Quick Home Cleaning: How to Make Your House Look Tidy Fast

According ‍to⁣ Galit, it ⁤all comes down to time and overview. “It’s mainly‌ about how‌ much time you have before guests arrive,” she says,‍ “but also whether your belongings have⁢ a fixed place.”

Putting Things Away

The quickest win is achieved when belongings already⁤ have ⁣a clear, ⁤fixed place. Think of clothes in the wardrobe, kitchen utensils in the kitchen cabinets, coats ​on the coat ⁣rack, and books ‌on the bookshelf.”If ​you⁢ take a step back,tidying up is actually just putting everything back where ⁤it ⁤belongs,” Galit explains. “I always say ‘put all ​the strings back,’‍ and⁣ I visualize that each item ⁤has a string leading to the place ⁤where it belongs.”

“This​ sounds simple, ⁣but that’s frequently enough ⁢the bottleneck.” In many households, ⁢there simply aren’t fixed places for things. And if you don’t know where something belongs,tidying up automatically takes ⁣more ⁢time ⁣and energy. Galit emphasizes that clustering helps: store items that belong together, together. Batteries with⁣ batteries, tools with tools, important ⁢papers​ with papers.”Then you don’t have to think ⁤when you⁤ pick something up, and you don’t have ⁣to think when ⁣you put it back.”

Collecting

But what if you do have scattered belongings, have no idea ⁣where they should go, and guests are about to arrive? Then there’s a simple emergency⁤ solution. “Grab a crate ‌or basket and put ⁢everything in it that you don’t know where to put,” says ‍Galit. “That’s the fastest way. You can sort that out another day. It’s best to schedule a⁣ time​ for that in your agenda right​ away.”‌ The same applies to ⁢loose ‍items in,‌ such as, the hallway,⁤ such⁢ as shoes or⁣ tennis rackets. By bundling them temporarily ‌- such as, in a⁣ crate – your hallway promptly looks tidier.

Horizontal Surfaces

Many people feel that their house ‘isn’t⁢ cozy’ without knowing exactly⁤ why. According to Galit, this is‌ often due to the amount of stuff on horizontal surfaces. Windowsills,‌ cabinets, coffee tables, ⁢and shelves ‍quickly become cluttered and that looks messy.

“Try to keep those places as empty as possible,” she advises.