3 Secrets to a Clean, Sparkling Home
Your home is where you share a lot of time with the ones you love - though your family is the most important thing, cleaning your house for hours every week is not.
Don't take cleaning your house from top to bottom so seriously - it's not worth it to spend countless hours scrubbing on your hands and knees, only to have to do it over and over again after a few days.
House cleaning is just one of those things that has to be done, of course, but why not try to come up with more quick and effective ways to accomplish these chores instead? Start off with the jobs that need to be done on a daily basis, then add the weekly chores.
Gradually, you'll be able to add in the bigger rotating cleaning tasks - which are jobs such as washing baseboards and washing windows.
Even when you think you've got it all under control, you'll still need a couple more tricks up your sleeve to balance real life and a little house cleaning on the side.
Though they aren't necessarily revolutionary by any means, these 3 secrets to a clean house will help in your quest.
Secret #1 - Skip a Day When You Have to Just because you may have come up with a certain weekly or monthly schedule to cleaning your home, don't get all caught up in sticking to it to the 'T'.
The dust will still be there in the morning, and the streaks will still linger the following day too.
If you don't get to check off Friday mopping one particular week, don't get all bent out of shape about it.
There are going to be times when you just can't get to certain chores, whatever they may be.
A flexible cleaning schedule is must.
The reason why this works well is because the schedule isn't so rigid, and one day isn't so dependent on the next.
No one appreciates the feeling of being defeated, so just do what you can and the rest will be there for you tomorrow.
Secret #2 - Know the Right Fake Outs Do you have some guests coming over shortly, and only have 10 minutes to get it in decent shape? No problem.
All you need is a couple of handy fake outs to help your house appear as if you spent all day cleaning it.
A few good ones include loading up the dishwasher, giving the toilet seat a good wipe down, putting out clean kitchen and bathroom towels, dim the lighting, fluff up the pillows, and clear the kitchen counters.
These literally take about 10 minutes to accomplish.
When they leave, you can do the thorough job that needs to be done.
Secret #3 - Leave When the House is Clean Especially now that we're approaching the summer months, this is as good a time as ever to simply leave the house once you've cleaned it.
This might sound strange, but sometimes you just don't feel like going through the whole pick-everything-up routine again.
Try to spend as much time as you can outdoors - you might as well enjoy the warm months while you can, and being outside means that you're not making a mess inside! Sometimes getting out is a good thing!
Don't take cleaning your house from top to bottom so seriously - it's not worth it to spend countless hours scrubbing on your hands and knees, only to have to do it over and over again after a few days.
House cleaning is just one of those things that has to be done, of course, but why not try to come up with more quick and effective ways to accomplish these chores instead? Start off with the jobs that need to be done on a daily basis, then add the weekly chores.
Gradually, you'll be able to add in the bigger rotating cleaning tasks - which are jobs such as washing baseboards and washing windows.
Even when you think you've got it all under control, you'll still need a couple more tricks up your sleeve to balance real life and a little house cleaning on the side.
Though they aren't necessarily revolutionary by any means, these 3 secrets to a clean house will help in your quest.
Secret #1 - Skip a Day When You Have to Just because you may have come up with a certain weekly or monthly schedule to cleaning your home, don't get all caught up in sticking to it to the 'T'.
The dust will still be there in the morning, and the streaks will still linger the following day too.
If you don't get to check off Friday mopping one particular week, don't get all bent out of shape about it.
There are going to be times when you just can't get to certain chores, whatever they may be.
A flexible cleaning schedule is must.
The reason why this works well is because the schedule isn't so rigid, and one day isn't so dependent on the next.
No one appreciates the feeling of being defeated, so just do what you can and the rest will be there for you tomorrow.
Secret #2 - Know the Right Fake Outs Do you have some guests coming over shortly, and only have 10 minutes to get it in decent shape? No problem.
All you need is a couple of handy fake outs to help your house appear as if you spent all day cleaning it.
A few good ones include loading up the dishwasher, giving the toilet seat a good wipe down, putting out clean kitchen and bathroom towels, dim the lighting, fluff up the pillows, and clear the kitchen counters.
These literally take about 10 minutes to accomplish.
When they leave, you can do the thorough job that needs to be done.
Secret #3 - Leave When the House is Clean Especially now that we're approaching the summer months, this is as good a time as ever to simply leave the house once you've cleaned it.
This might sound strange, but sometimes you just don't feel like going through the whole pick-everything-up routine again.
Try to spend as much time as you can outdoors - you might as well enjoy the warm months while you can, and being outside means that you're not making a mess inside! Sometimes getting out is a good thing!
