Things are different this year. Most of us have had our lives turned upside down. Many find themselves working or doing school at home day after day. With everyone home 24/7 it doesn’t take long to realize how out of control things are getting in your home but finding out how to clean your house when people are always home can be a bit of a challenge.
The best thing you can do to keep your home clean while people are always home is to get everyone to chip in. While cleaning may not be the favourite thing for everyone in the house to do it is the fair thing. Get everyone to help clean up after themselves and do chores around the house. Getting the whole family involved can be a lot of fun when you turn up the music or set everyone off on a mission to clean up their area or complete a task before everyone else.
Set up systems that work to keep your home cleaner. Building new habits and routines allow you to keep your home cleaner with less effort over time. Regular habits like picking up items as you walk through the room and wiping down counters every time you enter the bathroom and kitchen can give you a big advantage in keeping your home from looking messy.
Declutter with Zapper
Our homes often get overwhelmed with clutter simply from everyday life make a point to declutter often. This can be as simple as going through a stack of paper and toss out anything you no longer need. Go through toys, boxes, and often used storage containers to clear out items you no longer need. Clearing away items is a great way to reduce how much you have to clean up after the members of your family when they leave these things laying around.
Once you have had a good declutter then you could even make some money from your old treasures. You can sell stuff online with Zapper, they offer a good price for your unwanted games, books and more. You can get an instant price for your CDS, DVDS, books, games, phones and electronics. This is especially good if you have teenagers who finish with computer games quickly or want to upgrade their phones. This way you can recoup some of the costs back, or they can sell their old stuff ready to buy more! Once you have checked the price and you are happy you then package it all up and send it off to Zapper who will sort it out and send you your money.
Clean the rooms
Choose your priorities for a clean home. For many, this is having places like the bathroom and kitchen clean and free of germs or having floors clear of toys and discarded items that can become a safety hazard. Knowing what is most important to you when it comes to cleaning your home allows you to make sure these tasks are put first by the entire family each day.
To help keep your home really clean even with people in it you can deep clean in a rotation. Each day choose a room that will get a full cleaning and scrub down. Kick anyone not helping with the deep cleaning out of the room so they are out of the way and not making messes while you are cleaning the room. Get under furniture, spot clean walls, and give everything a good dusting along with basic cleaning like washing laundry and putting items away that don’t belong. Each day does a different room. After the first couple weeks, the daily process will be much faster and your space will generally feel cleaner every day.
Whether you are deep cleaning a room or just doing a general cleaning don’t be afraid to kick everyone out of an area so you can clean without the hassle of working around people that are also in the area. While everyone may grumble about being sent out of the living room while you clean it they will generally be happy to enjoy relaxing in a cleaner space, setting up a small snack in the next room also helps to get everyone moving.
Place a cleaning kit in every room. This can be as simple as a basket with a spray bottle of cleaner and a stack of microfiber cloths to a full cleaning kit with handy tools like old toothbrushes. Simply having cleaning supplies already in the room makes cleaning easier and less stressful for the whole family.
