Spring Cleaning Tips
Posted March 22, 2010 4:25 pm.
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From the Professional Organizers of Canada:
* Take some time to figure out what your priorities are. Everyone has too much on their “to do” lists, so determine your most important goal and concentrate on that. It might feel great to finally organize that junk drawer but will that have as great an impact on your day-to-day life as clearing out all the unused sporting equipment in the garage that makes it a daily obstacle course?
* Schedule time to tackle your spring ‘clearing’ project and allow yourself to concentrate just on that one job. Multi-tasking truly doesn’t work so keep your focus on the project at hand. You will be quicker, do a better job, and be less likely to keep interrupting yourself.
* Reward yourself for a job well done. You spent the morning changing over the front closet from winter to summer, putting away toques and mittens replacing them with rain boots and ball caps? Excellent—a bright bunch of tulips on the shelf in the foyer completes the transformation and brightens the day!
It’s spring and the experts at Molly Maid come to the rescue with some fast and easy tips to make your house shine.
* For grease stains on your carpet, pour a generous amount of baking soda or cornstarch over the grease and brush lightly over the soiled area. Leave on overnight and vacuum the next day.
* A wad of chewing gum on your carpet comes off with ice. Freeze the chewing gum and when it becomes brittle, shatter it and vacuum up the broken pieces.
* For cleaning stubborn spots, exfoliating gloves are helpful when surfaces need scouring and rubbing to remove caked on dirt.
* Don’t throw out an old toothbrush or denture brush. They come in handy for cleaning around sink faucets and grout.
* To dust blinds, wear a clean pair of cotton gloves or an old sock, and run your fingers along each slat to pick up dust as you go.
* Keep kids’ plastic toys clean. Wash them in warm, soapy water.
* Put salt on spills while the oven is hot. When cool, brush off the spill and clean up anything that remains with a damp cloth.
* Always tidy up before any major clean. Take dirty dishes to the kitchen, pick up toys and put newspapers in the recycling bin.
