The holidays are now gone, the joy of watching the children open their gifts with a glimmer in their eyes, all the catching up you did with that aunt or cousin you haven’t seen in at least a year, the new memories to keep in the family album. Now there’s also a big mess (oops). The holiday havoc took a hold of your house and you don’t even know where to start. Before you panic, take a deep breath and check out these tips to create a house cleaning checklist and get your house back on track in no time… more or less.
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1. Make an analysis of the existing condition of the house: Is it just this or that room that is dirty and with some out of place objects or does it look like a hurricane redecorated the place? Go room by room with a notepad and a pen and determine what needs to be tidied up. Write in form of bullet points, but don’t go too crazy or else you’ll feel more overwhelmed than you must already be!
2. Determine which areas are more urgent than others: Once you have a percentage of damage, see which rooms are in the most urgent condition and which are passable, then number the rooms accordingly. If it helps you decide which goes first in a more objective manner, determine if you use the room often, like the bathroom or bedrooms (unless you can afford sleeping in the sofa).
3. Subdivide each room: You have the rooms already, now what is it that needs to be done? Let’s take the house study for example. It may have a desk, a bookshelf, a set of drawers, an entertainment TV set, and a closet. Is the bookshelf dusty? Are there things that don’t belong to the reading selection? Write it down, something like “empty books, clean shelf, rearrange them, remove all irrelevant.” See what I did? Simple tasks, to the point, no long sentences or vague statements. Do this for each section of the room we mentioned earlier (the closer, the desk, and so on).
4. Gather your cleaning materials: Now that you know the order of action, look for your tools of the trade. Get some basics like dust wipes, cleaning sprays, paper towels or wipes, broom and mop, vacuum, and trash bags. If there are many displaced things, your should consider getting a box or two to then distribute things to where they belong. Have all these things close to you so you can’t get a change to make up excuses to leave it for later.
5. Sort things to their place: Turn on your favorite radio station, kick everyone out of the house for a while and get started. Although the point is to clean, don’t get to that yet, simply start by putting away all that doesn’t belong on the surface. Plates on the sofa? Take them to the sink. Trash over the counter? Throw it in a designated trash bag close to you. Don’t get too involved in details just yet like organizing drawers or sorting things in a certain order, that comes later.
6. Begin cleaning: Now’s the time to make things shine. Once all is back in its place and all that needed to be thrown out or recycled taken away, you may begin the cleaning. Dust everything that needs to be dusted, then clean it with the wipes and spray, or water if it’s something delicate. A quick rule of thumb is to begin from the top and continue to the bottom, with ceiling fans being first to the floor being last, of course.
7. Repeat the process: The kitchen is clean, cheers to you! Now there’s the family room. Hey, you got one place down! Give yourself a pat on the back and a sip of lemonade, then carry on to the next room on the list. You can switch between big rooms and small rooms to give you a sense of accomplishment and rest, plus you will have more done faster. Make sure that you ventilate small places where you may use harsh chemicals like bathrooms, so the fumes don’t affect you.
The mere thought of cleaning a house can be pretty daunting, but once you know exactly what needs to be done and have what you need, all that’s left is some good music and to, well, get started. If the cleaning check list is way too long and if you dont have the time to clean it yourself then engage someone who provide house cleaning services or Janitorial services.
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