Cleaning your home faster and easier
If you are to busy to tidy up then perhaps you might want to call a cleaning service or ask your nanny if she would include light cleaning in her job employment. Most cleaning services offer free estimates.Sittercity offers nannies that might do some light cleaning while babysitting your children. Never hurts to ask someone to help you. After all, taking care of your children is a high demanding tiring job.
Spring Cleaning with ease all year around!
Duster tip: I read that a wool duster is the best one to use.
How I clean a four bedroom house in 2 hours or less.<
Leave mats in front of doorways to avoid dragging in the outside dirt.
Clean your home once a week the same day weekly. This will allow your family to know they need to help you with picking up their items from their living areas and that rules apply to help you perform this needed task.
You will need a bucket with handle to fill up with a roll of paper towels, a floor cleaning product, a can of lemon oil, a soft dust cloth, a scrubbing sponge, a fuzzy duster with handle and a can of comet, a spray bottle of diluted beach, a bottle of soap scum remover and a bottle of Windex. Vacuum and mop and bucket. Make sure your diluted bleach container is tightly closed to avoid spillage.
Always start from the top to clean - this way you can vacuum up particles and dust when ending you cleaning tasks. Dust off baseboards before vacuuming.
Begin cleaning task:
Start with the kitchen first to avoid spending germs. Windex down your outside stove first. Soak stove top racks if needed. Wipe to a sparkle. Spray your toaster etc with Windex and wipe to shine. Next wash counter tops with Windex or diluted beach. (Make sure your counter top is bleach safe) Dust down top of refrigerator and blinds and windowsills. Next spray down your sink area with soap scum remover rinse and apply comet and scrub if needed. Next polish your kitchen table and chairs and refrigerator. (Be careful of slipping on excess polish on floor area) Empty garbage pail. Finish off by vacuuming your kitchen floor and mopping it. Safety tip: Leave the garbage pail in front of doorway to avoid slipping on wet floor.
Next clean bathroom. Bathrooms take time and energy so you want to do this next while you still have energy left. Spray down sink and tub with soap scum remover. I recommend vacuuming first to avoid a wet mess later on. Windex your glass areas and dry with paper towels. Rinse off sink and tub. Use comet if needed for heavy soap buildup. Re spray with soap scum remover and rinse. Pour a little beach in toilet to remove stains. Use brush scrub and flush toilet. Spray down seat and toilet area including the base with Windex wipe clean with paper towels. Empty the garbage pail. Mop floor with damp mop. Start by mopping the area in front of you and mop backwards so you do not leave shoe marks or slip on the wet floor. Safety tip: Leave the garbage pail in front of doorway to avoid slipping on wet floor.
Bedrooms and Living Rooms: Inform your family that once a week you will be doing this cleaning task and ask that they remove unnecessary items from floors and dressers. If they do not pick up their items do not clean their bedrooms. Stick to your rules! They will get the message real soon when their sleeping area does not look as nice as yours.
First start by Windexing the mirrors on dressers and walls. Next polish furniture (I advise using lemon oil) Next vacuum under beds and behind door and finish the complete area. Run vacuum over living room furniture as well.
Take a break…For nice final results you may like to clean your front door and back door and light switches once a month to impress your cleaning lady. I also advise spot cleaning when I see dirt and stains by vacuum and damp rag.
Tips:
Fuzzy duster can be machine washed to remove dust.
Remove crayon marks from painted walls by scrubbing with toothpaste or an ammonia-soaked cloth. Rinse and dry.
Toothpaste will remove small scratches from glass.
White Toothpaste is also good to patch up small holes in plaster.
Clean windows on cloudy days.
Spray broom or dust mop with you favorite furniture polish and the dust and dirt will be easier to collect when you sweep.
Use mold remover in bathroom when need to avoid mold allergy. (read mold remover directions since most mold removers have bleach and bleach inhaled can cause breathing problems)
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