Creating an Easily Maintained Home*

There is no way around it. For homeowners, having a home is both a blessing and a curse. Indeed homes can be extremely time and energy demanding, especially if you are keen to keep them clean and organised. Yet, nobody likes a nightmare home where chaos rules over everything. But not everything feels that they can have the time, after a long day at work, to clean their home and make the mess disappear. That is because home maintenance, even if it is only indoors, needs to be constant, or at least, if not constant it should be regular. Again, the same question arises: Who has got time for that every day? No one, even with the best of will. But it’s because you are approaching the idea of a clean home like a punishment. In truth, all you need to do is to change some lifestyle habits to make it possible.

Reduce The Dirt/Mess Potential
For a start, every home gets dirty. So it’s important to find ways to reduce the potential dirt, with suitable flooring options that are easy to clean and maintain, such as real wood flooring for example. You can also find durable carpets that are easy to keep clean too. Additionally, finding the appropriate storage solutions for your bits and bobs, such as a wall storage for your pots and pans in the kitchen for instance, or an easy-to-access toys box in the children’s bedroom, means that keeping things at the same place becomes an easy and simple gesture. Indeed, most of the mess that people create indoors comes from not finding the storage solutions easy to access or use.

Natural Ways To Maintain The Home
Eventually, there is a difference between reducing the risk of dirt and mess and clearing it away. Primarily keeping your cleaning utensils and products accessible is the best way to ensure that you clean anything in a few minutes. You will need to invest in quality cleaning options, from effective bio products to stainless kitchen sinks to complete any kitchen, as it is easier to clean when you know that you don’t need to invest much time and effort in it. In short, keep everything at hand, from a fresh sponge by the sink to a laundry basket in the bathroom. The only reason we don’t enjoy cleaning is because using ineffective solutions makes it a waste of time.

Don’t Be A Material Girl
Last, but least, to quote Madonna, don’t be a material girl. Households have in average 300,000 items and don’t need over half of it. All these do is clutter your home and make it difficult to find anything. So it’s important to be strict and to start a big decluttering operation – don’t exhaust yourself, only do a room at a time. As a rule of the thumb, it is difficult to stay focused for more than a couple of hours, so it’s best that you work through the clutter room after room. You’ll be surprised to find that most things are not necessary.