Keeping your home clean all year round doesn’t have to be a daunting task – professional cleaners share five simple strategies to keep your space clear without feeling overwhelmed.
Maintaining a spotless home can sometimes feel like a never-ending battle. While regular tasks like vacuuming and washing are part of the weekly routine, tackling a comprehensive deep clean of the entire house can seem overwhelming.
However, if you’re determined to keep your home gleaming throughout the year, it’s entirely achievable. You simply need to adopt the habits of professional cleaners who consistently do five things to guarantee their spaces remain spotless – without feeling swamped in the process.
Sandy Willis, a Molly Maid owner, spoke to Southern Living about her cleaning routine and how she maintains her space without becoming stressed.
Divide up tasks
The first thing Sandy does is distribute the upkeep of her home across the week. She allocates time for more thorough cleaning and intersperses it with smaller, simpler tasks like vacuuming and dusting throughout the week.
For instance, once a month, she’ll dedicate a day to a complete deep clean, but during the rest of the month she’ll still tackle smaller jobs so that deep clean doesn’t feel quite so overwhelming.
Use zones
Work through your home and divide it into zones or tasks. Sally said: “This zoning strategy prevents burnout and ensures each area gets the attention it deserves.
“It typically takes me about two weeks to complete the whole process, dedicating a few hours every week to a specific zone or task.”
Prioritise
When you do decide to tackle a deep clean, it can be helpful to prioritise tasks. Sally does this by focusing on the aspects of cleaning that have a health impact for her family, for example deep cleaning dusty carpets or high-touch areas like door knobs and kitchen surfaces.
She said: “I believe many people might not consider the importance of cleaning these areas regularly, but they can harbor a significant amount of dust and allergens.”
Set goals for yourself
Deep cleans can be a real slog, but if you have a goal in mind that you want to achieve, you can get a sense of reward when you finish.
If you set yourself a goal of completing one room, and reward yourself with a treat afterwards, it feels more like an achievement.
Sally also said that listening to music or a podcast when you clean can make it feel more like fun and less like a chore.
Take tips from the experts
Although you might not be a professional cleaner yourself, that doesn’t mean you can’t take inspiration from them.
Using professional grade cleaners and tools will make a big difference, and by using the methods the experts use you may find that cleaning your home becomes significantly easier.
