There may be no way to avoid cleaning your home (unless you employ a cleaner, of course), but there is certainly more than one way to avoid having to spend hours and sometimes days, spring cleaning every year.
Here are some tips and pointers for keeping a clean and tidy home all year round so that you don’t have to waste time spring cleaning:
Don’t let regular cleaning chores slip:
Vacuuming and dusting are two of the core household cleaning tasks that need to be carried out regularly if you want to keep your home clean and tidy all year round. Keep on top of it, and when spring comes around, you won’t even notice any dust or debris.
Consider these quick and easy cleaning tips:
Keeping a clean home shouldn’t be your primary focus in life, and all your free time shouldn’t be devoted purely to it. With these helpful tips and hints, spring cleaning will surely become a thing of the past:
- Use a sock dipped in water and vinegar to clean vertical or venetian blinds
- Vacuum your mattress
- Dust from lampshades can be eliminated with a lint roller
- Clean cabinets with a damp cloth instead of simply dusting
- Computer and TV screens can be cleaned safely and effectively using a coffee filter
- Use a squeegee and/or newspaper to get your windows and mirrors clean and streak-free
- Always begin dusting and cleaning from the top of the room and work your way down
Wherever possible, recycle and reuse items:
Regularly de-cluttering your home can really help your home look tidier, and the less clutter you have, the less items there are to gather dust. If you’re not using items but want to keep them, store them in boxes and seal them to prevent them from getting dusty or dirty.
Power wash your house:
The outside of your home might look dirty, and no matter how clean the inside is, the outside will always let you down, particularly as first impressions are important. Wherever possible, get the exterior of your home cleaned, along with any driveways and outbuildings, to help create a clean home from the outside in.
Have a methodical system in place:
To make the best use of your time and resources, you should think carefully about how and where you plan to clean each day. Communicate clearly with other members of your household to ensure the work is distributed fairly and crack in with it! Procrastinating about having a clean home won’t get you anywhere, so look at the problem areas, tackle those first and then develop a regular, systematic approach to general cleaning tasks.
While these tips will help you to keep a clean home all year round and avoid those boring and time consuming, mammoth spring-cleaning events, if your home is unseasonably grubby and you need help, then it may be time to call a professional cleaning company and have them get your home to a state that you’re happy with no matter what the time of year.
