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Spring is here, which means that it’s time to open the windows, let sunlight in and start refreshing your home for spring cleaning. Not sure where to start? This is a great opportunity to clean your home and get rid of the old and make way for the new. We’ve put together this helpful guide to help with everything from removing pet hair from furniture to keeping everything at home organized after you’re done with spring cleaning.
Here are seven helpful spring cleaning tips to refresh your home this season.
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Before you start cleaning, you’ll want to make sure you’ve replenished your stock of cleaning supplies. Make sure your vacuum still works for vacuuming your carpets and rugs, including any vacuum attachments to clean furniture or hard-to-reach areas. For a multipurpose brush that can remove pet hair and debris from multiple surfaces, including clothing, furniture and carpets, add the best pet hair remover to your cleaning supply list. You’ll also want an all-purpose surface cleaner, specific toilet bowl cleaner and cleaners for your mirrors, windows, tile and any wood surfaces at home.
Different kinds of furniture require different kinds of care. If your furniture still has the fabric tag on it, take a look and see if there are any special instructions. Pet hair is one of the toughest things to remove from couches and other furniture at home. To make it easy, be proactive by grooming your pet with a pet hair removal tool. This kind of tool can not only brush your pet to remove excess fur, but it can also remove pet hair from furniture, clothing and any other non-knit surface at home.
Depending on how dirty your carpets are, you may need more than your regular vacuuming. You may need to do a deep clean with steaming or shampooing. Synthetic rugs and carpets with waterproof backings can be cleaned with a rotary shampoo machine. Rugs without backings, such as Oriental rugs, require professional cleaning.
Dusting your home isn’t just about getting rid of the dust for aesthetic reasons. It’s also about protecting your health. The National Center for Health Housing advises that exposure to dust inside homes can lead to adverse health outcomes like allergic reactions, asthma and other respiratory problems. When dusting your home, start from the top of any room and work your way down. That way, you won’t have to worry about dusting as you go, and all the dust will fall to the bottom so you can clean it in one fell swoop.
According to Kadi Dulude, the owner of the cleaning service Wizard of Homes, sweeping under big appliances like your fridge should be done at least twice a year. To properly clean your kitchen, take a look at all of your appliances, including stove tops and ovens. Be sure to mop your kitchen floor last — after you’ve cleaned out and around your appliances.
Just like your kitchen, your bathroom needs regular cleaning. For your special spring cleaning tasks, you can do a deeper cleaning of your bathroom. Wipe down your sink and polish your faucet and knobs. Scrub the floors and walls of your shower or bathtub. A good scrub of the toilet, including the seat, lid and rest of the toilet, will give it that extra deep clean. To freshen up your bedroom, be sure to clean your pillows, comforter and duvet. Take a look at your closet and see if you can declutter anything. We often forget to wash our curtains and drapes, so if they’re machine washable, wash your curtains and drapes, too.
Great job! Your home now has that fresh spring cleaning look and feel. Now you have to keep everything organized. Here are some tips to help you stay organized after you’ve put in all that hard work. Fridges can easily get cluttered, so remove packaging from single-serve yogurts or multipacks of drinks to help reduce clutter. You can use rollout refrigerator bins to keep items together and reduce food waste. Use similar organizing techniques in any room in your home, like your garage or attic. Create three different piles of items you want to keep, donate or toss to help decide what really sparks joy in your home.
Spring cleaning can feel like such a chore, but there’s nothing like the feeling of finally being able to breathe easily in your own home. You’ll love the look and feel of a squeaky clean and organized home. You don’t have to worry about tackling all of these things in one day. You can spread it over a few days or weeks this season. You just need to start somewhere. It could be something as simple as learning how to be more efficient when you dry your clothes with dryer sheets for pet hair that remove pet hair from your clothing, leading to less pet hair on your clothes and everywhere else in your home. Happy spring and happy cleaning!