Using Your Cleaning Time Efficiently

Minimize the time you spend cleaning by being efficient. Here are my top tips:

• Have a cleaning caddy: This holds most of your cleaning products, so you don't spend time running around getting what you need.
• Wear an apron: Have what you need close at hand when you're not using the caddy. This will hold your plastic scrapper, toothbrush, duster, and dusting cloth and is also a convenient place to stick debris rather than running to the trash each time.
• Work top to bottom: When you walk into the room you are going to clean, pick up your extension duster and get all the overhead cobwebs first. Then move around the room in sections dusting/ cleaning from top to bottom. Don't forget to dust the chandelier above your kitchen table before cleaning the table!
• Have a plan: Whether you are doing the whole house or just a bathroom, have a plan of attack. A routine you are familiar with will increase your speed. ie First do the bathrooms, then the kitchen, then dusting, then vacuuming, then mopping. In the bathroom do the shower, then toilet, then counters and sink.
• Invest in a good vacuum: A vacuum with poor suction makes your vacuuming time nearly twice as long! If you struggle with your vacuum, do your research and get a new one!

Use the time you saved cleaning to do something fun!