An Expansion: Parts of Your House You Don't Think to Clean Often!

Easy Tips to Keep Your House Cleaner:

We all clean the basics of our houses, but do we really keep our house sanitized and clean? There are a lot of things we simply don't think about because we're too busy with toilets and dishes! Here are some good tips from us on parts of your house that gets missed often.

1. Change your furnace filter often. Follow the recommended time limits on your filter, this will help cut down on dust in the house. Especially people with pets.

2. Clean your vacuum once every two weeks. Take it apart, wash the filter, rinse out the canisters and so forth and let air dry, this also cuts down on dust in your home. A buildup can make your vacuum actually spit dust back into the air. If you can, once in a while just get some canned air or use an air compressor and try and blow off the motor too.

3. Run the dishwasher and washer with vinegar in them once a month. This helps clean any germs and removes tough water stains over time, or prevents them from building. It is a great disinfectant as well!

4. Don't dry dust! A slightly damp rag will catch more dust and then you can just happily wash it down the drain in your washing machine!

5. Pour a bit of bleach down the drains after you clean them out and don't rinse for 30 minutes, this helps prevent any smells. (You know what I'm talking about)

6. Lysol spray your doors, fridge handles, and railings and light switches. No scrubbing required!

7. Run your exhaust fans with the doors open, and open a window or two once in a while. There are lots of pollutants in your home. Clearing the air, so to speak, will help freshen up your house and swap out the bad air for good! I do this often in my home, especially when we are all sick. 

8. Wash your throw blankets, decorative pillows and if possible, curtains, once a month. Gets rid of a build up of pet dander, dust and who know what else. Pillows especially are dust magnets.

9. Don't shut your garage door until after the car has been turned off for a minute. Especially for people who's houses are above or attached to the garage. This prevents exhaust air from getting into your home as much. Exhaust air is dirty, and very bad for those who have asthma in particular.

10. Wipe your walls! If you go get a flat mop, and just get the pad slightly wet, you can reach higher along the wall. Walls get dusty too! Just "mop" the wall once every couple months or so, no need to do it more often. Unless your children find the crayons.

Well there's my 10 tips for keeping my house cleaner, what are yours? Feel free to comment below.

Tiffy