With the holidays coming around, you are busier than ever and that sometimes means your house can be neglected. Holiday shopping and prepping food for guests can start taking over your life and your house pays the price. It’s easy to just drop things on tables, counters, or your entryway and forget about them. If you do nothing, clutter accumulates and it can be a real hassle to deal with once the family gets there. To keep that from happening and to help you reduce your stress, follow these 5 ways to keep your home clean through the holidays.
Start Fresh
To keep yourself from getting overwhelmed, it’s best to have an intensive house cleaning session before the holidays start. If you start the holiday season with a squeaky-clean house, it’ll make it easier to pick up things here and there. Instead of keeping one giant mess and trying to deal with it throughout the holidays, you only have to clean small messes as they happen.
Minimize Decorations
The holidays can bring about holiday spirit and with that comes decorations. Just because you have a lot of decorations stored away does not mean that you should pull every single item out for the holidays. Keeping your decorations to a minimum can really help you keep your house looking clean and put-together. If you have too many decorations, your house can appear busy and cluttered.
Stay in Place
There is a place for everything in your home. If there isn’t you either get rid of that item, or you make room for it. No matter which option you go with, always keep things in their proper place throughout the holidays. It will be easy to use something and leave it sitting out, but don’t be tempted! Once one item makes it out of its original spot, more things easily follow.
Take 10 Minutes Each Day
No matter how clean you get your house before the holidays, you will have clutter that arises throughout. Having guests over to your home will also create messes. Take 10 minutes each day and conduct a cleaning sweep of the house. Pick up clutter, organize things, and put items back in their place. This will help keep you from getting overwhelmed with the cleaning after the holidays.
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