Let's not kid ourselves, if you haven't cleaned or tidied the house for eternity, in 45 minutes you won't do miracles … But with these tricks it is possible to do a facelift to your home (more or less decent), that gives the hit and save you in emergency situations: lack of time to clean due to overwork, unexpected celebrations or events, guests about to arrive with those you did not have …
Golden rules for cleaning in a simple way
- Observe. Do not panic. The first thing you have to do when you feel overwhelmed because you have to clean the house at full speed, is not to start cleaning. First, try to calm yourself, mentally distance yourself from the matter, and look at the whole picture for the essentials and the black spots in the whole.
- Prioritize. After the observation, it is necessary to decide which of these black spots are a priority or essential to attack, and if it is feasible to do so (sometimes, it is super necessary, but there is no time no matter how much we weigh). Even if you hate dust, for example, when you are short on time, this is not the time to start removing it from glassware or behind furniture. Save it for when you do a deep cleaning.
- To plan. Once you have decided what is a priority (or feasible), get down to work following the order you have established and without stopping to think (in theory, you should have done it before). It is about going to the pinion, without pause and without wasting time with doubts that already have to be resolved.
What order to follow when cleaning the house quickly
The most correct and efficient order is always top to bottom. Otherwise, you mess up what you have already cleaned and have to do it again (one of the most common cleaning mistakes as well as a waste of time that you do not have).
And for stays or for tasks?
Although classic cleaning is cleaned by rooms, I personally when I don't have time I choose to do it following an order that responds to the tasks. And it is that I find it faster and more decisive to do everything grouped than to repeat the same tasks in each space or room.
- Collect. I get like Marie Kondo (the guru of The Magic of Order and the Netflix reality show) and I collect everything in between by categories. The shoes and clothes that are scattered throughout the house I take them to the dirty clothes or I keep them in the closet. The glasses, cups and even plates that have been left in the living room, study or bedroom I take to the kitchen and leave them to soak (so that they soften). And I group the paperwork and other OHNIS (unidentified household objects) in a place where they do not disturb and can classify them at another time when I have time.
- Soften. Second, I let the cleaners work. I put disinfectant in the toilet bowl and spray the sink of the sink and the glass of the shower or bathtub, so that they work. And I do the same with the stove in the kitchen.
- Stretch and reposition. I stretch the bedding (something as simple as stretching the sheets makes a bedroom seem tidy or cluttered) and I cuddle and reposition the cushions on the bed, sofa and other seats well (it produces the same magical effect as stretching the sheets ).
- Vacuum or sweep. Then, I pass from end to end of the house the vacuum cleaner or the broom (the latter is less effective than the vacuum cleaner but much faster for superficial cleaning). First I mud because it is where more dirt accumulates and, as it raises the dust, I remove this later following the rule from top to bottom. But on rush cleanups like this one, I don't dust. I leave it for when I have more time or at most, after sweeping, I pass a duster at full speed without moving the objects. The trick so you don't see the dust is not to run your fingers over the surfaces or move the objects. Yes Yes. Eyes that cannot see, dirt that cannot be felt (you will be fine when you have enough time).
- Bath. With the toilet brush I scrub the inside of the bowl. I run a clean cloth over the sink and shower to catch the cleaner that had left on, and dry them at full speed with a large towel that I then put to wash. This is how it is done super fast.
- Kitchen. I wash the dishes, disinfect the sink (one of the dirtiest places in the house even if it doesn't seem like it), wipe the stove with a cloth and dry it with a clean one. Remember that you never have to clean the different rooms with the same cloths so that germs do not proliferate.
- Scrub. Finally, I scrub the entire floor from room to room, leaving the bathroom and kitchen for last, which are the 'dirtiest' rooms, and changing the water after each room so as not to carry dirt from one place to another.
