Oh my, oh my how do such little people ... aka your children ... generate so much housework?
If it's not the obstacle course of toys strewn across the sitting room floor ...
... it's the piles and piles of paint ... and worse ... stained clothes that are so blinking fiddly to hang on the line ...
... or the trail of sand, mud and who knows what that comes in on their shoes ...
... the carnage in the bathroom ...
... the indescribable mess of potty training ...
... the school bags that must be got ready ...
Now I have by no means mastered the art of keeping a completely spotless house at all times ... I'm not totally sure I want to ... but I have found a load of really simple, really quick, really easy cleaning tips that do stop our house from descending into complete chaos on a daily basis.
30 Top Housework Tips
- Run the dishwasher after supper, empty it first thing, fill it as you go ...
- Never let towels out of bathroom - they will be left in a soggy heap
- Bathrooms get mucky after a few days so a big weekly clean a waste of time
- Quickly wipe round bathroom basin, top of bath, loo every other day
- Keep cleaning stuff in each bathroom / cloakroom
- Keep bin bags upstairs so can easily empty bins without bringing down
- Enforce ALL dirty clothes in laundry basket before bed time stories rule
- Hang up clothes that could be worn again ... cuts down laundry
- Have a laundry routine and stick to it ...
- Be absolutely brutal about ironing - work & best clothes only
- Hang everything up as soon as it's dry ... iron when it's needed
- Make it fun ... but enforce 2 minute "tidy up time" of toys every day
- Have a large basket into which stuff to go upstairs can be stashed throughout the week
- Empty the basket & put things back where they belong once a week
- Making the beds only takes a minute & it will make you feel more in control ...
- Get everyone to take shoes off when they come in house
- Start a basic housework routine ... that actually works for you ...
- 15-30 mins housework daily more effective than a big blast
- Clean against a hard deadline e.g. school run ... you'll be much more efficient
- Start cleaning from bottom of house ... this is the bit visitors see
- Stock up on baking soda & white vinegar ... there's not much they can't clean
- Get a telescopic real feather duster ... it will dust a room top to bottom in no time
- Run baking soda & vinegar through your dish washer every 6 months
- Run vinegar through the washing machine every 6 months to keep it fresh
- Give children a spray bottle of water & a cloth so they can "help"
- Get a "spring" cleaning check-list & do one thing off it every week
- Even if just a few baskets & a pin board have a "command centre" for post & notices
- Always cook double quantities ... and freeze one ...
- However short you are on time do something ... 5 mins daily better than nothing
- If you're stuck ... ask a mommy blogger ... they'll always have the answer -
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