by Joanna Burns February 27, 2016
Now that the coldest months of the year are slowing but surely going away, it is time for you to think about how you are going to handle the spring cleaning at your home. There are thousands of good reasons why you should not miss your chance to put your home in order come spring, like:
- It will refresh your home and make it more comfortable and welcoming
- You will get rid of all the junk that has been accumulated on your property in the past few months
- Your home will become easier to maintain
Spring cleaning however takes time and much effort. If you wonder how you can make the process easier and achieve optimal results, here are some useful tips that you can apply:
- If you want optimal results with minimal effort you should work from the top to bottom, from the inside towards the outside of your home. Thus you will avoid getting dirty areas in the house that you have already put much energy into cleaning.
- In order to avoid leaving a certain task unfinished, work only in one room – or even a part of one room at the time. You will be able to concentrate better and you will get better results in less time.
- Attempt to manage only small repair jobs on your own. If you are not sure that you can manage a certain job, it would be better to call a specialist to take care of it.
- Once you collect all the junk – old newspapers, unusable clothes etc. – call a local rubbish removal company to come collect and recycle them instead of wasting time driving to the depot yourself.
- The first thing to do in a room is to dust. If you do that after you have already vacuumed and washed the floors, there will be dust residue that will definitely stick to the surface you have just cleaned.
- If you want to get your home organized quickly, you should follow the advice to work one room at the time. The place from where you are supposed to start is the wardrobe. Put away all winter clothes and decide which ones you actually want to keep and which you would have to find a new purpose for – being to use as cloths, or sell to secondhand stores, give to a friend or just throw away. Attempt arranging the rest of the house once you have completed the wardrobe arrangement.
- Stains and bad odors that have happened to the surfaces of your home throughout the winter might be harsh to remove. Instead of giving up on the stain removal process however, you just have to be smart. Blot as much of the stained area as possible and then apply a strong commercial cleaning product or a homemade solution, depending on your preferences. If you are a fan of the natural cleaning products, there are many recipes around the internet for homemade stain and bad odor removers.