The Fastest Possible Way to Get Your House Clean

You know those times when you look around your house and all you see is mess everywhere? You know, when it's so bad you don't even know where to begin? We've all been there. So now, I'm going to tell you a way to get it cleaned in half the time!

 Before you get started you need a few things. The first thing you need is a plan. You're going to want to start at one end of the house and work your way to the other end. You do not want to back track at all. Start in the last room of the house and continue throughout the house one room at a time without skipping any rooms. Does that make sense?

The only other things you need are two laundry baskets (or empty boxes, or empty clothes hamper, or whatever you can make work). 

Step 1 is Organizing! 

This is the part where you put all the clutter away! 

So now you've got your plan and your laundry baskets.  You're ready to start organizing.  Put one basket in the second room you're going to clean.  Then, start organizing in the first room of your plan.  Put everything in that room away where it belongs.  Now, usually when you're cleaning you come across items that belong in other rooms.  This is where you're going to save time.  When you come across something that belongs in another room you're not going to take it to where it belongs.  You're going to put it into the basket.  Once everything is organized and put away in the first room, move on to the second room. 

Remember the basket you left in the second room?  This basket is going to be for stuff that belongs in the rooms you've already organized.   So for example, you're in room 2 now and you find something that belongs in room 1.  Remember...NO BACK-TRACKING!  Back-tracking takes a ton of extra time.  If you find something that belongs in a room you've already organized, put it into the second basket. 

Both baskets are going to go along with you through your entire house.  One will collect things for rooms you haven't been to yet.  The other will collect things for rooms you've already been to.  The basket that holds items from rooms you haven’t been to yet will gradually be emptied as you put the items in their respective rooms.  Once you've organized the last room you will have one empty basket and one full of stuff from previously organized rooms.  Now just go back through in order and put away the stuff in the previous rooms’ basket. 

Step 2 is Cleaning

You now have a completely picked up and organized house.  YAY!  So now all you have to do is get all of your cleaning supplies together.  I like to use the empty laundry basket again.  I put everything in there; the spray bottles, the furniture polish, the sanitizing wipes, toilet cleaner, all of it!  Then I start in room 1 and clean each room one at a time in the same order I followed to put everything away. 

Then, once everything is wiped down and cleaned all that is left to do are the floors.  I actually break my order of rooms when I do the floors.  Some of my rooms have carpet and some have tile.  I vacuum all the rooms with carpet first and then mop the tile last. 

I guarantee you, if you follow this plan, you can get your house cleaned in half the time!  Good luck!  Remember the golden rule, NO BACK-TRACKING!  If you find something in your living room that goes in your bedroom, don't run to the bedroom to put it away.  This wastes time and energy.  All that running back-and-forth is just silly!  Use the baskets!  Then take all that extra time you’ll have to relax and enjoy your nice clean house!