How to clean the house to perfection – room by room
You haven’t cleaned the house in a long time, or it’s getting so dirty so fast that you want to set everything on fire and not bother anymore. Aside from the standard contaminants, some key items you don’t always clean or you just feel like a quick clean and rest could be to blame. Sometimes this can be a very bad habit and you are very likely to get burnt out. If you leave places uncleaned too often, it can have an adverse effect on the house itself and even your health.
A cleaning checklist will prove very useful in any cleaning situation, even for cleaning to perfection. This is exactly what will be presented to you here.
We will consider as many rooms as possible rooms for a house or apartment.
We start with cleaning the kitchen
The corners on the ceiling
The kitchen is one of the most odour-rich places. All of that smell, even if you open a window or have a smell on, goes into either the walls or the attic, with the corners being the most common places for both dirt to build up. There is an extremely wide range of ceiling cleaning products from telescopic wands, which you can conveniently place a rag on, to extremely strong and effective ceiling cleaners.
Clean the microwave (if you have one) inside and out
This is a very important part of the kitchen. You’ve probably seen old microwaves a few years old getting dirty inside with that brownish tan, and that’s just from irregular cleaning. In that little box, you cook, bake, heat and all that food gives off different smells that can’t help but stay on the walls of the microwave. Cleaning once a month with a suitable cleaner will give you years of clean microwaves and always flavorful meals.
Wipe down cupboards and shelves
The only time you stand still in the kitchen is when you’re having coffee with a cigarette. When you’re cooking, you’re moving heavily around all corners of the kitchen, which contributes to picking up large amounts of dust and dirt that most often layers on shelves and the top of cabinets. Cleaning these areas regularly will improve the air in the room and give another sparkle to the kitchen furniture. Be sure to go over all sides of the cabinets, not just the shelf and top. Wood cleaner (or whatever your kitchen furniture is made of) is a good choice if you want to contribute to the longevity of the material. A damp microfiber cloth works, too.
Clean cutlery and storage areas
You certainly do this every time you wash the dishes, but do you also wash the actual container where you keep them? Whether it’s inside the cabinet or next to the sink in some sort of rack, it needs to be cleaned too. When you let them dry, they dry from the water washing the dirt on them. It is likely to contain more dirty substances, so at least once a month it is good to pay attention to these things.
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Fridge
Take everything out of it and clean all the sections as best you can. It’s even a good idea to soak them in lukewarm water for a few hours so everything can be removed. If you use a cleaner, you won’t go wrong either. Soak up the water on the bottom of the fridge and leave for half an hour with the door open. You naturally turn the fridge off. You can wipe down the walls and the door because it’s likely to have discoloured from all the fingers touching it. Vacuum under the fridge too, there’s often huge amounts of dirt there.
Clean the sink
It’s not just a case of going over it with hot water and a rag. Use a suitable cleaner for its surface – metal or ceramic. Just because dirt is dumped into it doesn’t give you the right to clean it top-to-bottom. The cleaner, the less dirt in the pipes.
Clean the floor
You take the flat mop, the strongest floor cleaner and gloves and start scrubbing. The better you go over every single tight space on the ground, the better results you’ll have and your floor will stain slower. When there’s dirt left over, it’s likely to spread right out of those small spaces – the crevices, nooks and crannies between kitchen cabinets.
Clean the windows
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They are also a very important part of the kitchen because they give you the natural light you need. Have you ever seen a kitchen without windows? Clean every corner and every seal with a suitable cleaner, and it is recommended to do this at least once a month.
Clean and polish the chairs and table
After all, you’re sitting on them. It’s a good idea to leave them out in the sun for a while to soak up the sun’s rays, and for a better effect, clean them first with a suitable cleaner. This will preserve the material for longer, but it won’t stain easily either.
Vacuum with a vacuum cleaner
Very important. After you have done all of the previous steps, there is no way that some trash or dust has not fallen on the floor and carpet. Vacuum even if you don’t have carpet.
The bathroom
Clean and disinfect the sink
A very important and key element that needs to be given great attention. It’s porcelain or metal and as well as collecting dirt in the drain, when you wash your hands it’s very likely that small droplets of water will fly in all directions. Clean the soap holder too. It’s certainly full of both soap and dirty water.
The shower, bath, toilet and everything else
Wash the shower cubicle with a suitable water-repellent disinfectant. Since you enter the bathroom naked, you are very likely to get infected with some bacteria or something similar. The better cleaned, the better for your health and that of your loved ones.
Clean the lamp
Whether you’re using a regular light bulb or another type of light fixture, it’s a good idea to clean around it. After a while, the ceiling around it may take on a different colour, which, will be extremely unsightly at the expense of the rest of the bathroom.
Wipe the floor
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Mop again with a wet cloth with a suitable cleaner. Always clean from top to bottom. This is the most efficient because this way all the dirt falls on the floor and you end up wiping it off too. This way, you will be sure that the bathroom is clean.
The bedroom
Change the sheets
You’ve shed enough sweat and odour overnight to make your sheets smell or even take on a different colour if they’re not changed regularly. We don’t make you change them every day, but once every 4-5 days is enough for decent hygiene.
Dust the furniture
Just like in the kitchen, furniture like cabinets, chairs, tables and bookcases collect a large amount of dust. The more often you wipe off the accumulated dirt, the cleaner the air in the room will be.
Clean the lampshade
Also, a standard place for dirt to accumulate. Clean it a few times a week because a lot of cobwebs collect there too. Clean the bulb itself too, as this will make for a cleaner and clearer light. We know the bedroom isn’t meant for strong light, but standing in dirty and dusty isn’t hygienic at all.
Clean the windows
Feel free to apply the step from the past times. Window cleaner and a microfiber cloth would be very apt.
Don’t forget to go through with the vacuum cleaner. If you have embarked on a thorough cleaning of the house, then after cleaning everything, go all over with a vacuum cleaner.
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The living room
Clean all hard surfaces
This includes – chairs, tables, bookcases, shelves, lockers and so on. These, like everything else in the home, have taken on various dust, dirt and bacteria, so the cleaner they are, the better for you and your health. You can select cleaners according to the type of item. For wood, wood surface cleaner and so on.
Get the covers out in the sun
To soak the soft fabric and destroy annoying smells. Whether we’re talking about the quilt or the pillow. Anything can be taken out, including carpets. Give them a pat down and leave them in the sun for a few hours.
Clean the flooring
Since you’ve got the rugs and runners out, go over with a rag wet or dry, depending on the flooring, and clean everything and every little nook and cranny. The better cleaned, the cleaner the air and the cleaner the room.
Vacuum everything
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Bring the carpets back from their sunbathing and put them back in their place. Once you’ve re-arranged the room, go over everything with the vacuum cleaner.
Don’t forget about the windows. They’re most important in the living room because you’re there a lot more of the time than in other rooms, and the more natural light, the better.
Corridors, stairs and entrance
Remove all rugs and runners
Just like in the living room, take everything off the floor outside and mop it, then leave it to bake. This includes all your shoes, no matter what season they’re in or when you last wore them.
Mop
Since these spots get dirtiest, the better you clean the base, the better your efforts will show. Floor cleaner is an excellent choice because you’re likely to be dealing with stubborn dirt.
Clean every shelf
This includes the one for your shoes, every step or any other item hanging on the wall or floor. The more dirt you pick up from each spot, the longer you’ll have a clean home.
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Clean the windows
If you have windows, they also come into the cleaning part. Feel free to use the window cleaner from the past rooms as well as the microfiber cloth.
Don’t forget the vacuum cleaner, put everything in its place. No matter how diligently you’ve vacuumed, there may still be some dust or trash left somewhere.
Garage or basement
Check what you don’t need
Chances are, you keep a lot of stuff under the pretence that you might need it someday. This is not always true. What you are convinced you won’t use throw away or try to sell. This way, you will earn some money and get rid of the junk in the basement/garage.
Sort everything
It’s always total chaos in these rooms. Try to organize as much stuff as possible or even make some sort of organization system for the garage/basement, it would only be to your advantage. The better the organization, the better you will know what you need and what you don’t.
Clean the floor well
It’s probably concrete or has some cheap flooring, but it’s good to clean it. Not that you spend hours a day there, but the cleaner it is, the more satisfied you’ll be with your work. If you want maximum results, look online for a cleaner for the exact specific surface you have in your basement/garage.
Conclusion
These are a few simple steps to follow when cleaning the house, but would definitely yield much higher results than your standard vacuuming and dusting of specific items.
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