How to clean your house in one hour after New Year
"When I was in college I worked a of couple summers as a hotel maid and house cleaner. I picked up a few tricks."
Your house will most definitely be a mess if you invite people over for New Year, so why not prepare yourself mentally for the challenge?
Melissa Sikes posted an interesting one-hour clean-up schedule showing step-by-step how easy it should be to clean your house.
“When I was in college I worked a couple of summers as a hotel maid and house cleaner,” said Sikes. “I picked up a few tricks and I’m telling you that yes, you can clean an entire average size house in an hour but it takes work – and focus.
No getting distracted while gathering up those old magazines, or checking your phone for the latest on Facebook. If you keep moving and follow this guide you’ll have that house sparkling in no time.
For more about Melissa and her way of cleaning, visit https://www.thehappierhomemaker.com/how-to-clean-your-house-fast/
Start at the top
No matter what room you’re cleaning, clean from the top down so that dirt and dust from higher surfaces falls on lower surfaces that haven’t yet been cleaned. Dust ceiling fans, then furniture, wiping dirt directly onto the floor. Clean the floors as your last step to remove the dirt and dust.
Bedrooms – 6 minutes per bedroom
• Strip linens and remake beds.
• When making beds, rather than hunch over tucking bottom sheets under the mattress, use one hand to lift the corner while tucking the sheet with the other.
• Clear all clutter – if you’re in a hurry, gather clutter in a spare basket or bin for later organisation and tuck out of sight in a closet.
• Wipe down furniture with a dusting spray and microfibre cloth, working top to bottom.
Bathrooms – 7 minutes per bathroom
• Clean all of your bathrooms at once – make a quick trip around all the bathrooms in the house to clear counters, and spray counters and tubs with cleaner. Allow to sit while you clean toilets and wipe down the outer toilet surface.
• Go back and wipe down counters and rinse tub, then clean mirrors.
• Come back to clean the floors when cleaning the kitchen floor.
Living/ Dining rooms – 7 minutes
• Clear all clutter.
• Starting in one corner of the room and working around dust all surfaces top to bottom. (If you have blinds and/ or ceiling fans, dust those first.)
• Use an upholstery attachment and vacuum upholstered furniture.
• Vacuum floors along with all house carpeting as last cleaning step.
Kitchen – 12 minutes
• Load all dirty dishes in the dishwasher and fill sink with hot soapy water. If your stove top has removable burner pieces that need to be cleaned, place in water.
• Clear counters.
• Dunk sponge in hot water and squeeze out excess, wipe down cabinets, counters and other surfaces, again working top to bottom. Rinse sponge in hot water as you clean – you’ll be amazed how much dirt comes off.
• Wipe down appliances.
• Finish cleaning any stove pieces and replace.
• Clean floors last, along with all hard floor surfaces in the house.
Floors – 15 minutes, whole house
• When vacuuming carpeted rooms, work your way backwards out of the room moving quickly and without too much overlap to save time.
• Vacuum, don’t sweep hard floors – use an attachment to get into corners where dust and pet hair can accumulate. This helps prevent kicking up dust that will quickly settle again and aggravate allergies.
• Steam mops or hardwood floor cleaners also make cleaning hard surfaces much faster than traditional mops.
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