Keeping your home clean can be quite an ordeal if you work full-time and have a house full of family members and pets. Life is busy and taking care of your home, cooking meals, doing laundry, and helping the kids with school work all takes a great deal of time and attention. While there are not enough hours in the day, this article will provide some tips that may make keeping your home clean with pets and kids easier.
- Hire help. If you have some extra cash in your budget, consider hiring some help to come into your home and help you from time to time. Whether you hire a housekeeper to come sweep and mop the floors and bathrooms once a month or you hire a full-time maid, hiring help is a great solution if you have the disposable income to pay for it. If you do not, perhaps you could hire a maid to come in to help you once a quarter or for big projects such as spring cleaning.
- Keep your carpets clean. A great way to keep your home smelling fresh is to keep your floors clean. It can be challenging as a pet owner if your pet’s have long hair. They may like to roll in the grass outside and track dirt and grass strands into the house after playing in the yard. With the typical wear and tear that occurs on the carpets due to walking combined with pet hair, dander, and other debris, vacuuming your carpets weekly is paramount to keeping a clean home. It is also a good idea to have your carpet cleaned by a professional at least once a year. Professional carpet cleaners have the ability to lift stains and help bring the look of your carpet back to life. A clean floor and a great smelling home is a step in the right direction.
- Assign a chore chart. Let’s face it, there are too many tasks to go around for one person to handle on their own. If you work full-time, have a house full of kids and pets, you know what I mean. Cleaning up after everyone can get to be daunting and tiresome. Not to mention, it is a never ending challenge that you are up against. Ask your family to help you. Make it fun by assigning a chore chart. A chore chart will outline everyone in the household and give them tasks that they must complete. Upon completion, you can give them a sticker. When they get to a certain amount of stickers, they can win a prize. The amount of stickers they need to get can be set by you. The prize they want to receive will also need to have your approval and be set before the chores have been completed. This way, your child is learning how to help clean and pick up after themselves while working towards earning a new toy.
Cleaning your home can be a challenging task, especially if you live with pets, children, and a spouse. Whether you hire help, enlist the help of other family members, or divide up tasks throughout the week, committing a bit of time every day to keeping your home tidy will make a difference.
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