7 daily habits to keep a house clean without stress
9/15/2019
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It is very important for both your health and mental state to live in a clean apartment. However, cleaning can take too much time, so we have collected the best daily tips for quick housekeeping. Have you ever tried them?
The secret of keeping a clean house is doing a little bit every day to keep messes from piling up. Let’s start!
#1 Begin your day with making the bed
As the most visible surface in the bedroom, an unmade bed makes the whole room look messy. Don’t let your inner voices and laziness convince you that making a bed is useless. To make things easier, simplify your bedding as much as possible. If tucking in sheets isn’t your thing, switch to a duvet with a removable cover that you can launder each week — you have to pull it up and, boom, your bed’s tidy.
#2 Prioritizing is the key
Not all cleaning is created equal. Make a list of what you would like to get done and then prioritize what needs to be done and what can wait until the next day or two. It helps to remember everything and to do the most important tasks first. Given the time that you have available, write down your top 2 or 3 realistic cleaning goals and stick with these before attempting to do other things.
#3 Clean up after each meal or snack
Don’t leave dirty plates after eating. First of all, it smells awful, secondly, it looks really messy. You can use a dishwasher or do it yourself. The point is to stop collecting dirty crockery and wash up right away.
#4 Wipe your sinks and faucets
Make it a routine to do a 15-minute nightly clean-up. Put on the timer and just stick with the top cleaning priorities. Start with the things that are making the biggest mess or creating a lot of clutter or any “must-dos” that need to be done before bed.
#5 Start a wash cycle as soon as you get home
If you have enough laundry, start a wash cycle first thing in the evenings so you have time to dry and fold. Don’t ever let unfolded laundry make it into your bedroom. Keep a folding area near your washer/dryer, and be ruthless about folding/ironing as soon as the drying cycle is done.
#6 Clean your shower while you shower
It may sound awful, however, once you try it, you’ll understanв the usefulness of this method. Quickly rinsing the walls and door after each use helps avoid soap scum buildup, and investing in something as simple as a shower squeegee is well worth it to avoid deep cleaning often.
#7 Do a 15-minute nightly clean-up
Make it a routine to do a 15-minute nightly clean-up. Put on the timer and just stick with the top cleaning priorities. Start with the things that are making the biggest mess or creating a lot of clutter or any “must-dos” that need to be done before bed.
Performing these tips to keeping a clean house takes only a few minutes a day, but they’ll keep your home looking continually clean no matter how busy life gets.
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David Hill
One more tip for a tidy home is if your moving around through your place, take a quick scan and replace items to where they belong, youre headed there anyway. Amazing results keeping the place tidy
tbear
When I down sized from a large home to a three room apartment I started doing all these things! It's amazing how much time for myself I have now! But I'm also retired which makes a big difference. Good tips!
Joy Holbrook
Do Americans dry all their laundry in a dryer? If so, why? I’m no eco warrior, but if so, what a monumental drain this must be on the electricity grid. It poured rain here yesterday and I was forced to use the dryer, but I only put the underwear in it. Everything else I hung on a collapsible clothesline undercover on the back patio. There’s nothing like the smell of clean laundry as it comes off the clothesline on a sunny day.
Cindy Ursan
I wrap soap in the facecloth and wipe it around the tub as the water is draining out after a bath. Then, rinse it. Haven’t had to clean the tub for over 40 years now...
Mara Sprogis
I have Mr.Clean Sponge in the shower in a container and as soon as I finish showering, I clean off the shower doors and wall with the sponge and no accumulation of soap suds and no scrubbing afterwards.
skclary
Great list, most of which I try to do daily! Making the bed first has always started my day.
Margaret White
Oh, and one more tip, put a container of fresh flowers (or even greenery), however humble, somewhere. It makes a house a home. And Chuck it out when it's dead.
Pauline Atherton
Bear in mind that a bed needs a good airing as we lose about half a pint of sewat during the night! I air ours for 1-2 hours with windows open.
Eve
Happy to see that most of these tricks are already in use in my house. Thank you for reinforcing them.
LeAnn Wright
This is all things I do everyday anyway. I have always made the bed. Even when I was a small child and I never have dirty dishes. Dishes are done as you use them. Even at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I like a place for everything and everything in its place. And my husband of 55 years has done super at helping me keep it that way.
Patty Urban
Joy Holbrook, I dry about it all. When it hangs to dry, it gets all stiff and is not as nice.
Teddi Silver
Joy Holbrook, Depends upon whether you have allergies or not. Drying clothes outside when the pollen is flying around, is a doomsday for someone with allergies.
montk
Why make a bed only to get back in it ?
Goldie Hazzard
Joy Holbrook, That would be fabulous except I have neighbors who walk their dog or sit in their yard and smoke. Then those fabulously smelling clothes stink of the different cigars and cigarettes
Mary Jane Weingartner
Joy Holbrook, I hang up all my clothes and just dry towels which I only wash twice a week.
skclary
Have clean daily which is a touch up. If you pick up something, put it up so you don't have to touch but once!!
Marquita Simmons
Joy Holbrook, I do the same...dry only my underthings and towels.
Marquita Simmons
David Hill, I agree. I live by the mantra "A place for everything and everything in its place".
Margaret White
David Hill, and especially pick up dirty cups, plates and bottles.
Margaret White
deborahpmercer, I find an unmade bed so exposing and revealing it makes me feel embarrassed.
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