SPRING HAS SPRUNG!
The birds are chirping, the sun is shining and the windows are slowly being opened up. The time has come to SPRING CLEAN! Whether you enjoy cleaning or despise it, these spring cleaning hacks will help make things a little easier and hopefully give you more time to enjoy your nice Spring Cleaned Home.
Make a plan and work room by room.Do not over plan, as the more you tend to organize or clean, the bigger the mess left behind. Stick to the plan, for example if you are cleaning your bathroom, take everything out of the shower, cupboards, drawers etc. Do the cleaning, purge unwanted items and then put everything back when you are finished. If you stick to the plan you will be much more efficient.
Be Practical when organizing.Declutter & minimize household inventory. I recently saw a tip that suggested certain items have a life span in your home. For example McDonalds Happy meal toys.. 24 hours Max!Clean out expired items ( food, makeup, medications ). As you are de cluttering, keep a running tally of the things you need to replenish. Go through everyone’s clothes in the household, it’s a good idea to have 3 piles when going through clothes. Sell, Donate & Garbage. Do the same things with everyone’s shoes, toys, books, electronics etc.
Have you ever thought to dust your ceiling? I didn’t until I saw a Tik Tok Video once and it kind of blew my mind! So go ahead and dust that ceiling. You can use a broom or a Swiffer is my go too. While you got the dusting going, do those light fixtures, lamp shades, ceiling fans etc. Go on a dusting spree!
Wash down your walls with simple dish soapy warm water. You can do this for your baseboards as well. However, I saw this hack once and I tried it and it worked amazing! Use a dryer sheet to wipe down your baseboards! It works very well and actually seemed to help repel the dust and dog hair from building up too fast.
Clean your windows and your blinds. To clean your blinds you can use a sock with a bit of pledge and just wipe each part. Easy Peasy!
Wash your curtains, household matts ( bathroom matts or kitchen matts ) shower curtains etc. in the washer and for the curtains you can put back up wet and for the matts just hang to dry . Plus it helps give such a nice fresh smell.
Clean out your fridge and freezer. This is one I get my husband to do, not gonna lie hahaha. I don’t like coming across something that was left and eww just eww. I can’t do it. So clean out your fridge or get a friend or spouse to do it for you LOL
Clean and or replace filters in in heat pumps, Hvac’s Etc.
Create a schedule to help stay on track with your spring cleaning goals. It is not something that can be done in one day.
Try & have some fun with it! Get the family involved, assign age appropriate tasks to your kids or disgusting stuff to your spouse! =)
DIY MULTI CLEANER
1 Part Vinegar
2 parts water
Lemon juice squeezed