The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and every household is busy cleaning, and minimalists are no exception. Although there are not many items at home after the minimalist life, it is still necessary to clean up before the Chinese New Year and welcome the Spring Festival cleanly.
How to complete the New Year's cleaning simply and efficiently, share the commonly used methods.
1.Items are discarded
Before you actually start cleaning, the most important thing is to make a break with your belongings.
Every year, the home will eliminate broken and unwanted items, these things if not cleaned up in time, not only take up limited space, but also have dust after a long time.
Broken socks, shoes, expired medicines, and used spice bottles are all useless things that can be discarded in a centralized manner.
2.Organize and wipe down countertops
The things on the countertop are the most likely to mess up, and cleaning the countertop is visually equivalent to half the work.
All kinds of tables, chairs, benches, bookshelves, and cabinets where sundries are placed are sorted out, things are placed neatly, and dirty and gray areas are wiped clean.
When encountering white furniture, you can also use toothpaste to assist in cleaning, which can become very clean.
3.Wardrobe tidying and wiping again
Every time I clean up, the wardrobe is also a problem, and the clothes are usually easy to mess up, so I just need to re-fold them when I clean them.
Even if the closet door is usually closed, there is still dust, so when cleaning up, wipe the wardrobe several times with a towel wrung out of water.
4.Wipe the doors and windows of each room
Cleaning doors and windows is also a big undertaking that takes at least an hour or two.
Because glass windows are not easy to clean, it is best to use a stool cushion to wipe them, or buy a specially retractable glass window cleaning tool to make it easier to clean.
5.Treat grease stains in the kitchen
The hardest place to clean up is definitely the kitchen, the hardest hit area of oil stains.
To deal with the oil stains in the kitchen, hot water + dish soap is very practical, if you only use dish soap, there will be a greasy feeling after washing, but as long as you add hot water, you can wash it clean.
For heavy oily things, use hot water several times, add more dish soap, soak it first, and then wash it while it is hot, the stain removal effect is better.
6.Bathroom cleaning
Bathrooms that hide dirt and dirt are easier to clean.
In most cases, you can clean the bathroom with laundry detergent, soap powder or laundry detergent mixed with water, and when there is dirt in the gaps, the countertop should be brushed with a small brush, and the floor should be brushed several times with a floor brush.
Finally, the ground is washed with water several times, and the water stains are scraped clean with a wiper tool.
7.Sweep and mop the floor
With everything else in order, sweeping and mopping the floor will be relatively easy.
If there is a lot of hair on the ground, use a plastic bag to cover the bottom and then sweep the floor so that the final sweep is done and there will be no hair tangled on the broom.
If you mop the floor, it is recommended to add some detergent, sometimes the ground is very dirty, and you need to add cleaning ingredients to mop it clean.
Since it is a big cleaning, it is best to mop it several times, and after the last mop, if you are afraid that there are too many water stains on the ground and cannot dry quickly, you should use a dry mop to mop it again.
8.Laundry, four-piece suits and curtains
The last step is to wash everything that can be dismantled and washed in the washing machine at home.
Needless to say, clothes and four-piece sets should be washed and put into the wardrobe before the New Year. Usually, many families do not disassemble and wash the curtains, so take advantage of the Chinese New Year to quickly wash the curtains.
Conclusion
The above 8 steps of New Year's cleaning are all a summary of perennial experience.
In the process of cleaning, the unwanted items are cleaned out to make the home clean, which can make people return to a minimalist state.