A Mom’s Life Made Simple

It’s been a busy week so I have gotten way behind on EVERYTHING. I want to continue focusing on cleaning because with Thanksgiving being next week most people with have family coming and going so a clean house is really needed in order to make everyone feel comfortable. Today focus on the bedrooms and closets.

First things first set a time limit cleaning anything in your house shouldn’t take all day, an hour a room is giving too much time but depending on how long it’s been since you did a deep cleaning it may take longer the first time however if you spend at least fifteen minutes a day after the first deep cleaning then you’ll notice how easy it is to keep your rooms clean.

Gather all of your supplies:

• dusting
• laundry baskets
• trash bag
• bedding supplies
• broom or vacuum

Start by picking up all clothes. Put dirty clothes in a hamper, clean clothes need to be folded or hung up. From this point on DO NOT throw clothes on the floor no matter what! It only takes five seconds to put it away in the correct place.

Throw all trash away. If you have magazines or newspapers that haven’t been looked at in weeks then yes these are considered trash!

Put any items that don’t belong in the bedroom into a basket or box to later take to the correct places.

Make the bed! If you haven’t washed the bedding this week then now is a great time to do so! If you’re bed isn’t made then all the hard work you put into cleaning the bedroom goes to waste since the bed is a main focus point it will help to make the room look clean or messy depending on whether or not it’s made up.

Clean up all table tops and dresser tops. I know over time my bedside tables and dresser top becomes the drop off point for everything so take time to clean off the mess.

Depending on what type of floor you have you need to clean it by either sweeping and mopping or running the vacuum. This needs to be done everywhere in the room and especially under the bed.

Now the same goes for all bedrooms in the house but remember in the kids room or rooms that kids love to shove toys and clothes under beds, in closets, and behind anything they can so be sure to check these places.

CLEANING CLOSETS

Okay if your closet is like mine you actually can’t clean it without pulling everything out since there’s so much stuff just thrown in there! So… what are you waiting for? I know it’s a scary thought but really what happens if a Thanksgiving guest happens to open your closet door looking for the bathroom and all of your stuff falls out on them? You are either going to be really embarrassed or they are going to get really hurt!

Pull all items out of the closet and sort into piles. Lets face it most of the stuff in our closets we haven’t seen in years and therefore really don’t need. Decide if it’s worth keeping, selling, or giving to charity.

Now that everything is in piles focus on the “keep” pile. This is what will be going back into the closet. Now let’s face it most normal people don’t have the organized closets we see on tv even though we’ve love to. I know I would love to have the walk in closet full of shelves and areas for my shoes and different sections for my clothes. Well that’s not how my closet looks. It’s just a basic hole in the wall but it certainly does what needs to be done. Now there are these really neat cloth hanging organizers that will actually velcro to the bar holding your clothes. It’s a really neat way hold the clothes you aren’t wearing during the season or even hold shoes.

Place all shoes on the floor, clothes on hangers and stop throwing them on the floor of the closet! Any items like books or photo albums that may be in there place on top of the closet so they don’t get messed up.

For the kids rooms I actually have a tote full of summer clothes that they can’t wear during the winter in the bottom of the closet. Of course once winter is over I’ll switch it out.