5 Ways you are ruining your house cleaning efforts

Everyone, (well maybe not everyone), likes a clean home. No matter how overwhelming and exhausting house cleaning can be, we all still want to make sure our homes remain our safe haven. We want our living rooms smelling fresh and clean, our bedrooms delicately warm and well put together, essentially, we all just want a clean home! Now while house clening can take up a whole lot of effort and time from us, there are certain bad cleaning habits we may have developed overtime. Want to know what these habits are? You will find out more in today’s blog post titled – 5 Ways you are ruining your house cleaning efforts

1 Allowing Paper to clutter-

From PHCN utility bills, spill over documents from the office, newspapers, magazines, your children’s school papers…etc. They all have a tendency to pile if you don’t take care of them . Don’t let this happen.

Designate a shelf in the corner of your home for books, paper, documents, that needs to be stored for later use. You can always send the pile of newspapers to roadside hawkers who will appreciate you so much for your kindness. Leaving these heap of papers unattended will eventually grow on your cleaning efforts and eventually mar it.

2 Leaving Wet Towels Bunched Up

This is one habit a lot of people are often found guilty of. In the early morning rush of preparing for school or work, we tend to leave our wet towels carelessly lying on the bed or hanging on the door post, as opposed to actually spreading it out on the line where it can absorb sunlight. This often has a result of leaving an unpleasant odor hitting our nostrils the moment we step into our homes after a long day at work.  Wet towels should be properly hung to dry after use.

3 Cleaning With Dirty Tools

Isn’t this quite contradicting? What do you aim to achieve when you set out to clean your house using dirty tools? If your washing machine has a terrible odour from built up bacteria in detergent residue, your cloths are going to stink. If your mop isn’t thoroughly rinsed out after you, your house is going to stink. Take time to thoroughly clean tools after every use by washing in hot water and adding a little disinfectant.

5 Ways you are ruining your house cleaning efforts

4 Leaving Dirty Dishes in the Sink

The single most popular way of ruining the sight in your kitchen is b leaving heaps and heaps of used up plates, pots, glass cups, etc. Make sure to set a ground rule for everyone to do their dishes immediately after every meal.

5 Hoarding food in your refrigerator

Remember that one time when you had visitors in your home and you walk up to your refrigerator to fetch drinks. The moment you open it up, the whole room is instantly filled with the foul stench of caked locust beans, raw pomo (cow skin) beans, etc.… Keeping your refrigerator clogged up may likely spread foul odour across the room anything you open it. Always make sure to clear your refrigerator and takeout food items that are past two-three days, especially when you have an epileptic power situation.