11 Surefire Ways To Spring Clean Your Home: Declutter And De-stress

11 Surefire Ways To Spring Clean Your Home: Declutter And De-stress – Spring cleaning is a task that becomes more and more daunting as the years go by. It becomes harder to find time for projects, especially if you’re juggling other responsibilities. No matter how many hours you put into an area of your home, it’s never enough.

The best way to tackle this annual chore is to attack all the areas of your home simultaneously. This way, you can clean out one room while vacuuming another, or do windows in one spot while scrubbing the kitchen counter in another. Here are some tips on tackling spring cleaning so that your house gets a deep clean without too much work!

Read on – 11 Surefire Ways To Spring Clean Your Home: Declutter And De-stress

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Preparation

Find all the items that need to be sorted and discarded, make a pile for each category, and organize everything. Have piles for giving away, donating, and throwing out (recycle anything). While you’re at it, take a look at everything else that needs to be cleaned. What surfaces haven’t been dusted in years?

If you haven’t removed your old TV stand from your living room since moving into your new place, it’s time to get rid of it. And if you haven’t vacuumed behind all the furniture that’s been shoved in there, now is the time to do it!

Divide and conquer – You can set up different baskets for various items like baby clothes, diapers, toys, cleaning supplies, etc. Then set the kids up with sorting and purging.

Tackle the kitchen

If your kitchen is the busiest and most cluttered area of your home, there’s no time like the present to give it a thorough cleaning. Make sure your cabinets, pantry shelves, and fridge are tightly sealed, and keep them that way with plastic bins or a cabinet organizer. Hang wet towels to remove excess dirt from sinks and prep tables.

Rinse out the trash and recycle bins, and put things you don’t need or use anymore in large storage bins or storage bags.

Assemble the cleaning regimen on a handy spreadsheet, with daily cleaning details listed on one page and daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning steps on another.

Have one room or area you clean each day and treat it as a kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room. Don’t create a lot of extra clutter by having different areas that need to be cleaned.

Clean bathrooms

11 Surefire Ways To Spring Clean Your Home: Declutter And De-stress

Bathrooms seem to take a beating during the warmer months and it’s easy to let the cobwebs build up. It’s important to tackle bathrooms in particular because they tend to get neglected and stay cluttered. Getting a deep clean in your bathrooms will give your place a fresh look while taking the mess out of it.

In addition to cleaning the bathrooms, you should scrub the grout around the sinks. Another option is to change your bathroom linens to a bright white. This will make it look cleaner and more welcoming for guests. Here are some must-do tips for keeping your bathroom sparkling!

Cleaning blinds

Are your blinds filthy? This may be one of the easier things to clean if you’re not afraid to get on your hands and knees to scrub. Read this article if you are looking for ways to clean your roller blinds!

Clean out closets

Clean out your closets immediately and donate the things that you’re done with. You can always purchase new, and a little bit of clutter will never hurt anyone. If you have kids, you can easily make a closet donation box to donate the things that they no longer play with. The BSF suggests donating toys in March for kids ages newborn to 2, in April for kids ages 3 to 5, and in May for kids ages 6 and older.

Revamp bathrooms

This is a tough area to tackle because there are a few things that need to be fixed before you can make big changes. A quick fix for this part of the house is to declutter and re-configure. Make a new storage box for the toothbrush holder, switch out all the light bulbs, and purchase new towels and bathroom products.

Curb your emotions – To stay on top of your home, it’s important to manage your emotions. Do whatever you need to do to keep your stress levels down. If you’re too busy and stressed, your housekeeping will suffer.

So, in the mornings before you go to work, grab a glass of water and have a 20-minute session with yourself. Give yourself a pep talk and remind yourself that you can take on the day. All you need is a few moments. Once you do this, it’s amazing how much easier it will be to handle the tasks at hand.

Take care of all the pet hair

Wear loose-fitting clothing to prevent pet hair from getting into your clothes while cleaning. Don’t wear perfume, cologne, scented lotions, or hairspray. If you’re cleaning up pet hair on your car, vacuum it first so that the excess pet hair doesn’t end up in your vehicle.

Make sure to vacuum the floor underneath furniture and rugs. If you have pets, you should vacuum the upholstery often, especially if you’ve had a cat or a dog for a long time.

Use the HEPA vacuum – If you have pets and don’t have an auto-Vac, the HEPA vacuum is the best solution. It works great to get allergens and dust out of the air while you are in the process of cleaning.

Tidy up your home office

Getting a fresh coat of paint and cleaning out your desk are two of the most practical tasks that you can do at any time. I find that spring cleaning my office is a perfect reminder of how to keep organized, because I always spend time shifting back to my desk when I get back from a trip or weekend.

Sweep that floor!

The biggest thing to focus on is keeping floors clean! It’s a chore that most people don’t even think about until they’re walking across carpeting covered in pet hair, dirt, or even what may have spilled on it, and it becomes a major pain. However, with some floor cleaning essentials in your home, you can’t go wrong.

You can use plastic bags as a floor cleaning system. Once they’re full, simply take them outside, seal them, and shake them out to use the dirt and pet hair. You can even lay them out in an area that’s still dirty, such as your kitchen floor.

Declutter your living room and entryway

Go through the stuff that you have, sort the junk from the stuff you need, and start purging! Once this is done, you can move on to other areas of your house. It can be hard to purge, especially if there’s a memory associated with the item that you’re getting rid of, but it is so important to take stock of what’s here and what isn’t.

Going through this will also help you to stay focused so that you aren’t distracted by cleaning. If you don’t have time for the whole house, but just want to tackle a few areas, try getting your guest room and living room closet sorted. Make sure you give yourself plenty of time but trust that this will make the process go more smoothly.

Fold all those clothes!

If you have a lot of clothes, odds are, they’re never folded in your drawer. Don’t allow your clothes to pile up any longer! This is one of the first steps to decluttering your home. You will never find anything you need if you have to go digging through a drawer to find the one shirt you’re looking for.

Take advantage of tools

Spring cleaning doesn’t have to be done in your house. You can enlist the help of a professional for extra help, and the local hardware store can help. Take advantage of the free tools and price cuts to spruce up your home, because every little bit can help save you some money.