Teach me how to have a clean house!

abbyful · March 2013

I never learned how to clean growing up. Our house could have easily been on the show "Clean House" or even the "Messiest Home in the Country" episode! I'm not joking or exaggerating either, we ate in the living room because the table was covered in junk, we had paths through all the clutter. When we did "clean" a few times of year for holidays or birthdays, it was throwing all the junk from the main floor onto the stairway and closing the door.

DH grew up in a nice clean house, but he hates cleaning so he won't just do it on his own.

Now that I have LO, I want more than ever to have a clean house! My house is better than how I grew up, but I still end up with clutter everywhere and unswept floors. I work full-time too.

It's embarrassing and I always want at least a week's notice before anybody comes over so I can get it cleaned up.

Please teach me how to maintain a clean house!

acire86 · March 2013

For me personally I have to make a list. I am very very scatter brained and if I dont have a checklist it wont get done. So I have a dryerase board with 7 spots MonSun and I write everything that needs to be done but spread it out. Like on mondays I clean

bigbootyjudi · March 2013

I have to do it a little bit each day. It works way better that way. I used to try to just do a deep clean of everything once a week for 3-4 hours...until I didn't feel like staying up for 3-4 extra hours after DS had gone to bed.

So, this is my

Jillwithani · March 2013

bigbootyjudi:
I have to do it a little bit each day. It works way better that way. I used to try to just do a deep clean of ev

mmdailey · March 2013

Since I'm on mobile, I only saw part of this title and I read it as "Teach me how to Dougie." Haha! Michelle Obama can teach you that!

Grins04 · March 2013

The only thing that works for me is cleaning up something immediately after I'm done with it. I rarely have to worry about picking up things...just maintaining (vacuum, dust, etc.).

I unload the dishwasher in the morning. Load it thro

ashS10309 · March 2013

Ambsies:
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mamahawk12 · March 2013

Hire a maid. Seriously. People can roll their eyes all they want, it's one of the best investments we've made in our house. We both work full time and between jobs, the kids, life, etc., we were starting to resent each other over housework. Our maid co

amaite · March 2013

We don't wear shoes in the house which makes a huge difference in how often we need to vacuum and mop

abbyful · March 2013

amaite:
We don't wear shoes in the house which makes a huge difference in how often we need to vacuum and mop
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Tula214 · March 2013

The biggest "law" I'm implementing in my household right now is, "if you don't need something throw it away." This makes a huge difference.

As soon as you are done with something, put it away. If you drop or spill something, clean it right aw