Bedroom Cleaning Tips

If you are in a rush and just don’t have time to tidy your room, quickly make your bed. That will make the whole room look less messy.

*detail how to make a bed*

If you have a problem with piles of clothes on the floor, do you have a hamper to put dirty clothes in? If there is a certain member of your family who prefers to drop the clothes on the floor, is the hamper in the place they undress? It’s not good having the hamper in a cuboard, out of sight, because that person probably won’t remember. No matter how much you nag them.

Keep your surfaces clear.
Bedside tables, dressing tables, chest of drawers etc make the room look cluttered and messy when they have “stuff” all over them. Best have these surfaces as clear as possible to make the room look tidy. It requires some discipline, especially if you are naturally messy (like me!!) Just remember to put things that aren’t being used away. This won’t work if you have things out for a purpose though. I have my Rennie on my bedside table (heartburn from pregnancy) I have a pile of books I am wading through sitting there as well. I also have my perfumes out and my lotions out, or I forget I have them and either buy more or don’t use them.
If you must have things on the surfaces, make sure they are neat to make the room look neat. If things are put in their right places all the time, the room shouldn’t need too much work.

KIDS ROOMS

~ Don’t have lots of toys available for them to play with at once.

If you can, divide their toys up and put away the toys that they can’t play with, and make available toys they can play with. The less toys they have, the less mess. Less mess = less overwhelming feelings at the end of the day, and they can efficiently and effectively pack them away. This sort of system has more benefits than just helping keep the mess under control:
1. It prevents boredom: kids with too many toys, don’t know what to do with themselves, because it’s too overwhelming (especially in younger tots)
2. The novelty of their toys lasts longer. I pulled out an old toy my daughter hadn’t seen in a month, and you would think we just gave her a brand new toy! She played with it alot and really enjoyed it. If the toys are all out, the kids get used to them being there and get bored with them quickly.

~Have dirty clothes hampers in the kids rooms and teach them to use it. My daughter was 3 and was already sorting her own washing, putting them into the right color baskets. Teach kids to respect their clothes by treating them with the proper care due. If they are dirty, being on the floor, getting trodden on is not the way to get them clean and take care of them. It also will save you picking up after them.