One minute hacks to get a speed-cleaned homefeatured
In honor of my birthday, I’d like to present YOU a present: a one minute apiece cheat sheet of my absolute favorite ways to feel like your home is clean n’ organized n’ smelling nice…without having to spend the entire day cleaning n’ organizing n’ spritzing nice-smelling stuff on stuff.
Happy birthday to us all.
Ready to go? First, light a candle. Boom! Clean Home 101. (And there are only four one minute items in each section to allow for a little wiggle room between tasks. I mean, I don’t want you to sprint. Unless you really have to sprint. Then- I believe in you.)
Got five minutes total? Start with these one minute tasks:
- Grab a basket and toss in anything that doesn’t belong in the living room, kitchen, and/or dining room.
- Arrange throw pillows and fold/hide blankets.
- Empty kitchen counters of dishes and make a nice li’l stack of paperwork to deal with later.
- Now we spritz! Using rags or paper towels and your favorite cleaning spray, wipe down the surfaces of the living room, kitchen, and/or dining room.
Got ten minutes total? (Add these!)
- Make your bed, you guys.
- Grab another bag or box and place everything on your bathroom counter and/or window sill inside.
- Spritz it up, wipe it down, put stuff back. (Just the surfaces, people. Let’s not get crazy.)
- Corral shoes and either line ’em up by the door or put them in the room where they live. (Don’t worry about putting them in the closet for this step- that’ll come later, time-permitting.)
Got fifteen minutes? (Just a few more, baby!)
- Got a handheld vac? Hit any corners, under couches, and on stairs.
- Find those shoe piles, put away those shoe piles.
- Swiffer-lover? Hit the kitchen, and go for speed. (The Russian judge doesn’t care about your form, and neither do I.)
- Lightning round! Empty those baskets/bags from the first section in roughly the spots where they live! (Hack: Got kids? Spouse with a predilection towards scattering items? Place their items in yet another bag…right inside the bedroom door, with a lovingly penned note stating your love for them, for their items, and for the hope that you can all reside happily ever after. As soon as they put away their dang things.)
And then party* like it’s your birthday.
(*Nap in your super-duper good enough clean home.)
I’d love to hear your favorite quick fixes!
Comment below!
