So, for you to get started, here are seven essential cleaning and organisational to-do’s that will help you make your home sparkling clean this season, leaving you ample time to enjoy.
1 – Look after your carpets
Carpet is an important part of the home cleaning process
It can all look too easy when you take your carpets for granted but don’t forget the amount of footfall your carpets take on a daily basis. Increase that by at least five-fold because you and the rest of the family spent most of the last few months at home, and there’s added wear and tear.
Take a hard look at your carpets and see if any remnant strains need extra cleaning. If you own a pet, watch out for their fluff on the carpets. Sometimes no matter how hard you clean, there will still be a little bit of dust. Consider investing in a professional who could get the carpet back to looking brand new. Professionals take extra care in handling your carpet with shampoo to suck up the dirt and ensure that the carpet is as good as new.
2 – Clean all surfaces
Leave no top unturned
Your countertops will be in use constantly in the next few weeks, so ensure to give them a good clean before the all-important days arrive. The kitchen isle also might need a little bit of cleaning with all that occurred during the last few months. It is always a good practice to wipe surfaces after preparing your food, as uncooked meat might leave bacteria behind as well.
Also, just as you clean the tops, make sure you give your shelves, chairs and furniture a once-over to remove stains, dirt, or dust piled good. A good polish can go a long way.
3 - Do a professional oven clean
Nobody wants their food filled with grease so make sure to get the oven cleaned
The oven will get busy in the coming weeks with ample food set to be prepared. You can opt to clean the oven yourself to remove the grime and grease collected, but a professional can help you do this in a few easy steps. The last thing you want on Christmas is for your food to taste unpleasant, and a good clean up will ensure nothing of this nature happens.
4 - Clean up and organise guestroom and closets
Make the guests feel like they are at home by cleaning the guest room along with the rest
The chances are that you haven’t entertained guests for a while, and you’d have used up the guest room space for other needs or completely ignored them. If you plan to have family or friends over, you don’t want to make them feel uncomfortable. Also, you don’t’ want their suitcases cluttering the hallway. Run the vacuum through the room, watch out for dirt and prepare a set of clean linens to ensure your house guests feel as homely as possible.
5 - Time for some declutter
It might not be a usual cleaning routine for Christmas, but thinking of the last few months, it might be in the best interest to do some clearing out in the house. The previous twelve months have been all about removing all the unimportant items from home for most people.
By doing this, you will have more space for the Christmas tree, decorations and gifts to enjoy the holiday season. Ask yourself these questions;
“Have I used this item in the last six months?”
“Will I have any use of this item in the next few months?”
If the answer returns as a no, then you know what to do. You’ll be surprised how much extra space a quick cleanout can give you.
6 - Clean the bathrooms
A clean bathroom is always an essential
Cleaning the bathroom(s) is one of the things you don’t want to be doing in the middle of a holiday. Run thorough dust and sweep of the floor, tiles and fittings. Then make sure to apply a cleaner and get all the build-up and dirt around the fittings and shower. Use an all-purpose cleaner to wipe down towel racks, shelves and baseboards. Remove all the items from the usual spot and before getting started. A professional clean up could help in identifying the spots missed and have your fittings shining as new.
7 - Clean the decorations
Nobody wants dusty decorations on the Christmas tree, do they?
Finally, the decorations. Christmas decorations spend most of their time away in a cupboard or a dusty attic for the few days in the spotlight. Most of us usually try to re-use at least 70% of the decorations while investing in a few new ones. Make sure that when you take out the decorations from the storage, give a good clean before hanging them up to look as good as new.
When you start cleaning, make sure you check everything is working. Fairly lights are the tricky ones where the bulbs have a certain lifespan, and if one does not work, the entire set won’t work at times.
Test them before you put them up on the tree to know beforehand if you need to invest in a new set.
Happy Cleaning!
Now that you know what to do, it’s all about acting fast. The festive season will be arriving sooner than you expect, and when all that happens, you will have too many items on your bucket list that you end up missing the most important action item.
Before that happens, make sure to take action. However, if you need an expert who’d take care of all the cleaning checklist, Ordenada Cleaning Service has you covered.
Based in South Warwickshire, Ordenada Cleaning has every you need to bring in the festive feel to the house and provide you with a lasting finish in terms of cleaning. An all in one cleaning service is readily available to help you get through all the cleaning amidst the busy schedule.