How to Find the Energy to Clean an Impossibly Messy House
Identify the reason for the house being impossibly messy., In either case establish rules for tidiness and standards of cleanliness and stick to them, e.g., Start with one drawer or cupboard at a time in, say, the kitchen and follow the steps below...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Identify the reason for the house being impossibly messy.
Is it because you are the messy one or does someone else contribute to the mess? -
Step 2: In either case establish rules for tidiness and standards of cleanliness and stick to them
no food in certain rooms, all laundry to be kept in designated baskets and not left lying around. ,,, Move everything out of the room (including your bed) and give the room a thorough cleaning.
Wash the paintwork, vacuum floor coverings and dust all surfaces.
Turn the mattress and vacuum the bed! ,,, Ask yourself, do you really need any of it in the bedroom? If not, get rid of it.
This could simply mean putting things which ended up in your bedroom back in their rightful place, such as books and DVDs you've finished with. , If they have any life left in them, take them to a charity shop or sell them on line. ,, a good Spring Clean! Or before things start to get out of hand again. , -
Step 3: Start with one drawer or cupboard at a time in
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Step 4: the kitchen and follow the steps below for each one.
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Step 5: If there is a room in the house which is exclusively yours
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Step 6: such as your bedroom
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Step 7: start with that.
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Step 8: Declutter.
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Step 9: Wash all bedclothes
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Step 10: including duvets and clean all clothes.
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Step 11: Put ONLY the essentials back in the room - the bed
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Step 12: clothes
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Step 13: toiletries.
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Step 14: Take a long hard look at what's left.
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Step 15: Recycle unwanted items.
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Step 16: Repeat the exercise for every room in the house until it stops being messy.
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Step 17: Repeat regularly e.g.
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Step 18: Bask in the afterglow.
Detailed Guide
Is it because you are the messy one or does someone else contribute to the mess?
no food in certain rooms, all laundry to be kept in designated baskets and not left lying around. ,,, Move everything out of the room (including your bed) and give the room a thorough cleaning.
Wash the paintwork, vacuum floor coverings and dust all surfaces.
Turn the mattress and vacuum the bed! ,,, Ask yourself, do you really need any of it in the bedroom? If not, get rid of it.
This could simply mean putting things which ended up in your bedroom back in their rightful place, such as books and DVDs you've finished with. , If they have any life left in them, take them to a charity shop or sell them on line. ,, a good Spring Clean! Or before things start to get out of hand again. ,
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