I’m excited to announce my new ‘How to…’ series starting on the blog today. Hope you enjoy!
I’m kicking off the series with ‘How to…clean your home in 30 minutes.’ I wouldn’t say our apartment is a disaster. However, I wouldn’t say that it’s always perfectly clean and in order. When we have company coming over or I’m starting to feel a lack of inspiration due to piles everywhere or unhung clothes, I start cleaning, and the mood instantly changes. We are all so busy in our lives that rarely can we spend hours on end cleaning our living space. That’s why I have learned to master the ’30 minute clean.’
- Put on upbeat music that will keep you rocking
- Make a game plan that would even impress an NCAA coach
- In each room, make pretty piles
- Papers
- Trash (anything you don’t need, won’t look at again)
- File (anything you need to save, but don’t need right then)
- Active (anything that needs to be handled in a timely manner – bills, etc)
- Clothing/Shoes
- Clean (items that are clean and need to be hung, folded, or put away)
- Dirty
- Wash
- Dryclean
- Miscellaneous Items
- Anything else that needs to be put away
- Papers
- Now, put all those piles away. For those items that need to be handled (such as bills) put them in a neat pile on your desk
- Do a quick wipe of the countertops and tables
- Vacuum or sweep the floor, if necessary
- Do this plan at least once a week. If you are one who puts away your clothes as you take them off, you deserve a cookie (that’s not me, unfortunately). Do this as often as possible, as to never let any pile get too high or any room too messy.
…and now your home is clean, and all is right again in the world. You deserve a large glass of wine.
oh my goodness, adore this. So helpful. Sounds like a new Sunday must! Thanks for the tips! I hope you had a fabulous weekend, love. xo
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I AM DOING THIS TONIGHT! Thanks for sharing!!!!
XO
Pearls & Paws
Listening to music makes SUCH a difference! I can clean an entire closet if I have some good tunes on!
I have a small apartment, so you’d THINK that it’d be easy to keep clean, but it’s definitely not–especially with two crafting/fashion obsessed girls living in it. Usually every Sunday (or so) my roommate and I put on some serious jams and go to work…it ends up being fun and therapeutic!
These are great tips. I swear I’ve never cleaned my house faster than when company is on the way over!
Fizz and Frosting
Haha, I am definitely NOT that person who hangs up their clothes when I take them off. It is horrible, I really should. My bathroom turns into dirty clothes central! I love this idea for keeping up with cleaning every week. It doesn’t seem as bad when you say in 30 minutes with upbeat music! I need to clean this week, so I’m going to try my hardest to do it this fast!
These are great tips! For me it is mail and clothes, too things I just cannot seem to organize! I did do some spring cleaning last weekend and that felt good! xo
Great tips! Music is definitely key, it always puts me in the mood and keeps me motivated!
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
This is a great resource! I always feel better when everything is clean.
Alyssa
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Great tips, I feel like I always leave cleaning until the point where it takes hours!
xo Dina
Sweetest Somethings
my bedroom is getting out of control right now and a quick clean is on the agenda for tonight! music is so key… or sometimes i put netflix on my laptop and half watch arrested development reruns. thanks for getting me geared up for cleaning… not always an easy feat!
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I needed this a lot! I always have the hardest time keeping my house clean. its bad. xx. McKenna Lou
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Hahaha I feel the exact same way when we have friends coming over. I wish I was super neat, it’s not that I don’t love to be organized I just think it falls by the wayside when I’m tired after work. Thanks for the awesome tips, can’t wait to use them!
xo jen
Great tips!! I need to be better at piles!
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xoAmy
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Ha, this is great and I deserve a cookie. I just realized that as I walk-in I start to take off everything :). I put my shoes on the shoe rack by the entrance door. I put my used clothes separate or in the laundry basket. I avoid sitting on my bed or couch with the same clothes because I sit on the train….a bit too obsessed 🙂
Music always helps me get stuff done 🙂
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NIIICE tips!!! I need to put on upbeat music bc that will make it a little easier to clean! I kind of put off cleaning and then when things get unmanageable, I go on crazy cleaning sprees…this happens about once a week. Thanks for making this a little easier for my crazy cleaning!! xoxo
This is amazing and just what I needed to read right now!
xo Ashley
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Yes! Great suggestions. Blaring music is a “must” when I clean – it helps get the task done so much faster!
Isn’t That Charming.
Uhh great tips! I need to do this!!
Michelle
Fierce & Fashionable
Upbeat music is always a great way to get me on a cleaning roll!
I love to clean but I still find my home looking messy all the time! Probably because I start and never finish and because I’m TOO detailed to do an over all clean before I empty out every individual drawer in my shelves and rearrange their contents. Thanks for this simple game plan, I’ll try to keep my next claning session to under 30 minutes and play something upbeat too!
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Thanks for the great cleaning tips and I agree after cleaning you deserve a glass of wine! 😉
Rebecca
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Great tips, wish I took such an organized approach like this every time my place gets messy!
xx,
Carina
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Needed to read this!
Thank you for posting!
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Kristin
xx
Great tips! Couldn agree more! The glass of wine is my favorite part!
Ah! Yes, Spring Cleaning! Xo Megan, http://www.TfDiaries.com
Great tips!! I am getting better at cleaning up quick, but it is so hard to understand why my house gets messy every other day!! LOL! Hope you are having a wonderful day!
-Jyoti
Style Delights Blog
Esential, the music! if not it’s extremely boring!!!
Great tips and idea! I take a while to clean mine, not because it’s that dirty, but because I get distracted easily by other things haha
-Vogue&Heels
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Such helpful time saving techniques!
Nora
Love the content AND the way it is written! XO
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