We all know that it takes two to three hours to clean a house, but when you are busy with your work, your children or your dog/cat, sometimes it is impossible to find that time. If you only have ten or twenty minutes to spare, you could use that time to clean a room or two. When you get your cleaning done fast, you have more time to do more of the things you enjoy most.
Prepare to do the task at hand:
If you have children, ask them to go around the house and pick up toys, shoes, and any clutter on the floor and ask them to put them where they belong. In the meantime, you can start putting together your cleaning supplies. Carry your cleaning supplies in a portable cart. Along with your regular cleaning supplies, your cart should also include: an old toothbrush (for hard-to-clean areas and hard-to-reach places) and multi-purpose wipes (for cleaning bathroom and kitchen surfaces in one motion).
Your bathroom:
Put your bath rugs in the washing machine before you start, they’ll be ready to dry halfway through your chores. Vacuum the floor, remove any loose hairs from the tub. Remove grime and soap scum around sink faucets and hard-to-reach areas with that old toothbrush, then spray with your disinfectant cleaner and wipe clean with a dry rag. That toilet seat can be cleaned with your all-purpose wipes.
Your input form:
Shake the mats and sweep the steps. Clean the front door windows inside and out with a streak-free glass cleaner. Polish the skid plates and clean the doorknobs. Clean dirt from baseboards and door frame. Wipe the handprints off your light switch.
Your kitchen:
Do the washing up. If you’re not using that countertop appliance, put it away somewhere, remove the other appliances from the wall so you can clean the surfaces around them, and put them back. Clean all surfaces, including cabinets and the refrigerator. Run an electrostatic mop or cloth over the floor.
Your Bedrooms:
Make the bed, organize the mess, pick up the clothes from the floor and put them in the hamper. Keep the paperwork in a folder so you can review it later.
Your Family Area:
Pick things up off the floor, straighten sofa cushions and fluff up pillows. Vacuum the floor. Dust the lampshades.
Remember that this is not the time for your deep cleaning, you can do it on a rainy day. Look, you can do a room or two in ten or fifteen minutes. Be sure to turn on the ringer on your phone, cell phone and TV because they can distract you and you can do more and move faster if you’re not worried about what’s going on in “Jerry Springer” or “Judge Judy” and more. minus what that annoying telemarketer wants, oh yeah, that’s Jill texting you about how “she’s bored at work again.” Now that all of this is out of your mind, you can focus on the mission at hand.
