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Keeping Your House Clean All Year Round — Leading a busy life can have its pros and cons. You start the week with a tidy and clean house after the weekend cleaning. By the time Wednesday comes around, you realize that your laundry and dry cleaning is still just lying around waiting to be folded and put away. By Friday, lots of things need cleaning. It’s a never-ending cycle.
Ways and Tips for Keeping Your House Clean All Year Round
Keep your house clean all year round with these housecleaning tips that are easy and quick to do.
Bathroom
Morning Routines
- After every shower, spray some cleaner in your shower — Quickly clean the shower with a cleanser. Spray, wipe the surface and rinse out.
- Always hang towels on bars while robes are on hooks — For reusing, your towels need to air-dry. Hang them correctly on the bars. On the other hand, if you like to wear bathrobes, install a hook in your bathroom where you will place your robes.
- Place a laundry hamper in your bath — Use towels for a maximum of three days before throwing them in the hamper. Don’t leave your towels lying on the bathroom floor or the bathtub.
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Night Routines
- Declutter your countertops — It is understandable that mornings can get busy. Always make a point to clear your countertop and put away products so you won’t get stressed in the morning finding things in a messy bathroom.
- Clean your toilet — Before scrubbing your toilet, let the cleaner work before scrubbing it. The time it takes to give the cleaner sink in is the same with the time you need to wash your face and brush your teeth. Keep the seat clean with a quick wipe. See to this task every other day to keep your toilet clean.
- Before getting ready for bed, wipe the countertop — After your nighttime beauty routine, wipe your bathroom countertop. Fill your vanity with cleaning products to make this process smooth.
Bedroom
Morning Routines
- Make the bed — As soon as you get up, make the bed to fire up your productivity levels and make it harder to get back to bed.
- As you go, edit your closet — Place a hamper or a bag in your closet to throw out clothes that don’t work anymore as you get ready in the morning. Once a month, sort through it and donate, toss or just sell for additional money.
- Wipe the bedside table — Place wipes near the bedside table and quickly clean your bedside table as you pick up the phone in the morning. That’s one less chore to scratch from your weekend task list.
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Night Routines
- Rehang items that you finished wearing — If your clothes can be worn once more before laundry day comes, hang them and avoid throwing them on the chair. Have a separate section in your closet for dry clean-ready items.
- Dedicate a hamper for each person in the house — One hamper won’t be enough to accommodate all clothes. Each person should have a laundry basket, keep an extra one for the linens. For extra organization, buy hampers with two baskets each so white clothes can be separated.
- As you get home, start a wash cycle — In the evening, start a wash cycle to make time for drying and folding. Don’t let unfolded laundry in the bedroom. Finish the drying cycle, fold and iron your clothes. It is better if your folding area is near your washer or dryer.
Extra advice is to clean your house’s windows at least a month. You can either clean it yourself or ask a professional to clean it. The Geek Home Services is one such example.
Kitchen
Morning Routines
- While brewing your coffee, empty your dishwasher — Empty the dishwasher; it should be ready for all the dishes during breakfast. This quick task will let you avoid having piled up plates in the sink.
- Clean spills right away — Immediately clean spills. Inspect your floors and countertops in the morning. It is easier to notice spills during daylight. Getting it done quickly will develop your clean as you go habit.
- Swap out dish towels — Toss old dish towels in the laundry basket every morning as these are the most contaminated in the kitchen according to a USDA funded study.
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Night Routines
- Clean as you cook — Learn to clean as you cook by starting with the prep work than cleaning it before cooking. Once the meal is ready, rinse the used utensils before eating. This habit makes it easier to clean up after meals.
- Always fill and start the dishwasher — Get it done at night no matter how tempting it is to go and lie down.
- Wipe the cooking surfaces and countertops — Before you go to bed, wipe the counters and stove. Develop a habit of wiping the microwave after every usage. You will get addicted to waking up to a clean kitchen.
Living Room
Morning Routines
- Keep baskets in each room — At least once a day, walk through each space quickly. Fill the basket with collected clutter then leave it by the door. Put back items in its proper place once you get home.
Night Routines
- Fluff your pillows after each use — Don’t forget to fluff your pillows after you turn off the TV.
- Wipe the tables on commercial breaks — When watching TV, take the time to wipe the living room tables during commercial breaks.
Entryway
Morning Routines
- Keep your coat, bags, and keys on the same spot — To avoid scrambling and finding missing things in the morning, have everything that you need in the same place. This habit will help you much especially when you are in a rush.
- Recycle and take the trash out when leaving the house — Alternate days between the two practices but these activities will help prevent the piling up of garbage.
Night Routines
- Keep the mail sorter in the entryway — Empty the tray once a week and drop your mail in the sorter once you get home.
All in all, these are some of the tips for keeping your house clean all year round. Do these small tips to develop habits that will surely make a tidy house.
