Having a clean home helps promote physical health, improve sleep, reduce stress, improve productivity, reduce allergy symptoms, and create a good impression on guests.

However, maintaining a clean home can be challenging and time-consuming, especially if you have a big family and pets. It is even harder if you have a busy schedule. Having cleaning tips helps make the cleaning process easier and more fulfilling.

Use Air Purifiers

Air purification devices help remove particles, dust, and other pollutants in the air, improving indoor air quality. It is especially useful if you live in a dusty area or have pets. Below are the primary benefits of using air purifiers in your home:

• Reduces allergy and asthma symptoms
• Neutralizes unpleasant smells
• Improves sleep
• Eliminates harmful gasses, radon, and asbestos particles

When choosing an air purifier, consider your room size, the purifier's CADR rating, fan settings, timers and sensors, portability, maintenance cost, running noise, and type of filter. You can choose an activated carbon, HEPA, ionic, electrostatic precipitator, ozone generator, or ultraviolet light air purifier. HEPA filters are the most effective because they eliminate up to 99.97% of pollutants as small as 0.3 microns.

Have a Cleaning Schedule

One thing that makes cleaning challenging for many people is having a lot to do at once. A cleaning schedule ensures that you do not have numerous undone chores and that the house is always clean and organized.

You can have a specific day and time to complete particular cleaning tasks. One hack to ensure you don't overwhelm yourself is breaking down the cleaning into cleaning one room at a time. It also allows you to pay extra attention to every room, cleaning even the places you would otherwise miss when cleaning the whole house.

Declutter Regularly

Clutter makes your house look disorganized and makes it easy to procrastinate cleaning. Decluttering regularly ensures you don't have a lot of things to clean and go through organizing.

Some tips for decluttering include selling old items and donating items you no longer use. You can also implement a 'one in, one out' rule. Therefore, you eliminate an old item for every new item you add. This rule is helpful mainly for big things like furniture, appliances, utensils, and electronics. To declutter clothes and clothes, you can have a rule of getting rid of any items you don't wear for a specific time, like a month or two months.

Clean As You Go

Cleaning spills and messes, cleaning dishes immediately after use, or cleaning laundry daily helps prevent dirt and clutter accumulation. That helps save a lot of cleaning time and helps avoid permanent stains. Even if you don't clean your clothes daily, place them where they belong, like the laundry basket or shoe rack.

Use Storages

Storages, like shelves, plastic containers, hanging storages, and storage baskets, help you ensure that everything is where it is supposed to be. That ensures you remain organized and reduces clutter.

It also makes cleaning easier because you can clean from one storage unit to the next. Ensure that everything has a designated storage location and that everybody in the house knows that.

You can color-code your storage baskets or containers depending on what you have in them. You can also use big, clear labels. That makes it easy to find what you seek without disorganizing everything.

Keep Cleaning Products Easily Accessible

One of the things that makes it easy to procrastinate cleaning is the lack of cleaning products. Have a basket of cleaning products, and always ensure you have everything you need to clean your clothes, floors, furniture, and other surfaces.

You should also place the products in a place that is easy to access. That makes it easy to reach for them when small messes or spills happen, ensuring they don't accumulate.

Make Your Bed Daily

While making your bed every morning might look like a small task, it’s essential to set a pace of having a clean and organized space. When your bed is tidy and made, you will do everything to avoid clutter like unfolded or dirty clothes. It will also motivate you to keep the rest of your bedroom tidy, which increases your motivation to clean the rest of the house.

Make It a Family Activity

Encourage your family to adopt habits like ensuring everything is where it is supposed to be and cleaning after themselves. You can also allocate chores to different members, making it more fun and faster. That keeps the house organized and instills the values of cleanliness and organization in your children.

Conclusion

Cleaning and tidying your home does not have to be tedious and time-consuming. Adopting the above tips over time makes it a habit, which makes it natural to keep your space clean. Call a professional to clean and organize if you go on a vacation or get too busy.