Shortcuts for Intense House Cleaning - Part I

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Housecleaning is a tiring and tedious effort for many people. However you will find how drastically your attitude changes once you realize the easy and exciting methods of housecleaning. If your tastes for home are meticulous and elegant, these simple steps will help you to keep the house neat.

While we may be doing an excellent job in maintaining our house cleaning, we need to review what goes into intense house cleaning. First, find a list of supplies to do a thorough cleaning in your house.

  • A dust mop with long handle is the most essential equipment while you clean your house.
  • Take two washcloths-one damp and one handy for wiping the stains and to make the place dry.
  • Keep a gentle cleanser and a bucket of water handy by your side.
  • Do not forget to place one wastebasket to dispose the items and an empty box to keep the unused items.
  • You can maintain a vacuum cleaner with attachment.
  • Always open your windows while you clean the house. This will remove the toxins and let the sunlight in.
  • You can play a soothing music and hum with the tune. Music will relax your mind and give more energy to work around.
  • You can place a vase of fresh flowers and use a good room freshener to put a contented end to the house cleaning.

Now let us move on to clean each part of your house with specific applications.

Living room

"First impression is the best impression." A living room is the first place where you welcome your guests. You may be alarmed to see cobwebbed ceilings, dusty furnitures and stained carpets. In this case you may appreciate the step-by-step instructions for one hour intense cleaning of your living room.

  • Gather around all the supplies for intense housecleaning as mentioned above combined with a spot remover for carpets.
  • Put away all items that do not belong to the living room as trash into the wastebasket. Put away clothes, books mails, toys etc in the empty box.
  • Collect the dishes or glasses around the living room and take them away to the kitchen.
  • Dust down the ceilings, walls, windowpanes, picture frames, furnitures, tables and carpets with the dust mop.
  • Take down draperies, curtains and blinds to wash or have cleaned according to the manufacturer's directions.