Seventh Generation for pretty much everything else, even the paper towels and laundry detergent.

I am in love with CitraSolv spray. I buy the concentrate and add water to make my own spray, floor cleaner, carpet cleaner, etc.

Mrs. Meyer's lemon verbena cleaning powder is awesome for scrubbing jobs and smells wonderful. Great for tubs and sinks. Mrs. Meyer lavender toilet cleaner is great, too, and really freshens up the bathroom.

For the dishwasher I use Seventh Generation or Trader Joe's store brand.

For laundry detergent I use Seventh Generation or BioKleen liquid, Mrs Meyer's Basil dryer sheets, and Seventh Generation liquid fabric softener.

A caveat--where I live, the water is extremely hard (it's taken from 15 grains to 5-7 at the treatment plant).

I use Scrubbing Bubbles spray (the trigger kind, not aerosol) for nearly all bathroom surfaces. I use green scratchy pads to get minerals off the shower and hardware, but when the shower head gets clogged, CLR is the only thing that takes out the crud. White vinegar has no chance on our water.

I use dilute Mr. Clean on the linoleum in the bathroom and kitchen. Dishes are washed with Palmolive, because it's cheap and doesn't eat the rubbery bits of the durable medical equipment that I have to frequently clean (Dawn dish liquid will eat rubber). If something has a nasty baked/burned spot, I soak it overnight with dish soap and a concentrated solution of baking soda--enough that it doesn't fully dissolve. Crud lifts off magically. I have no dishwasher.

There's always Windex in the house, mostly because my husband plays a lot of cartridge video games and Windex is empirically the best method of cleaning dirty Nintendo cart contacts. Since it's around, that's what I use to clean glass and mirrors.

I dust with a microfiber cloth if I feel I need to dust, but I'm just as likely to use the hose off the vacuum cleaner. Oh, and a can of compressed air for electronics--too many pets to forgo that step.

I have just found that that dollar o five comet we used in gradeschool works REALLY well for the bathroom.

Top Job or Pinesol to add into mop water for the kitchen mop. Mr. Clean is good too.

Tried Scrubbing Bubbles toilet cleaner, but feel too much is involved in hardware and batteries that must be replaced. Plus, it's automatic, dispensing whether you need it or not.

I also mostly use baking soda for anything that needs to be scrubbed. Baking soda and vinegar clean almost everything.

Good old ammonia is great for cleaning floors.

And if you have a really stubborn greasy mess--like a range hood or backsplash--where the the grease has transformed into a hard yellow varnish, TSP can't be beat.