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Spring Cleaning
Quick & Easy Spring
Cleaning Tips
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Get a jump on your spring cleaning and start doing it as soon as
you can. When it comes to spring cleaning you don't have to do it all at once.
Look below for some spring cleaning tips.
(ARA) -
Annual spring cleaning
doesn’t have to be a
yearly, back-breaking
cleaning marathon.
Regular maintenance is
easy with a few simple
steps and will keep the
dirt from piling up so
you can skip the once a
year event that everyone
dreads.
Hannah Keeley, lifestyle
expert and host of the
PBS program “Hannah,
Help Me!”, offers quick
and easy spring cleaning
tips for the whole
family to follow.
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Get a game plan
Divide your home into
four zones -- eating
areas, living areas,
sleeping areas, and
bathrooms. Each week,
focus on cleaning just
one of the four zones.
Spreading out the chores
will mean a lighter
effort throughout the
year instead of a
buildup of gunk waiting
for a springtime
scrub-down. Be sure to
make note of the zones
on your calendar so you
don’t get swept up (no
pun intended) and forget
all about it.
Get organized
Cut the clutter. Stacks
of papers, boxes and
miscellaneous junk can
be magnets for dust,
dirt and more. Clutter
takes up the majority of
your housework, usually
about 80 percent, so if
you cut out the clutter,
you’ll significantly cut
your cleaning time. Find
storage containers to
organize and hold your
family’s possessions.
Even your kids can help
out -- attach picture
labels to storage bins
so the little ones can
easily identify where
their belongings should
go.
Have fun
Turn every day cleaning
chores into fun,
family-friendly
activities. Chase your
kids around the room
while vacuuming. Blast
your family’s favorite
playlist and invite the
kids to dance around the
house with you while
dusting. Or, when
washing dishes, use the
soapy water to blow some
bubbles with the kids.
With a little
creativity, seemingly
boring household chores
become fun games faster
than your family can say
“Mary Poppins.”
Make your house do the
work
Does your home work for
you or against you? If
your air filtration
system is truly
efficient, there should
be little dust to clean
up. This is especially
important in the spring
when the world comes
into bloom, which can
lead to poor indoor air
quality and aggravate
allergies and asthma.
American Standard
Heating & Air
Conditioning’s AccuClean
whole-home air
filtration system
eliminates up to 99.98
percent of allergens,
mold spores and other
microscopic things from
your home’s filtered
air, allowing you to
spend less time
cleaning, all year long.
New studies conducted by
Environmental Health &
Engineering and
professors from the
Harvard School of Public
Health show that the
installation of
AccuClean reduces dust
accumulation in the home
by more than 50 percent
-- so you can dust less
and still have a
healthier, cleaner home
environment.
Keeley says she has
tried the whole spring
cleaning thing and found
one thing to be true --
it gets messy all over
again. The trick is not
in cleaning your home,
but in keeping your home
clean. With regular
maintenance and some
smart steps, you’ll find
plenty of time to get
out and enjoy spring,
rather than focus on one
massive home clean-up.
Courtesy of ARAcontent
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