Five easy summer cleaning ideas
Summer is almost upon us, and with the warmer days comes the opportunity to ready the home for all the upcoming revelry of the period. By prioritising seasonal jobs and taking on the jobs you might have bypassed in the colder months, you will be giving your home a fresh, reinvigorated atmosphere.
Check out these easy summer cleaning jobs.
Prepare the garden
The Australian summer is an entertainer’s dream, with beautiful, sunny days and balmy, pleasant evenings. However, no one wants to hang out in a garden that looks like it’s been neglected for over a year. Prioritise jobs like hosing down outdoor furniture, cleaning the barbecue and sweeping the deck. Get these jobs out of the way now so that your friends and family can have a comfortable place to relax on those gorgeous afternoons.
Take it room by room
Sure, no one wants to spend all day cleaning the inside of the house, especially when the weather is so beautiful outside. So, instead of having to take a whole day to clean the house, make a checklist for each room and work your way through. This way, you can methodically split the job up over the course of a few days and have a systematic approach to doing so.
Clean your outdoor blinds
Because the winter months can wreak havoc on your outdoor blind system. Check out our blog on how to effectively clean your outdoor blinds so that your entertainment space looks fresh and reinvigorated.
Wash your windows
Washing your windows makes an amazing difference to the overall cleanliness of the property. There is no satisfying a home cleaning feeling than properly cleaning your windows and looking back over them to see just how clear they are. However, ensure you clean them on cloudy days, as the sun can make windows dry quickly, thus leaving them with unwanted streaks.
Keep out the bad aromas
This is more a prep-job than a cleaning job itself, but no one wants to live in a home where food in the trash is made to smell even worse by the heat. So, it is best to follow this little tip to avoid bacteria growth in your garbage bin: sprinkle the bottom of the bin with baking soda. Baking soda will absorb any bad smells that food rot exacerbated by the heat could create.