We all know that cleaning is a daunting task. However, as tedious as the chore of cleaning house can be, making an effort to keep things tidy is extremely important to maintaining both mental and physical health. We would sometimes ask help from professional cleaners to make sure that our house is spotless clean, but we cannot solely depend on cleaners to make our home tidy.
When your home is dirty or disorganized, it’s difficult to focus on the tasks you should be doing. You may find yourself distracted by organizing or surface cleaning. These distractions keep you from getting important things done and can make you feel as though you accomplished little by the end of the day. When your home is clean and organized, you’ll have fewer distractions and get more done.
Did you know that having a clean house makes you more creative? Clean space allows the mind to relax and be more creative. When you’re surrounded by uncleanliness or a disorganized mess, your mind focuses more on the chaos and less on letting your creative juices flow. If you’re a creative person, keeping a clean home will help you do what you do best.
We would sometimes have our friends, or family come over our house and we do not want to be surprised because we have a dirty home. There’s nothing more embarrassing than greeting friends with a dirty house. In this case, you may stop having people over altogether. Don’t let a dirty home keep you from spending time with the people you love. By keeping your home clean and orderly, you’ll have more motivation to invite people to dinner and enjoy their company.
We can always do something to make our house look cleaner every day. We do not want our house to look like a disaster, right? Do not worry! We will help you out in making your house look sparkling clean in simple ways.
Create private and public spaces in your home. That is, set priorities and choose rooms near your home's entrance as public spaces. Like, the dining room, front porch, and living room. You can keep those areas free of clutter. Avoid clothes, no mail, no papers, no storage areas. The rest of the house can be a mess, but cleaning the rooms that guests see gives the whole house the appearance of being clean.
Do simple things, often. Put dishes directly in the dishwasher instead of filling up the sink. Take the trash out every night, so there are no lingering smells. Throw dirty clothes immediately in the hamper, so there aren’t piles everywhere.
Clear out the “I might need this someday” items. Whether you’re keeping clothes you may wear one day, a board game that’s missing a piece that you might find, or a kitchen appliance when you hate cooking - getting rid of the things you’re not using instantly makes your place seem less junk-filled.
Set a timer and have the whole family clean up for 10 minutes. Engage the kids and your spouse to help. You can even make a game out of it. This small investment of time leads to big payoffs. You would be surprised at how much cleaner your house will look after just 10 minutes of family effort.
The floor should only have furniture on it. Toys, stacks of newspapers and magazines -- anything on the floor should be put away or tossed out each day. Having bare, unoccupied floor space gives every room a more open, airy, and less cluttered look.
In the kitchen, keep out only the things you use daily. Toaster or blender, if used daily, stays. Big appliances, like a slow cooker, if only used weekly or less frequently, should be put away.
Avoid dirty floors by having two welcome mats; one inside and one outside your front door. That way, dirt and other debris don’t spread to your floor and throughout your house (having two increases the chances that everything gets caught). Since most guests see the room right off the front door first, mats give the appearance of an overall clean house.
Make the beds. Yes, it would be great to have the whole bedroom clean, but simply making the beds gives the eye a place to settle. Everyone notices a made or unmade bed.
Keep your bathroom vanity clear. Store makeup and other everyday toiletries in bags or bins under the sink -- this makes it easy to pull them out and put away and keeps clutter off the countertops.
Open mail and backpacks over the recycling bin. Seeing a lot of papers inside your house makes it look messy. For notes and follow-up reminders, put them into your phone immediately and throw out the actual paper.
There’s nothing more relaxing than jumping in a bed with clean sheets and saying good night to an orderly house. You’ll rest at ease when you’re not waking up to chaos. Let your mind rest peacefully in a clean home.
