It’s that time if year, one that I equal parts love & hate. SPRING CLEANING TIME. It is time to clean everything you can get your hands on and crack open the windows. Even though it is still slightly Baltic outside. Nothing like a bit of fresh air in your home. We are here to share our top spring cleaning tips. These tips will not only get your home sparkling but also get your cleaning done SOOO much quicker.
SPRING CLEANING TIPS
DECLUTTER FIRST
Listen, I think we are all guilty of going to B&M, Home Bargains and various other budget shops to stock up on cleaning items and storage. ALL THE STORAGE.. but that just adds to the clutter that’s already cluttering. It makes sense to get rid of everything you don’t need, first. Decide what you want to get rid of first, how you want to organise the things you are keeping and THEN buy the storage.
DON’T BE OVERLY SENTIMENTAL
Do you really need to keep every Christmas card your child has ever received? Do you really think you are going to use six old I-phones? Because we don’t. Throw it out!
REVAMP YOUR WARDROBE
This is something I desperately need to do. You probably own 20 different jumpers, but do you wear them all? We tend to reach for the same clothes over & over again, so it is time for a sort out! Turn all your coat hangers the “wrong way round” in your wardrobe, so they are hanging towards you. Then when you wear something, hang it back the right way – facing away from you. In six months have a look at your wardrobe and anything that is still facing the wrong way, get rid of.
CREATE A CHECKLIST
Nothing feels more satisfying that ticking off your to do list! Write down room by room exactly what jobs you want to achieve and it’ll feel all the sweeter when you can sit down and tick off every job.
CREATE CLEANING ZONES
If there is one or two rooms that are particularly bad, focus on them first! If you have a weekend to crack on, do those rooms first and then do the others that won’t be as time consuming.
MAKE IT FUN
Watch an episode of your favourite tv show whilst you fold and put away clothes, listen to a podcast or an audiobook, turn up the music! Make it as fun as it can because the novelty of cleaning soon wears off.
MINIMISE MULTIPLES
Nobody needs five tin openers, 4 rolling pins & 12,000 reusable shopping bags. Get rid. Have a look what other multiples you have and throw them away, it is just extra clutter you do not need.
SHOP STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Haha I’m so much an overly emotional cleaner 😂 how can you expect me to dump that insignificant, ugly Christmas angel statue I don’t even like? I should really work on it though.
These are some helpful tips! I like the idea of cleaning zones, it brings down the magnitude of the work to smaller bits and makes them look manageable.
Excellent tips! I try to be ruthless when it comes to getting rid of clothes, I have far too many.
When it gets to the end of spring, I fold away all of my winter clothes into vacuum bags so they take up less space.
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I am SO happy that it’s Spring cleaning time! I am defo one for chucking things away and decluttering, it makes my brain so happy!
Some really great tips in this post, thank you!
Rosie
These are all great tips! I am so bad at cleaning out mostly when it comes to my wardrobe, I get so sentimental after things that maybe I haven’t worn in the last years, but still, have memories! Really need to try and make it fun, thanks for sharing x
I’ve just moved house and gosh did I need to read this, I need to be better with having cleaning zones and not being sentimental x
Such a helpful post! I need to use this during my Spring cleaning.!
This post deserves a round of applause. No frills. No lengthy notes. Just the basics of spring cleaning, which I LOVE! It has motivated me to get to some of this in my own home very soon!
The use of ‘cleaning zones’ has been one of the biggest game-changers in my cleaning efforts. If you look at the house as a whole, it can quickly feel overwhelming. However, if you break it down and just focus on one or two zones, it’s far more manageable. When it comes time for bigger cleaning plans, like ‘spring cleaning’, I try to break it down so that I’m tackling a different room each day.
Excellent tips! I definitely needed to hear about the decluttering one xx
Ugh, I’m so attached to too many things. It’s such a bad habit. I really need to minimize. Why do I keep so many multiples? I shall turn up the tunes and get to getting rid of the extra! It is time.
I love the idea of turning the hangers the other way in the wardrobe! This would definitely help me see what I wear and what I don’t, thanks for the tip 🙂 xx
Yes!! Love this post it has spurred me to get organised ready for summer! I love a good spring clean. Also a must is the to do list it’s so satisfying crossing off as you clean ❤
Love this post! I’m not one to spring clean really but I think it’s safe to say in the past year that my home has started to become cluttered with stuff. So I’ve been slowly redecorating and down to my room now which I think I’ll tackle with a good spring clean and clear out – especially of my wardrobe too!
The only thing I hate about Spring is the need to do a thorough cleaning! These are great tips and I love that you included listening to music, a book or podcast while you’re cleaning to make the task that much more tolerable. Thanks for sharing.
Great post! Love the idea of creating zones! We’re tackling the closet this weekend and I have a hard time holding on to clothes for sentimental reasons so I’m going to try and work on that this weekend. Thanks for the tips!
love your suggestions! i’ve been decluttering the house lately to get ready for the new season. something i would also include is any quarantine items you don’t use (like masks you don’t like to wear or puzzles you won’t use again).