How To Keep Your Home Tidy

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Cleaning can seem like a daunting task during busy weeks with kids, work and any outside activities. One question Key Cleaning is frequently asked when cleaning client’s homes is, “how do I keep my house clean after you’re gone?” After some thought, we decided to come up with an easy way for our clients to upkeep their house between cleans.

If you’re in the need for a little extra help during the week, here are few ways to keep your home picked up:

  1. Unload the dishwasher before breakfast. That way, when you dirty a dish, you can put it directly into the dishwasher. This prevents dirty dishes from piling up in the sink or on the counter. Start the dishwasher just before bed.

  2. Leave your shoes at the door. Shoes track in dirt, mud, grass, feces, debris, gum, leaves, and in the Seattle area, rainwater. If you take off your shoes by the entrance, you won’t need to clean the floors as often.

  3. Tidy the living areas just before dinner.  Keeping the busy areas of the home tidy can really help with the small piles that seem to build up around the house after a few days.

  4. Get rid of junk mail. Mail seems to pile up quickly on counters. A good way to stop junk mail is to check out  “prescreened” offers of credit or unsolicited commercial mail, the Federal Trade Commission recommends that you contact the Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) FREE Mail Preference Service (MPS). This will reduce up to 80% of junk mail that comes to your door.

  5. Prepare for the next day. Once the kids are asleep, layout everyone’s clothes for tomorrow, prepare lunches, and do the prep work for breakfast and dinner. Pre-set the coffeemaker. Check your schedule for tomorrow. Set any items you need by the front door.

  6. Buy fewer items with packaging.  When you buy something in a package, you unpack it, sort it, recycle it or trash it, and then take it out to the garbage or recycling bin. The less packaging you buy, the fewer times you need to put it in the trash or recycle it.

  7. Purge…ruthlessly. Every day, ask yourself, “do I really need this?” Put one item (or more) into a box to give away. If you want, have your kids do the same. Put a smiley face on the box, and tell them that every item that they put in there will make someone else happy.

If you are in need of a house cleaner, give us a call today to get a free quote!