Late Spring cleaning By storebukkebruse, on Flickr
When it comes to tips for spring cleaning, advice can vary from the useful to the strange. However, spring cleaning is an important part of maintaining the safety and comfort of your home. Many people use the advent of spring as an excuse to renew their house through a process of deep cleaning. If you are planning on a thorough spring cleaning of your house, here are some tips:
First, Declutter and Reorganize
Throwing away or donating the things you do not really need and straightening up problem areas, will allow you to complete your spring cleaning faster and in a much more painless fashion. Places to concentrate on include areas that you may often leave as places to stash your stuff. Be sure to check closets, pantries, cabinets, drawers, and more for unwanted clutter, and organize them as you go from room to room on your cleaning quest. By having everything in it is place before you really start on cleaning chores you will make things much easier through organization.
Make a Gathering of It!
One great tip for spring cleaning is not trying to complete all the tasks you have on your to-do list alone. You can do this by recruiting or including family members and making a day of the tasks that need to be completed. Have an incentive for them at the end of the cleaning, like a special meal, or fun event. You may also contact friends in your local area to have a pitch-in party where everyone helps to get your spring cleaning done much faster before a large meal, event, or party. Although this seems strange, many people are keen to help out if there are other friends there, and a meal or gathering at the end is promised. Through these techniques of dividing up the labor of cleaning, you will complete your spring cleaning much faster. If you are unable to gather friends or family to help, or cannot perform the work yourself or at all, hiring a cleaning service might be a good choice to save time and ensure cleanliness.
Maintain the Clean, After
One way to make your next spring cleaning easier is to maintain the deep clean you have, after your initial spring cleaning, as long as possible. Do this by breaking your home into parts and giving them a deeper clean than other areas of your home on a rotating basis. Clean problem areas more frequently than others. When next year comes around, you will be glad you did, as your spring cleaning will be quicker, easier, and much simpler to complete. As stated earlier, a cleaning service can help ensure everything gets clean and stays clean, especially when used routinely over time. Though they cost money, they can ensure your living spaces will be clean and will stay that way.
