10 Reasons to Tackle a Spring Clean
Want to blitz your home with a major spring clean, but lack a little motivation? Read on for reasons to pull on those rubber gloves...
With spring around the corner, the urge to clean, dust and throw open the windows can be strong, but is it strong enough to spur you on to a thorough clean? There’s no doubt spring cleaning your home requires time, determination and lots of elbow grease. That can be enough to put anyone off, which is a shame, because a deep clean will set you and your home up beautifully for the lighter, longer days ahead. Find out more and feel inspired with this checklist of positive and compelling reasons to put on your pinny and get cleaning!
Your home needs it!
Not many of us can boast that our place is spotless all the time, and even those homes owned by neat freaks and cleaning fanatics will benefit from a deep clean. So however spic-and-span your pad is, use a spring clean as a chance to go deeper, further and higher, reviving the parts a weekly clean just cannot reach.
Not many of us can boast that our place is spotless all the time, and even those homes owned by neat freaks and cleaning fanatics will benefit from a deep clean. So however spic-and-span your pad is, use a spring clean as a chance to go deeper, further and higher, reviving the parts a weekly clean just cannot reach.
You will love coming home to clean
Opening the front door after a long day at work and stepping into a clean home is hugely satisfying. A place that immediately confronts you with chaos and chores, on the other hand, can wear you down and offers no sanctuary from the outside world.
Opening the front door after a long day at work and stepping into a clean home is hugely satisfying. A place that immediately confronts you with chaos and chores, on the other hand, can wear you down and offers no sanctuary from the outside world.
Everyone can get involved
The whole family can help out when it comes to spring cleaning, so don’t be afraid to dish out tasks. Children may enjoy cleaning windows outside, sweeping floors or bashing cushions and sofa seats to remove dust. Get a headphone-wearing teen to tackle the vacuuming and enlist tall family members to dust the tops of windows, wardrobes and the upper reaches of each room. Try to make it fun, too. Take lots of breaks, play music and supply snacks!
The whole family can help out when it comes to spring cleaning, so don’t be afraid to dish out tasks. Children may enjoy cleaning windows outside, sweeping floors or bashing cushions and sofa seats to remove dust. Get a headphone-wearing teen to tackle the vacuuming and enlist tall family members to dust the tops of windows, wardrobes and the upper reaches of each room. Try to make it fun, too. Take lots of breaks, play music and supply snacks!
Unexpected things shine
It’s not until you embark on a deep clean that you realise how dirty your home has become. Once you start degreasing that cooker hood, wiping down those door handle fingerplates or washing glassware stored on open shelves, the difference in the look of your home will be spirit-lifting.
It’s not until you embark on a deep clean that you realise how dirty your home has become. Once you start degreasing that cooker hood, wiping down those door handle fingerplates or washing glassware stored on open shelves, the difference in the look of your home will be spirit-lifting.
The whole place will smell good
Not only will your spring-cleaned home look tidy, it will smell amazing, too. Even just opening windows will restore freshness. Try sprinkling some baking soda on upholstery, carpets and even mattresses, leaving it for a while, then vacuuming it off to remove stale odours.
Not only will your spring-cleaned home look tidy, it will smell amazing, too. Even just opening windows will restore freshness. Try sprinkling some baking soda on upholstery, carpets and even mattresses, leaving it for a while, then vacuuming it off to remove stale odours.
Cleaning makes heroes out of everyday objects
Everything looks better once it’s clean – fact! Even workaday appliances or objects command a double-take and a sigh of appreciation when spotless. So wipe down that fridge, polish that oven door, wash those curtains and clean the windows!
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Everything looks better once it’s clean – fact! Even workaday appliances or objects command a double-take and a sigh of appreciation when spotless. So wipe down that fridge, polish that oven door, wash those curtains and clean the windows!
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The gain should help you through the pain!
Spring cleaning can take a while and requires effort, which can be enough to deter us from picking up that mop. So it’s important to focus on the finish. Visualise how beautiful your home will look once thoroughly cleaned, how calm it will make you feel and how proud of yourself and your family you’ll be for tackling the job.
Spring cleaning can take a while and requires effort, which can be enough to deter us from picking up that mop. So it’s important to focus on the finish. Visualise how beautiful your home will look once thoroughly cleaned, how calm it will make you feel and how proud of yourself and your family you’ll be for tackling the job.
You may find lost objects
There’s nothing like a thorough clean for revealing where those keys have got to, where your child has stashed your watch or where the dog buried that slipper. You may even find money – coins and cash – down the back of the sofa or hidden in messy drawers. Surely that’s an incentive to get cleaning?
There’s nothing like a thorough clean for revealing where those keys have got to, where your child has stashed your watch or where the dog buried that slipper. You may even find money – coins and cash – down the back of the sofa or hidden in messy drawers. Surely that’s an incentive to get cleaning?
The effects last
Of course, once you’ve cleaned a home, it gets dirty again, but the effects of a spring clean last longer than a quick flick round with a duster. Your home will look and feel cleaner and tidier for longer, freeing up your time so you can enjoy other projects or hobbies.
TELL US…
Do you spring clean your home? How do you get motivated to tackle it? Share your ideas in the Comments below.
Of course, once you’ve cleaned a home, it gets dirty again, but the effects of a spring clean last longer than a quick flick round with a duster. Your home will look and feel cleaner and tidier for longer, freeing up your time so you can enjoy other projects or hobbies.
TELL US…
Do you spring clean your home? How do you get motivated to tackle it? Share your ideas in the Comments below.
Often, we only deeply clean our homes if someone is coming to stay or there has been some insanitary disaster that prompts us to scrub up thoroughly (think burst pipe, spilled meal, dirty dog). But a spring clean is a treat for you and your family. Seeing and enjoying your home at its best is a real joy. You deserve it!
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