How Do You Maintain A Clean Home?
If you spend hours cleaning your home only to find it covered with clutter and grime a short time later, you need a plan to routinely tidy and spot clean to maintain your initial effort. Enlist your family’s help to make the plan a success. Make it a house rule to “clean as you go.” Wash dishes immediately after meals, for example. Have kids pick up and put away games after playing them. Fold and store the laundry as soon as it comes out of the dryer. Recycle old newspapers and junk mail before it piles up. Put everyone in charge of simple chores like emptying their own trash can and straightening and dusting their room. Reward the family with dinner out or a trip to the movies if everyone completes their tasks for a month. Create a “go back” basket that you keep at the bottom of the stairs. Place items in it throughout the day (instead of scattered all over the house), then carry it up once and return everything to the proper place before bed. Use simple storage like labeled baskets a
