On March 20 we wave goodbye to winter and, with open arms, welcome spring back into our lives. In Indiana, spring brings sunshine, flowers, showers (and even an occasional snow flurry), and it is the perfect time to make sure your home gets a spring makeover.
To some, cleaning sounds tedious and takes away from enjoying the warmer weather. But the warm weather is the excuse you need to open your windows, blast your favorite tunes and get cleaning!
Here are five tips for Spring Cleaning Your Home’s Interior.
- Plan and organize the cleaning process ̶̶ If you are nervous that there may be too much to clean throughout your home, create a plan and get organized before you start cleaning. This can help reduce stress and keep you on track to get the job done. If your family is going to assist in the cleaning process, assign everyone a different task or room so they can stay focused. An eco-friendly spring-cleaning tip is using washable rags or cutting up an old t-shirt to clean with instead of using paper towels. Also, make sure to recycle while cleaning. If you empty a bottle of cleaner, rinse it out, dry it and place it in the recycling bin to help the planet stay clean, too!
- Clean room by room ̶̶ Not only does cleaning room by room help with organization and planning, but it also can make things go more smoothly. Grab two different colors of Post-It notes from the store and have one color designated to “dirty” and one color marked “clean.” On each door or entryway place a designated note to show if the room has been cleaned or not. This will help track the progress you have made and make cleaning more interactive.
- Check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors ̶̶ On March 12, we spring our clocks forward for Daylight Saving Time (DST) to get an extra hour of sunlight in the evening. According to the American Red Cross, DST can serve as the perfect time to check to see if your smoke detectors are working; if you didn’t do it then, spring-cleaning is also a great time to check. Check all your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to make sure they are working properly and have fully charged batteries.
- Clean the inside of your windows ̶̶ If you want to see the bright sunshine stream through, you’re the windows throughout your home, grab a bottle of window cleaner and scrub the inside of each window. Not only will this increase the amount of natural light that enters your home, but it will also keep your windows in great shape throughout the years.
- Clean your washer and dryer ̶̶ Cleaning videos have become viral phenomenon on many social media platforms in the last couple of years. The videos consist of individuals showing their cleaning routine for unique places throughout their home. Some appliances highlighted as places to clean in these videos are washers and dryers. So, how do you clean your washer and dryer? Simply look online to learn how to do it. Millions of self-made videos will pop-up demonstrating how you can clean the inside and outside of your washer and dryer.
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