Who hates the holidays? I doubt most of you reading this don’t (unless you’re a workaholic!) Whether it’s seasonal holidays or weekends, you get a chance to take a break from your work and finally get the time to spend with your friends and families. It also the time you need house cleaning tips.
But what about your house? You get time to do what you’ve been waiting for the entire weeks or even months and most people seem to totally forget about their sweet homes. But remember, houses get dirty every day, and even more during the holidays.
I know cleaning your house during this time of the week or year looks and sounds boring and difficult. But hey, it doesn’t have to because you’re about to discover the best house cleaning tips for holidays that you don’t want to miss out on. So without further ado, let’s dive right in.
Table of Contents
1. Create A Cleaning Checklist & Prioritize
The first thing you have to do is to create a complete cleaning checklist and prioritize the work accordingly.
This is super important as it helps you understand clearly what all the work you have to do and to focus on what’s important. During holidays, especially the long weekends, people tend to lose focus from whatever work they usually do, cleaning here for instance.
Besides just listing down what are all the cleaning work you have to do, prioritizing which work to do first or second is even more important. Holidays are meant for you to take your time off and that’s why you don’t really have to do all the work in one go or juggle around as to which cleaning chores should be done for a particular day.
Prioritizing helps you organize the work, and at the same time, make sure that you won’t spend your time the whole weekend trying to finish the house cleaning work.
2. Keep Cleaning Supplies Within Reach
The next thing on the list is to keep all the cleaning supplies within reach so that once you’re ready to start the work, you don’t have to spend time looking for them.
The idea of following the first and this second tip is to make sure that everything is organized and in place. The goal here is to do more in less amount of time by having the right system.
For instance, keep the bathroom cleaner and sponge in the same place or broom and mop together as they are used to do a similar type of work. Once you have your checklist and all the cleaning products and tools in place, next up is to start looking into the actual cleaning works.
3. Clear The House Space
When talking about house cleaning during holidays, we would want to focus on the bigger picture, or what many people refer to as the “big cleaning” work.
This is because you should already be cleaning your house on a regular basis, every day. So most of the small cleaning works are already managed. Holidays are the moment where you have the maximum of free time, so it makes sense to focus on the bigger work.
The first thing first, is to clear the house space from whatever you or anyone in the house has left behind. During holidays, especially if you have a guest, things can easily get out of place and therefore, you should make sure that you keep everything back to where they were.
This could be things like the chess boards that you and your family play together at night, washed and pressed clothes that are ready to be kept in the closet, your husband’s messy office desk, or even managing your guest’s bedroom. You know what you need to do, don’t you?
4. Keep An Eye On Your Kitchen
Moving on to the next important place in your house, i.e. your kitchen. The kitchen is one of those places that get dirty very often, and even more during the holidays.
Why? This is because, during the holidays, food and drinks should probably be your top priority. You finally get time to cook some nice meals for your family or visitors. So the more activities are there, the dirtier the place gets.
Talking about cleaning the kitchen, another thing not to forget is to keep all the things in place. After cooking, make sure the pans, plates, spoons, forks, etc. are kept properly.
5. Check Your Fridge
From the kitchen to the fridge, another place in your house where a lot of activities are going on. Besides just making sure that your fridge is managed properly, holiday time is probably the best time where you get a chance to inspect your fridge.
This includes things like checking for any food that is about or already expired and clean the space up. Look for any spills or leaks that might have happened and probably cleaning and washing the fridge during this time might be the best time of the weeks or months.
This usually involves lots of works and time and therefore the entire day should be spent on it. Make sure you check out the cleaning list and see where this fits in.
6. Be Mindful Of The Bathroom
I know, cleaning the bathroom is a tedious task, but at the end of the day, it’s the place where most of the germs and odors are present. So whether it’s your regular days or holidays, bathrooms should be cleaned consistently.
When talking specifically about holidays, you can go beyond just a regular cleaning. This could include things like cleaning and removing the hard grout from tiles, removing the persisted stains, refilling the bathroom perfume spray – All the works that need time and don’t necessarily need to be done regularly.
7. Give Everyone A Task
Last but not least is to give each and everyone in your family a task, and this could include your guests as well.
Holidays are that period of time where close ones are getting together to spend time and do activities, and nothing can be as good as helping each other clean the house. So while your spouse cleans and organizes the kitchen, you can tackle the bathroom and dining room. Your kids can manage with the house clearing process and making sure that they don’t leave the things all over.
Nothing can be as joyful as spending time together doing something productive.
Conclusion
And that’s all for the best house cleaning tips for holidays that you can easily follow along and implement.
During holiday time, the cleaning process should be focused on the bigger picture, or in another word, cleaning works that require time and effort. But at the same time, you shouldn’t let this to ruin your holiday and that’s why, by having the checklist, prioritizing the work and giving everyone a cleaning task are so important and vital.
So, let me know in the comment section down below as to how the above tips have helped you during the holidays.
Author Bio:
Sandeep Singh is the owner of BnCleaning, a professional cleaning company in Australia, offering various cleaning services such as canopy cleaning, end of lease cleaning, office cleaning, etc. for both residential and commercial places.