A clean home is not just a place, but an awesome feeling. Don’t you a lift when walking into a clean room? It’s tranquil and inspiring; maybe because you don’t have a whole bunch of clutter to mess up your chi.
A clean house Is a great place to kick back, read a book and watch that movie you’ve been putting off; too bad your house is a dump. Ha!
Hey, it’s all right lil’buddy, I know you don’t you have the time to your make and keep your home in a pristine state 100% of the time; and who does? So here’s some super ninja cleaning tips to get your house clean double-time the first time.
1. Stick it to one room at a time
- by focusing on one room at a time it will greatly improve your efficiency and the speed at which you clean your house. This is the principal of breaking your project into smaller chunks and then focusing on one chunk at a time. In this case the “chunk” is your room; so focus, ninja.
I mean focus, on one room, and do it in the extreme sense, stay in that room do not go out of it until that job is officially licked. Got it? Good!
With our focus on one room we initiate our stealthy cleaning battle plan.
2. Pile the alien clutter
Anything that does not belong in that room (alien clutter), grab it and pile it up, or toss it in a basket or bin. Move clockwise around the room (or counter clockwise if you’re a lefty) from the outside and spiral into the middle; clearing the clutter as you go; pick and toss! pick and toss!
Now pick up the pile of clutter, or better yet a bin full of stuff and Place it outside the room, after your done your room you will give yourself the time to put it away; but not now… You’re in room focus mode; stay with me now.
3. Gather your WMC (Weapons of Mass Cleaning)
You’re cleaning supplies must be gathered, you now have sense’s permission to step out of the room to gather them, so make this trip count - and make it snappy! Gather all that you need to complete this room; window cleaner, furniture polish, duster, damp rag… etc.
Have all your supplies in a bucket, this will make your cleaning products central, so when you’re done with one tool return it to the bucket and select your next weapon of choice. When you’re done with your supplies you might just store the bucket under the kitchen sink or in the laundry room making your cleaning weapons bucket highly accessible for the next war on dirt.
[** bonus: you might even have a different bucket specialized for each room**].
4. Gravity is your Super Cleaning Side Kick
Work your way from top to bottom. Let the dust fall from the shelves and viciously dust table and counter debris on to the floor (watch Gravity boy do its work) .
If you do nothing else but work with your friend gravity in this systematic way you’ll save yourself a ton of time and aggravation; Gaaaar - Easy remember, Top to bottom!
5. Finish your rage on the floor
Remember how Mr. Gravity helped us get our dust on the floor; yeah well, that’s about all he can do for us. That’s cool, Now all we got left is the floor cleaning.
Vacuum Etiquette - When vacuuming, do the large open area first staring at one corner of the room moving parallel to the walls, in straight lines; the pattern of the vacuumed strokes will show on the carpet; so good lil’ninja home makers keep it straight.
Once done the large area put on your skinny attachment (you do have a skinny attachment for the hose, don’t you?) and get in the unreachable areas that were missed, the corners and under things like the bed the dresser the fridge, etc.; no dust bunny shall be left behind.
A Clean Sweep - If you’re keen on brooming, then work from the outside in, getting in the corners and sweeping all the debris into the center where It can be picked up the pan or a quick suck from the dirt devil.
To Mop or Swiffer? - After that you have the option of moping or a wet swiffering in which case you would work in reachable square areas moving yourself backwards as not to walk on damp floor while giving it time to dry.
Give yourself pat on the back there buddy! You just annihilated that mess and your room is sexier than ever. Wow, take second look and admire your accomplishment. Feel the tingly sensation of satisfaction all over your body (or maybe your just high off the febreze), and then take a well deserved break. Now go kill the next room disaster with the heightened sense unstopableness; BooYA!
