Everyone knows that a tidy house breathes easier and even improves mood. But not all housewives know that cleaning the apartment can be spent much less time than required. Consider the main secrets for cleaning and maintaining cleanliness:
- Before you start putting things in order, walk around the house - arrange the furniture and put things in their places. It may take a long time if a hurricane swept through your house, but trust me, it will all pay off for you twice.
- There is the so-called Plyushkin's syndrome (in the common people "a suitcase without a handle"), when a thing is unnecessary, but it's a pity to throw it away: it will suddenly come in handy … Get rid of unnecessary things without pity. Quite a lot of dust accumulates on such items, and they take up a lot of space.
- Start cleaning from top to bottom and from doorways. With this method, attention will not switch from one subject to another.
- Pull up chairs, stools, toy boxes in advance so that you have a free floor and you can start vacuuming and mopping.
- Don't skimp on cleaning products: wipes and mops made from popular microfiber will cope better with dirt than rags andnewspapers.
- Many of us turn on music to lift our spirits while cleaning up, but if you have nervous neighbors behind the wall or you are not alone, switch to headphones. Set yourself a goal to clean up, say, in an hour - this will be the motivation to clean up quickly.
- Turn on the washing machine, soak the dirty dishes and go about your business. Let time work for you.
- If your house is quite large, take a trash bag with you so you don't have to run to the bin again.
- Involve your family in cleaning. Set an example, even small things can be entrusted to children.
These tips will help create a visible order to the eye. If you have guests on your doorstep and don't have time for general cleaning, this is a profitable option. True, in this case, folding clothes or cleaning the pantry is not worth it - leave it for later, when you are not in a hurry.
Modern apartment cleaning methods
Professional workers (especially abroad) practice the principle of zoning: mentally divide the apartment into four zones and spend no more than 20 minutes on each.
Try to stick to this rule. Set yourself a timer to control the time. Each time you will do more and more, and twenty minutes will turn into a kind of game or competition with your own strength: what will you have time to do during this period of time.
- To keep it clean for as long as possible, put a cute box or basket next to the place where most of the free timehosted by your family. You can put the TV remote control, glasses and so on in the container so that nothing is lost.
- Get in the habit and teach your children from early childhood to make the bed after waking up. With a perfectly cleaned room, an unmade bed will look inharmonious and disrupt the apparent order.
- Wash the dishes in the evening so that you don’t rattle with forks and cups in the morning, but cook breakfast in clean dishes.
- Sometimes when cleaning we forget about mirror and glass surfaces. Keep them clean. Use spray to clean mirrors and windows.
- Be sure to ventilate the room.
Care for tiles and sanitary ware
Ceramic tiles are used in the toilet, bathroom and kitchen. And even she needs special care:
- Do not use abrasive products or metal brushes, washcloths or sponges on glossy tiles.
- Colored dyes and inks are washed with bleach. If the tiles are stained with blood, bleach or hydrogen peroxide will also help.
- You can wash tiles with greasy dried stains using a solution of soda with water in the ratio of 1 tablespoon of soda per liter of water.
It's nice when plumbing shines, but it also takes effort:
- The use of metal washcloths and products containing acids is unacceptable.
- The proven method is soda. Even the most contaminated areas can be washed if soda is applied to the wetted surface for a while and gently washed.wash it off with a soft sponge.
Window Care
- If you put a strong s alt solution on the glass in the ratio of 2-3 tablespoons per glass of water, the windows will not "freeze", frosty patterns will not appear.
- Against the windows fogging up in cold weather, a tip will help: wipe the windows with a cloth soaked in a solution of glycerin with alcohol (ratio: 1 part glycerin to 20 parts alcohol).
- In the modern world, blinds have long been used on windows. Beautiful appearance, ease of use, but care for them is difficult. It is not easy to wash and clean them. A rag or napkin slips out of your hands every now and then. Put on an ordinary unnecessary sock on your hand. A little trick will help you clean your blinds effortlessly.
We hope that these tips will make your work easier and prevent wasted time and effort.
