You all agree every home has some common duties with another. For instance, we all have utensils to clean. With similar responsibilities in almost all homes, it’s possible to have rules to help keep your home sparkling. Unfortunately, not all rules yield good results.
From our many years in cleaning and decluttering homes, we identified rules that work and those that are a waste of time.
Here are rules from Clean Zen in Chicago that worked wonders in saving our time. We called them the Golden rules of cleaning.
Clean Utensils After Every meal
Utensils pile really fast, especially if you’re cooking more than one meal, or if you have kids in the house. While this is true, seeing them piled in your kitchen sick can lower the cleaning zeal to zero!
To avoid such instances, always clean them after every meal. Yes, even when there are just a few of them.
Take Your Time
Never do things hastily to finish all the intended tasks. While that sounds great, you’re likely to get tired before finishing all tasks. Besides, chances are that you’ll omit some sections. For example, it’s possible to wash some utensils and forget rinsing others.
Once done with a task, look around and confirm if all is as you intended it to be before moving to the next task.
Be Keen on The Instructions
What happens if you ignore the given instructions when walking on an unfamiliar road? You follow the wrong path then waste time finding your way back, right? The same applies when cleaning furniture and electronics in your home.
Every manufacturer gives instructions on how best to clean their product. The instructions simplify the cleaning process and save your time.
If you have lost the manufacturers instruction manual, there are other methods available. A quick Google search will answer questions such as are Ninja blenders dishwasher safe or how to clean a leather sofa.
Collaborate
If you’re a mother with grown-up kids, don’t mind their gender. Let everyone help where they can.
Some can help in arranging the seating room, taking dirty utensils to the kitchen, or arranging the toys. If there are no kids, your hubby should help. “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.”
So, make it fun by sharing funny stories.
Soak Before Washing
Soaking clothes helps remove stubborn stains such as grease. Such stains can take a long time to deal with. Soaking reduces the washing time.
In the same likeness, spray the toilet with a toilet cleaning liquid and allow it some time to do its work before you clean it. In the long last, you’ll spend minimal time scrubbing the stain on the toilet bowl.
Have the Cleaning Supplies Ready?
Always check if you’ve all the cleaning supplies one day or week before the cleaning day. Buy whatever could be missing. When cleaning, pick all the supplies, and have them in one place. If there are no kids or pets, leave the supplies in the rooms; you’ll use them when cleaning.
Otherwise, you can also have an apron with large pockets and store them there. If you do not have time or the ability you can always use external cleaning companies such as No More Dust Maid Services who will do the hard work for you.
Clean Immediately
Deal with spillages as soon as they occur, mostly if they occur on carpets, sofas, and clothes. Of course, once they dry, they’ll be stubborn to deal with. Thus, taking more time to clean. Therefore, deal with them while they are still fresh.
