Some tips to keep a clean house, what are some daily things I can do everyday?

Question

what type of chores easy ones to make sure the house is always kept clean and free of clutter. Hubby is a pack rat. Anyone got any great ideas. Plus what is the best laundry soap to get out stains and dirt.
thanks all

Answer 1

Here are a few tips:

Have a place for everything, and keep everything in its place.

Get a supply of spray bottles. Keep 1 full of white vinegar (for cleaning glass), 2 full of diluted lysol or similar cleaner (1 for the bathroom and 1 for the kitchen), and the rest for whatever you might want them for.

After meals, do the dishes right away: They're much easier to clean that way than waiting for the food and dirt to hard-dry. Not to mention it won't attract cockroaches and it won't be looking otherwise unattractive.

In the mornings, take a cleaning cloth with you to the bathroom. After you're done, spray down the sink and the outside of the toilet with your Lysol and wipe it down. That will help keep the bathroom from getting dirty. Do the same when you take your shower.

Use a damp cloth to dust: That way the dust will actually get picked up instead of kicked back into the air.

Now, I don't like cleaning. But these have helped keep the tasks from being overwhelming.

Good luck!

Answer 2

First you need to take a whole day or maybe even 2 to get the entire house clean. Pick up all clutter at this time.
After that is done, put everything away as you finish using them, as previously suggested make yourself a schedule. Once the house is clean the schedule will be simple and easy house maintenance if you keep to it and don't let any chores pile up. Pick up kitchen and living room every night before bed and you will wake up to a clean house leaving you feeling less stressed to start your day..

Answer 3

Set the timer for 10 minutes each day. During that 10 minutes, focus on one area of the house and clean - do the kitchen one day, the family room the next, etc.

As for clutter - take a weekend and make hubby go through everything that he is keeping around the house. Tell him that he can keep 20% of it and the rest is trash/donated/sold. Or tell him that he needs to rent a storage space and move it all into there -

Answer 4

First, do one or two chores a day. This way, it doesn't feel like an overload at the end of the week. Second, organize so that everything has it's place. Then when you are done with something put it back in it's place right away. I use the stain remover SA8 from Quixtar. (Online and members only.) It works on all stains, even if they have dried already.

Answer 5

i dont know about the laundry soap but to keep the house clean is to make sure u have a spot to put everything that is just lying around and then if u take something out to use just put it back then over the weekend u wont have a pile of mess to clean up and about ur pack rat if there are things u noe he dont use and there is a whole lot of junk u dont want have a garage sale or donate thingz.... hope i was some help!

Answer 6

Firstly if you have kids then just give up as they were put on earth to keep us moms working from sunup to sundown... the way that I keep down on clutter and mess is to put things away when finished with them and going through mail when it forst comes into the house and immediately throwing away anything which will not be used. Another thing is to simply stop buying things that you have no real need for as this will keep your house from be junked up with stuff that you will not use and have no real room for in the first place. I love Tide detergent, it is gentle on your colored clothes and good on stains.

Answer 7

The best tip to keeping a clean house is to put things away when you are finished with them. Mail, dirty dishes, toys, tools, you name it. My ex used to leave piles all over they house, would jsut put something down and forget about it. For weeks. I would have to take a box and go through the house picking up all his piles. Then when he couldn't find something, I'd have to refer him to "the box".
I've found the best laundry detergent to be Tide. If you need a little extra bang on getting stains out, Oxy-Clean works well. For plain old whites, bleach is your best bet as an additive.

Answer 8

Make it a rule that all tables are cleared off before retiring for the night and sweep or vacuum all main areas nightly-this will ensure that all items are picked up off the floor as well.

If items are left out make it clear that they will either be thrown out or thrown in a predesignated area, e.g. the garage or basement and the predesignated area will be cleared once a week. Also, if something is taken out it must be put back in its place or it too will end up thrown out or in the box. If there's something that they want to keep, they'll make sure to collect it and find a good storage place for it before it gets disposed of.

Also make it a rule that before something new is brought home, something old is thrown out to make room for it. This will help to avoid clutter.

And I am partial to All detergent. For tough stains try Tide To Go!All temperature Cheer works well also.

Answer 9

Put things in their place right away before it becomes a mountain. Once you get in the habbit of doing things right away it is much easier. Keep the clutter picked up and the cleaning doesn't seem so hard

Answer 10

Best thing to prevent clutter is to always remember to put things back in their place, it takes some getting used to, but it's necessary. Try Kirkland's brand institutional detergent (I get ours at Costco). It's really gentle (I use it on all my girly stuff) but it gets out stains like you wouldn't believe.