Spring Cleaning checklist

It’s that time of year again! With the lighter and longer days well on their way, many of us will begin our preparations for the big spring clean!

So, to make this year’s spring clean the best and most effective one yet, we’ve put together a comprehensive list of our favourite cleaning tips…

MOTIVATION:

Before beginning the big tidy, its important to get motivated. Crack out the speakers and put on a playlist full of songs that make you want to move! Going in with the intention of making it a fun experience will keep up moral and encourage a better job.

If you live in a house with other people, try and get them involved too – after all, a problem shared is a problem halved... Try writing a list of the most important tasks to be done and share them equally between yourself and your housemates/family; this will ensure that you make the most out of your time.

REDECORATING:

Having a plan to rearrange or redecorate rooms in your home is a great motivator and will really help to build the bond you have with your home. You don’t have to make huge changes to see a huge improvement in your space!

Just moving things around every now and then is great to make you feel like you’ve got a new mindset – not to mention making space to clean things you typically can’t reach.

TACKLE ONE ROOM AT A TIME:

Working room to room is great for renewing motivation every time you finish a section of your house. It also means you can keep all of your supplies together whilst cleaning for less fuss trying to move everything around!

WORK TOP TO BOTTOM:

Cleaning the highest points in your home before chores such as vacuuming will allow you to manage your time effectively. Clearing out junk and dusting should come before making the bed and lighting candles. This may seem like an obvious point but its going to help maximise the results of your efforts not having to do the same task twice.

MAKE THE MOST OF THE SUN:

The spring sunlight is a great excuse to get dusting, and window cleaning effectively. Spring cleaning is so effective mostly due to the low but bright sunlight beaming in through your windows illuminating dust, marks and smudges that we may have missed through the winter.

Adding this extra effort will make your home look and feel much cleaner and put together. After all, mirrors and windows are probably parts of your home that people spend a lot of time looking at!