A quick daily cleaning routine for a tidier home
Life as a mum is a constant juggling act, and with everything that you have going on, keeping your home clean can be impossible. But here’s the good news, a simple daily cleaning routine can help you keep your home clean, without spending hours cleaning it.
Here are some cleaning tasks that you can include in your daily cleaning routines, that take as little as 20 – 30 minutes a day, but once done will make a huge difference to how you feel in your space.
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Kitchen
Mess can build up fast in our kitchens.
Luckily, there are some quick and easy daily cleaning routines that you can do to tidy your kitchen quickly, which include:
- Storing appliances that you rarely use, to reduce countertop clutter
- Wiping down kitchen countertops
- Wiping down the table after each meal
- Running the dishwasher at night, which is a great evening routine idea, and also allows dishes to be put away in the morning
- Emptying kitchen bins
High traffic areas
Cleaning tasks that can form part of a daily cleaning schedule for high traffic areas such as living areas, hallways, an entryway, or any other room that sees a lot of daily activity include:
- Removing items that belong in another room
- Putting cushions, remote controls, and gaming sets away
- Sorting through paperwork, and recycling what’s not needed
- Clearing surfaces of clutter
- Sweeping or using a cordless vacuum, then using a spray mop to clean floors, or only doing this for your kitchen and entryway floors if you’re short on time
Bathrooms
Bathrooms rarely stay clean for long, so the best way to keep them as clean as possible each day is to wipe down the sink and taps, and clean the mirror after you brush your teeth.
You can do a bathroom deep clean when you have more time.
Bedrooms
There’s one daily cleaning routine for bedrooms that will make a huge impact to how clean a bedroom looks, and that’s making the bed.
Making your bed instantly makes a bedroom look tidier, and is a super simple cleaning task to turn into a daily habit.
Laundry
If laundry piles up fast in your home, doing a load of laundry every day will save you a lot of time, compared to doing multiple loads over the course of one day.
A laundry hack that’s worth trying is to put a load of laundry on first thing in the morning as part of your morning routine, so it’s ready to dry when you have a spare moment later on in the day.
How to make cleaning easier
Here are a few things that you can do to make cleaning easier.
- If a cleaning task will take less than 2 minutes to do, do it immediately
- Get your family involved in cleaning tasks
- Declutter your home regularly, less clutter makes your home easier to clean
A daily cleaning routine – a recap
There are many reasons why routines are important, having a daily cleaning routine makes cleaning your home quick and easy.
Some daily cleaning tasks that make cleaning your home quick and easy include wiping down kitchen countertops, bathroom sinks and taps, putting items where they belong, making beds, and doing a load of laundry each day.
Cleaning can also be made easier by immediately doing tasks that take less than two minutes, involving your family in helping to keep your home clean, and decluttering regularly.
Having a daily cleaning schedule allows you to keep your home clean, calm, and creates a home that you want to spend time in.
What’s the biggest cleaning challenge you face in your home?
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