What Needs Cleaned When

What Needs Cleaned When?

By: Casey Eisenberg

 

 

            There is no need in the world to spend every night when you come home scrubbing every inch of your house! It simply is time consuming and of course, un-realistic. When it comes to having a clean and fresh home, there are only some things that need done every day, others weekly, some monthly, and of course there are some that only need cleaned a few times if not once a year.

            Daily this can be done in simply a few minutes if you stay on top of it. Pick up everything off the floor (laundry, toys, etc.) Anything on the floor just makes the house look dirty. No, I don’t have kids but I know when I do, they will have toys either in their room or in a dedicated play area. If you do have kids and you can have a dedicated toy area do it. That means that there is an area for the kids to play in and if there are toys on the ground they are contained. The next thing to do every day, first thing in the morning before anything else, make the beds. This is a great habit to teach kids, how to make their own bed. Trust me, a made bed makes it look a billion times better in that area! At the end of the day after dinner wash any dishes that you have, and load the dishwasher. The following morning when you get up you can put these all away and bam, clean kitchen. Always try and stay caught up with the dishes, wash them after you use them. Letting dishes pile up in the sink can be a disaster and in my opinion makes the kitchen look horrible. There are a few other things that I do daily, these include sweep the kitchen and dining area, disinfect the counters in the bathroom, wipe down the dining table, and wipe down the kitchen (counters, stove, sink, microwave- when anything explodes in there.)

            That sums up a day and it takes about an hour a day total. 30 minutes in the morning, 30 minutes at night.  Now that, I can happily handle. On to of the daily work, Once a week on a day off there is more you can do to make it feel more like home. Sweep the whole house, all the hard floors and mop. We use a Swiffer and I love it, easy, and gets all the little bits that you could otherwise miss. On the carpets and rugs (I always pull these up before I sweep and mop.) and spread some vaccum-able carpet cleaner/smell good stuff. ( I use Glade Carpet and room refresher in Fresh linen) It works, and smells amazing. I always let it sit in the carpet for a while, seems to make it last longer. You don’t need to spread down a whole bottle in every room, in this case less is more, especially when you can let it sit for a long time. I also clean the shower, toilet, and wash the sheets on the bed (some weeks I actually change these out more than once, depending on if they start to feel gross!) I also go through the fridge and throw out any leftovers, expired food, etc. We don’t have pets, but I can write about their daily and weekly care. Especially if you have kids that you are trying to make a responsibility chart for. I will also dust the easy to reach areas: cabinet doors, etc. I also wipe all the glass, mirrors, and windows in the house (not the outside, I am much too short to reach these areas!)

            Once a month I will completely strip the bed down and wash the comforters, blankets, and all the sheet sets we have (usually only 2.) Check out my how to wash for a complete method to this madness. I will also dust the hard to reach areas (top of the cabinets, fans, etc.) This way I only have to pull out the ladder once a month, we don’t have pets so the dust is minimal. In the summer, I also take advantage of the super nice weather and will go ahead and clean the carpets. We bought a super nice carpet cleaner from Walmart and will use it, We open up the house, wash the rugs and carpets, and then go about other chores out of the house so the carpets can dry. Then when we get home, the house is cleaned up and ready to go.

            Around twice a year maybe three times I like to call the mobile RV wash to come wash our RV and wax it. They also wipe down the outside windows, these don’t get too dirty through the time they aren’t washed. We also take the skirting completely off and wash it at the car wash. We lay it in the sun before we fold it up and put it away for the winter, etc.

            This method works so well for me and I hope it works well for you! Remember to comment, subscribe, and follow me on Instagram to enter in the cleaning giveaway: All my favorites!

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