How To Keep Your House Clean During the Holidays

The holiday season is the perfect time for you and your family to relax. However, this may not be so easy if your home is a mess. Nobody can relax when their home is cluttered and dirty. 

So, how do you keep your home clean during the holidays?

Here are some great holiday cleaning tips. 

Clean Before The Holiday Season Starts

Ahead of the holiday season starting, try and find the time to give your home a full top-to-bottom deep clean. Devoting this time now will make things easier for you in the long run. 

Declutter Your Home Before The Decorations Go Up

Over the course of the year, we amass so much clutter and our homes begin to look cluttered. If this sounds familiar to you, then you should have a good decluttering session before the holiday season descends. 

Box up anything that you don’t want or need anymore and see whether you can either sell it or donate it to charity. The less cluttered your house is, the easier it will be to keep it clean and tidy throughout the holiday season. 

Keep Your Decorating To A Minimum

One way to make sure your home doesn’t look too cluttered is to keep your decorating to a minimum. Of course, you should still go for the major elements of your decorations such as your Christmas tree, however, you don’t need to go overboard if you want to keep your house clean during the holidays. 

Make Sure That You Put Things Away After You Use Them

It can be so tempting to save a few seconds here and there by not putting things away. For instance, when you are cooking in the kitchen, you may be inclined to not bother cleaning and tidying as you go, however, doing it as you go along will mean that you’re not left with lots of cleaning to do at the end. 

Spend Ten Minutes Tidying Each Day

Instead of waiting until the house is a complete mess before you tidy it, why not spend ten minutes each day tidying away any clutter?

A great idea is to take a box or a basket with you from room-to-room so that you can easily put things back where they belong. 

Clean Your Home As You Go

One of the best ways of making sure your holiday cleaning doesn’t get on top of you is to clean your home as you go. This means wiping down the sides after you have served up a meal, doing the dishes straight away after you have used them, and vacuuming the floor whenever you notice there are crumbs or dirt on it. 

Hire A Professional House Cleaning Service

Most people don’t like to clean at the best of times, however, when it comes to the festive season, you may feel even less inclined to do so. You may want to think about professional house cleaning as an option.

We can help you. Give us a call today at 541-480-2194 to discuss a one time clean or monthly options.