In today’s post, I’m going to share how I do my whole house cleaning in one shot. On a typical day, I can get the entire house cleaned over the course of about 3 hours.
Prior to I delve into my real system, right here are a few ideas I have found extremely practical when cleaning the house:
- Job from top to bottom and back to front. By doing this, any type of dirt, dust, crumbs, or whatever that falls from above or the back will be cleaned up as you function your method down and out.
- Beginning at an entrance and operate in a circle the room. You can go clockwise or counter clockwise, it does not necessarily matter which instructions, just work in a circle with each task.
- Go from one side of your house to the various other. Instead of concentrating on one single room till it’s clean, do each specific job (such as dusting) individually as well as do it upon the entire house.
- Use a caddy. Place all of your cleaning solutions, brushes, sponges, rags, as well as other small products in a caddy. By doing this, they can be conveniently brought from one room to the following.
And also here’s a list of what professional cleaners (every one of my cleaners are low-cost, homemade, and safe,) and also tools I utilize.
- A caddy. I store my cleaners, rags, wet bag, as well as a brush in the caddy then just lug the caddy throughout your house with me as I work.
- Toilet cleaner. I keep a squeeze bottle with homemade toilet cleaner in it.
- I know microfiber clothsmay not necessarily be the greenest thing to use, but I typically use them until they wear into nothing, so it’s not like they’re getting wasted! (Keep an eye out– I’ll be reviewing some Norwex cleaning cloths soon, so I’ll let you know how they stand up to my cheap microfiber cloths).
- TIP:When cleaning microfiber cloths, do not use any fabric softener (liquid or sheets) as this will eventually destroy the cloths’ ability to clean well.
- A brush. I have just a cheap dollar store brush that I use to scrub the showers and bathtub.
- Dusting spray. I really like my simple homemade dusting spray.
- Glass cleaner. I prefer to use my homemade glass cleaner.
- All purpose cleaner. I fondly call this “APC.” I like to use my Super Citrus All-purpose Cleaner. It cleanses and sterilizes surfaces.
- Simple Scrub. I use my homemade Simple Scrub (which has replaced my Comet cleaner) for a variety of tasks like scrubbing showers, tubs, sinks, toilets, and so on.
- Wet bag. I carry around a wet bag to toss the used microfiber towels into to be washed later.
And now for the method. Do each task one at a time. You can switch up the order if you like, but this is the most logical, efficient order I could think of (open to suggestions, though).
- Toilet prep. Squirt about 1/2 cup of toilet cleaner under the lip and into the bowl of all the toilets and let it sit for about an hour (I go about the next few steps before returning to the toilets).
- Tidy. Take a basket, crate, bin, or some other container and a waste basket or a trash bag and go through every room in the house. Put things that belong in other rooms into the basket and toss any trash hanging around into the waste basket. As you move from room to room, put away things that were placed in the crate from previous rooms. While going through each room, tidy things that are askew (for example, straighten pillows, fold throw blankets, and so on).
- Dust. Working from top to bottom, go through every room in the house and dust. Remember to get the tops of picture frames, baseboards, and the hood above the stove.
- Glass. Go through every room in the house and clean all the windows, mirrors, and TV or computer screens.
- Flat surfaces. Spray all-purpose cleaner on every flat surface (counter tops, tables, side tables, etc) in the house, working from one end of the house to the other. Leave the cleaner on the surfaces until you’ve gone through the whole house, then come back to the first place you sprayed and wipe it up. Letting the cleaner rest on every surface for a bit helps to loosen anything that’s stuck, be it dirt, anything, or food else.
- Bathrooms. Clean all the vanities, showers, bath tubs, and toilets (in that order so you can use the same cloth).
- Shower and tub. Sprinkle some Simple Scrub onto a brush, dampen it with some water, then scrub away. Once done, rinse it off and repeat if necessary. Do this to the sinks if they need it (like if there are chunks of dried-up toothpaste).
- Toilet. Scrub a bit then flush the toilet cleaner that was put in the toilet during step 1. Sprinkle some Simple Scrub onto the toilet brush, scrub, then flush.
- Floor. Sweep, mop, and/or vacuum (in that order) all the floors in the house. I will often sweep things from the hard floors onto the carpet so I don’t have to sweep it into a dustpan– I just let the vacuum suck it for me (a handy shortcut I learned in college).
Voila! Your house should be squeaky clean now with less time and effort spent to get it there.
