It's time to start spring cleaning. Choose a weekend where you can finally start tidying up your home calmly, rearranging closets, cleaning even the most difficult places thoroughly and putting aside items you no longer need.
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Here are some tips for make spring cleaning less strenuous.
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Roadmap
If you have decided to do the big cleaning for a weekend, prepare a schedule so that you are organized from the start and that you don't waste time. Calculate fixed durations not to be exceeded for each domestic chore to be carried out. Your spring cleaning they will be much faster.
One room at a time
Plan to do the major cleaning one room at a time, or one area of the room at a time avoid leaving unfinished jobs. The satisfaction of seeing a room already clean and tidy will make you feel that your efforts have been worthwhile and you will have new perspectives to continue in your work.
Decluttering
Before starting the actual cleaning, think about to order. Once you have eliminated the now useless objects, you will really have time to take care of the deep cleaning of the rooms and the removal of dust. Always proceeding one room at a time, or one wardrobe at a time, decide which objects you no longer need: give them away, recycle them, donate them to charity.
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The 4-box method
Before starting to work get yourself four cartons, in which to divide: objects to be kept, objects that can be offered for sale, objects to barter or give as gifts, recyclable packaging that can be destined for separate collection. It will be much easier to find your way around the objects that are still useful and now useless.
Dust before cleaning floors
After tidying up, dust before vacuuming and before scrubbing floors. This way, floor cleaning will be much smarter. Dust the furniture and then sweep or vacuum and scrub the floors. A simple, slightly dampened microfibre cloth is enough for dusting.
Cleaning in company
Involve roommates or in the spring cleaning the whole family. Everyone will have their own task. For example, you could assign a room, or a portion of a room, to each person, in order to optimize time. Spring cleaning a large house all by yourself would become too much of a burden.
Use multipurpose products
To optimize time and to save money, prepare your own at home do-it-yourself multipurpose detergents starting with very simple ingredients such as baking soda, citric acid and natural soap. In this way, thanks to self-production, your spring cleaning will be really economical and ecological.
Start with the most difficult points
Starting from the hardest spots for cleaning the house can help in your efforts proceed downhill. Do not overlap the cleaning in the various spaces. For example, when sweeping the floor or vacuuming, start at the far corner and proceed with slow, repetitive movements. On the floor, from one point to another, there should be no traces of dust or footprints.
Lost items
During cleaning and tidying you will probably happen to find objects that you believed by now lost or whose origin you do not remember well. Collect lost game pieces, screws, buttons and other similar small items in a single container. When you need them, you will know where to find them.
Machine maintenance
Spring cleaning is not just about dusting and tidying up, but also about dedicating oneself to small maintenance jobs. If you can, dedicate a day to proper cleaning and a second day (or half a day, depending on the extent of the work) to small repairs. In this way you will organize your times in an intelligent way, you will optimize your forces and you will have a house that is not only clean and tidy but also where everything is in operation.
When everything will be in its place, you can enjoy the beautiful spring days without worries!
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