How to Keep Your Home Tidy
We all know the struggle. Keeping your home tidy can turn into a nightmare if you’re not that much into cleaning. Luckily there are many cleaning hacks and frugal approaches that help you keep your home spotless without spending a lot of money on different cleaning products.
So if you don’t want to waste a whole weekend cleaning up the mess that kept building up during the weekdays, it’s time to get more organized and set up a regular cleaning schedule that will keep your home tidy for longer without you having to invest too much effort into cleaning.
The First Thing in the Morning…
That you have to do is put the dirty clothes in the washing machine. You then have enough time to put them to dry off before going to work. While the clothes are being washed you can jog, eat your breakfast, you name it. This is how you save time and have clean clothes to wear all the time.
Clean Floors
Set a certain space in the hallway for your shoes. Don’t enter the house with your shoes on. Leave them on the front porch (if the weather allows it) or in special storage boxes or on a carpet in the hallway. There are many DIY tutorials that are very affordable and that teach you how to create storage spaces for your shoes. This is how you make sure you won’t be sweeping the floors too often.
Not Living Alone Is Always a Plus
If you’re living with a roommate, a significant other or you even have kids, this is good news. Everybody can lend a helping hand. Your kids can put their dirty laundry in the laundry basket, your significant other can clean up after himself or herself or help you out more often. When everybody cleans their room or cleans the mess they’ve made, you have more time left for yourself and little time reserved for cleaning. The entire house will be cleaner.
Get Ready for the Next Day
If you like eating sandwiches at work or if you want to prepare the kids’ school lunch, you can do so before going to bed. This way you won’t be doing different things in a hurry early in the morning. More hours reserved for sleeping. You can also decide what you’re going to wear the next day. Set the clothes aside and then go to bed knowing you ticked off different activities for the next day.
The Frugal Approach
A lot of cleaning products that you can find on the market use dangerous chemicals that pose a threat to your lungs, eyes and skin. They can get costly, too because you use these products on a regular basis. Why not switch to homemade cleaning products? The ingredients used to creating such amazing cleaning products are cheap, efficient, they smell great and they don’t cause you any harm.
Follow a Schedule
In order to keep your home tidy without wasting an entire weekend, pick different days (depending on your free time) to dedicate to cleaning. Monday can be mopping the floors day, Tuesday can be reserved for cleaning the bathroom etc. It’s a great way to save time and to keep your house spotless at the same time.