8 Tips To Help Keep Your House Clean
Cleaning your house is boring. We spend hours cleaning, simply to start once again the next day.
Well, I can't make you like cleaning the house, but I can provide several ideas to make your chores not just easier, but more efficient too.
Then you'll have free time to do more enjoyable things.
Make A Cleaning Checklist
Make a cleaning checklist; then decide the time you will clean your home and stick to your schedule. The dirt and grime is only going to worsen the more you put it off. There isn't any law that says the whole house must be cleaned each each time you clean it.An example schedule would be to clean the living room on Wednesday,the bathrooms on Tuesdays, and then clean the kitchen every Friday. You can also choose to do the main floor on Tueday and the upstairs on Thursday if that works better for you..
Ask For Help
Get your house mates / family members to help. Call it a work party and get it over with. Give each child a chore to be done each day then rotate the job each week. You could also assign one the laundry and another the living room and have them switch off each day. Include special projects like cleaning out the closet, organizing the pantry, or a good deep cleaning in another area..
Dump Your Junk
To do a really good job, you need to get rid of clutter. So recycle the newspapers and magazines. Every item has a home so put things away. Knickknacks are pretty but they really just help allow dust to easily sneak up on you.
Pay Attention
Limit any potential distractions. Turn off your phone so you you can pay attention to cleaning. So stay on task, and get the job done.
Get The Right Products For The Job
When you think about your house, determine the problem areas and make sure you have the right cleaning products to clean them. Does the bathtub have soap scum? If you don't have the right products to clean it properly, you'll spend a lot of extra effort to clean it which will end up tiring you out.
Use Good Cleaning Tools & Products
Use good quality cleaning products that are appropriate for the job. This doesn't mean the more expensive the product the better it is. Many of the best cleaning supplies are the cheapest too. For example, vinegar and water does a great job on floors and is very inexpensive.
Carry Your Cleaning Supplies With You
Gather all of your supplies and put them in a cleaning caddy . Don't go back and forth from room to room to get your special cleaners. This will slow you down. Professional house cleaners bring all the supplies and tools in the carry all their tools in a bucket.
Supply List
- Glass cleaner
- Green scrubby
- Disinfectant
- Toothbrush for scrubbing small spaces
- Detergent/Degreaser
- Sponges
- Soap scum remover
- Hand brush scrubbers
- Comet
- Furniture polish
- Soft scrub
Use the correct cleaning product for that surface you are working on. Mrs Clean uses very few products. Namely, disinfectant, degreaser, window/glass cleaner, comet, softscrub, vinegar for the hard floors (not stone floors) Aside from a few cleaning tools, thats it. Using the appropriate product for the task, just about everything can be cleaned quickly and effectively with just those items I have listed.
