Home Improvement Articles - House Cleaning: Organizing For a Better Home


by ANDREW STRATTON - Date: 2010-08-23 - Word Count: 502 Share This!

To truly get your home looking like it should, organizing should be a big part of your daily house cleaning. Not only will it make your life easier, it will make your home look much cleaner by default and it will take away the stress associated with a cluttered living environment.

Great house cleaning doesn't end with scrubbing the kitchen floor or cleaning off the mirrors with a bottle of Windex. To truly get your home looking like it should, organizing should be a big part of your daily tidying chores. Not only will it make your life easier, it will make your home look much cleaner by default and it will take away the stress associated with a cluttered living environment. No one needs more stress than they already have, which is why these organizing tips can help in so many ways.

Get To Hooking You'll be amazed at how much space can be freed by using the power of hooks. Put them in the garage or elsewhere around the house that you need extra space. Instead of using up shelves and closets, put items on hooks. The resulting look is aesthetically pleasing, the items are easy to get to, and they take up much less space. Now, there are new hook systems even for the closet, in which you can hang clothing and then collapse the hooks, creating up to 75% more closet space. Creating space is one of the most important aspects of house cleaning and good organization.

Water Those Plants One of the most common causes of wilting plants and flowers is the failure to water them accurately. Plants need a lot of water and many people overestimate the dangers of overwatering. To remember, try making your plant watering routine a part of some other routine you do every day. If you can afford it, an automatic sprinkler system can keep your lawn and garden watered and you won't even have to give it a second thought.

Pool Toys Anyone with children and a pool knows how messy the pool area can get. If tidying up the poolside area is turning into a major part of your weekly house cleaning, it's time to get organized. Buy a big outdoor trash can and use it to store all of the pool toys that will fit. Alternatively, keep your toys in an outdoor closet and make a hard and fast rule that all toys must go back into the closet at the conclusion of pool time.

House cleaning is half scrubbing and dusting and half organization. If you can stay on top of the second half, the first half won't seem like near as much work. The great thing about organization is that it's addictive and self-perpetuating. Once everyone in your family gets used to new systems that make their life easier, you'll see more participation and new ideas start to take root.

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