Having a home that is consistently clean can seem intimidating. However, if you put in the effort and create systems that work for you and your family, keeping a clean home will become an effortless routine! It will require time, habits, and planning but I promise that it is possible and most importantly worth it. With a clean home, you will experience less stress, create a calm environment in your home, and gain back time in your day. With that being said let’s jump in and discover 10 ways to keep your house clean!
1.Declutter Ruthlessly
The best tip that I have learned in keeping a clean house is to have fewer items to clean!
The more things that I had in my home the harder my home was to clean. I was constantly trying to organize and find space for items which was an endless cycle. When I begin to declutter and remove items from my home, the time that it took to clean my home decreased drastically.
After you declutter ruthlessly, continue to declutter items in your home and monitor the items that you bring into your home. Have a designated box or bin in your home that you can quickly add items to that no longer serve a purpose in your home.
2. Have a schedule that includes daily, weekly, and monthly tasks
When cleaning your home there are things that need to cleaned daily, weekly, and monthly.
Dividing your cleaning tasks has many positive benefits. First, it allows you to create a schedule that establishes predictability. Next by chunking your cleaning activities, you reduce your stress levels as you realize that you do not have to complete cleaning task every day. Here are suggestions of daily tasks to keep your home clean.
There are also weekly and monthly cleaning tasks that you will want to complete for a clean and organized home.
Daily
Clean and clear counters
Take out the trash
Return all items to their “homes”
Vacuum (every other day)
Make your bed
Load the dishwasher
Sort and shred mail
Weekly
Complete your laundry (Include towels and linen)
Sweep and mop
Clean your bathrooms
Clean your kitchen
Declutter your refrigerator and freezer
Declutter your pantry
Clean microwave
Dust
Clean and sanitize doors and door knobs
Monthly
Check your air filters
Clean your oven
Clean your washing machine
Clean your dishwasher
3. Have a laundry schedule
Laundry can become a mountain of clutter quickly if you don’t address it!
Depending on the size of your family you will also want to create a laundry schedule to ensure that your laundry does not become overwhelming.
If you have a reset day (Click here to learn about a reset day) in your home, strive to complete all of your laundry on this day.
Schedule another day to complete a couple of loads of laundry OR you can wash a load of laundry each day.
Tip: When you wake in the morning, place a load of clothes of in the washer and dryer before you leave for work or school. When you get home, fold and put the clothes away.
4. Read The Labels Of Cleaning Products
There are thousands of cleaning products! When purchasing your cleaning products, be sure to read the labels. Most products have specific purposes. For example, some products are meant to clean, sanitize, or disinfect. While the words are often used together they are different.
Cleaning products are meant to remove dirt while sanitizing products lowers the number of germs on a service. Disinfecting kills germs on objects.
Tip: Purchase a multipurpose cleaner that often has a combination of chemicals.
5. Don’t Clean one room at a time
Cleaning one room at a time, can jeopardize your time. If you become too involved and focused on one room, you may lose track of time and not be able to clean multiple rooms.
Start with one cleaning task and complete this task in each room in your home. For example, if you are vacuuming your home, vacuum one room and go to the next room until all the rooms have been vacuumed.
Tip: Make a cleaning caddy with multipurpose cleaning items that you can move from quickly room to room.
6. Clean from the top down
When cleaning a room start from the top down. For example, if you were to dust a room in your home, you would start with the ceiling fan and dust other areas under the fan next. If you did the opposite, the dust would fall on top of an area that you previously dusted which means your cleaning would be in vail.
By starting from the top of the room and working your way down you are ensuring that you will not have to double the amount of work.
7. Make your bed every day
Complete daily habits that motivate you to accomplish other cleaning tasks in the home. Making your bed each day is a huge motivator in the area of cleaning. Start your day with making your bed and you will be inspired to clean other areas in your home.
Verywll Mind also lists other benefits that happen when individuals make their beds each day. Enhanced organization, improved focus, less stress, and a feeling of accomplishment can all occur by simply just making your bed!
Tip: Taking out the trash daily is another habit that will help you keep your house clean.
8. Make It A Family Affair
Include all of your family members in the cleaning process. When children see you cleaning at a young age, they often want to help.
Let them help!
As they become older, identify their strengths and assign them specific chores that will help with the cleanliness of the home.
9. Use Labels
To help your family members with the cleaning process, label where items belong in your home. This will help them readily know where items belong in your home which saves time and eases frustration in the cleaning process.
When labeling items and creating categories and zones for items in your home, strive to keep the categories simple.
Creating too many categories can become tedious and overwhelming especially for your family members.
Tip: If you have children in your home, use incorporate visuals on your labels. This will help them determine where items belong.
10. Keep It Simple
Lastly, we all have busy lives that require us to complete many activities and make multiple decisions in a day. When cleaning your home keep it simple!
By not complicating your cleaning process, you will be more motivated to clean your home, others in the home will understand the cleaning process (less work for you), and you will save time when cleaning your home.
Creating a schedule that incorporates a routine and breaks down your cleaning activities will also help you keep it simple.
Remember purchasing multipurpose cleaners will also help you keep it simple when cleaning multiple rooms.
Final Thoughts
This article discussed daily and practice tasks to keep your home clean.
Although we discussed 10 ways to keep your house clean, start with 1-2 habits and slowly add in additional routines.
This will allow you to not feel overwhelmed which will help the habits stick.
Feel free to detail how you will keep your home clean in the comments.
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