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Everyone has their own standards when it comes to maintaining a clean home. To achieve the desired results, some people adhere to a particular set of rules that they swear by.
Here are some Threads responses to give you a clearer understanding of what we’re referring to. They shared specific ingredients and methods that they have incorporated into their house cleaning routines and are not planning to change anytime soon.
Do you have your go-to non-negotiables? Feel free to share them in the comment boxes below!
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#1
My house is clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy. The operative words being: CLEAN ENOUGH. Martha Stewart does not live in my house. I do.
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#5
A clean house doesn’t smell bad. If your house smells, you don’t need air fresheners, you need to find the source of the smell and clean it
#7
Everything has a spot to be. Don’t put it down… put it AWAY. And put it away where it goes, every time.
#9
You should vacuum/sweep before mopping. You can’t mop if you haven’t vacuumed all the crumbs and dust.
#10
If you maintenance clean just a little bit each day you rarely have to do giant deep cleans!
#11
Using the dishwasher is more environmentally friendly and is more sanitary than hand washing because of the extreme heat.
#12
Deep clean my house before travelling. Include empty the laundry basket, change the bedshee, mop the floor, clean the fridge and trash out.
#13
You clean from top to bottom ALWAYS. That way dust/crumbs/etc fall to the floor before you vacuum and mop.
#14
As an Southeast Asian, it's compulsary that we remove our outdoor shoes and slippers as we enter the house. Keeps our house cleaner so we don't have to overdo cleaning and can get a clean house with minimal cleaning.
#15
Not really a cleaning rule but I never go to bed with a dirty kitchen. Nothing starts my day worse than having dishes in the sink or crumbs on the floor. Every day starts with a clean slate because I deserve it
#16
You have to keep moving to get it done. The moment you sit down.. even for a split second.. it’s all over, productivity out the window.
#18
Cleaning the stove after cooking. People hate when I do it but I cannot stand crumbs and sticking residue
#19
No shoes in the house. Not quite a cleaning rule, but def keeps your house cleaner than if you do wear them inside.
#22
The less you own, the less you don’t have to clean. People get overwhelmed by the mess, by having so much that they don’t feel like washing the dishes or washing clothes. Then it piles up. I keep 2 of every dish. It’s just me. I don’t need 20 bowls, cups plates, mugs etc.
#24
Clean as you go.
Whether dishes, dinner, clutter, etc little tasks throughout the day so that there's not a seemingly insurmountable task at the end of the day.
#25
Dishwashers use hotter water and much less water than hand washing. Dishes are more sanitized in a dishwasher.
#26
You don’t have to clean everything spotless everyday, but you do have to pick up after yourself to maintain the cleanliness.
#28
Make the bed first thing every morning. If you do nothing else, that one thing makes your room look neater.
#30
The chairdrobe is allowed, but if you can’t see the back of the chairdrobe, it is time to organise.
#33
Wash your food containers / dishes at the office immediately after use & before you come home!
#34
Cleaning with gloves on changed my life.
I didn’t realize how much I avoided cleaning things because I didn’t want to get my hands in there, or because my hands would smell like the cleaning products afterwards. Gloves change the whole thing. I just get a box of vinyl ones and it lasts me a while.
#35
Do a 10-minute reset every night—waking up to a clean space makes such a difference! Plus, it keeps the mess from piling up.
#36
Cleaning the countertops with a solution of 1:10 lemon juice:water, it disinfects your area, smells fresh, does not harm your surface, and you can put your dough right on the counter without any risk of contamination
#37
Wipes. I do largely try to be environmentally friendly, and wipes are not, but as a solo dweller with intense periods of inertia, wipes keep me in control of my space.
#47
A rule I learned from a mother figure in my life is sweep once a week per person living in the household: so 3 ppl means 3 times a week should be sufficient.
#48
I scrub the food off my dishes before loading the dishwasher. Everyone says this is a waste nowadays, but my Grandma always told me to do it. Plus, when we moved into our house, the previous homeowners were clearly not scrubbers and the dishwasher was disgusting. I found crab cartilage stuck in the sprayers.
#49
Microfiber towels on the swiffer mop, floor solution in spray bottles spray the floor in sections and mop in S-motions.
#50
Cleaning on Thursdays no matter how busy or exhausted I am. My weekends are for fun and relaxing. Cleaning doesn't call into either category.
#52
If you’re letting your pets on your countertops/tables, your house is never actually clean.
#55
Washing my hands prior to emptying the dishwasher or taking clothes out of the dryer. If it’s clean, it’s going to stay clean!
#56
My cleaning lady is awesome and I love her. She makes my life better. She comes every other Thursday, and our house never gets out of control
#58
MAKE YOUR SPACE PRETTY AND PERSONAL. It makes you feel more motivated to keep it nice because YOU did it, it’s yours.
#59
Need separate sponges for cleaning the sink, super dirty pans, and not as dirty items. I cannot cross contaminate. No sponges on counters
#61
The dish towel is for clean dish drying only. It is NOT for drying hands or wiping the water spots off the counter!
#63
Single use clorox toilet scrubbies. I know it’s bad for the environment but I am so grossed out at the thought of the icky brush just sitting there being reused for months.
#66
I will never use “safe non-toxic” ingredients to clean my restroom.
My restroom will ALWAYS get BLEACH cleaned. I don’t care how toxic it seems lmao
#70
Employ a cleaner. It's unrealistic to be a full time working single mum and be expected to keep on top of housekeeping
#72
Deep clean ALWAYS. It’s more important to actually be clean than to look clean. Top to bottom left to right
#75
I have to wash my floors with dish detergent & bleach at least 3 times a week. Water & fabuloso does nothing for me. I want to be able to EAT off my floors.
#77
Socks and underwear should not be washed with any other laundry and must be washed and dried on hot.
#78
Never use a mop to clean the floor. Always on your hands and knees and rinse the cloth frequently.
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Pencil 11 months ago
Everyone can settle down and make or not make their beds as they please. If you have serious allergies to dust mites or their by-products, airing your bedding may make a small difference. But there will still be tens of thousands of them in your bed. Every day. To really reduce their numbers, you have to lower the humidity in your entire bedroom. And for people without serious allergies, they won't notice any difference at all as dust-mites are otherwise harmless and there are millions of them in our homes. Here's the only study done on reducing them by airing bed linens: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10493-006-9003-8 It's not that serious, folks. Just a thing some "lifestyle" magazines tweaked from the research to sell us more stuff. Stay tuned for loads of ads for de-humidifiers, moisture-wicking linens, a new anti-dust-mite mattress cover that you absolutely *must* have according to everyone with monetized links on TikTok.
Pencil 11 months ago
Everyone can settle down and make or not make their beds as they please. If you have serious allergies to dust mites or their by-products, airing your bedding may make a small difference. But there will still be tens of thousands of them in your bed. Every day. To really reduce their numbers, you have to lower the humidity in your entire bedroom. And for people without serious allergies, they won't notice any difference at all as dust-mites are otherwise harmless and there are millions of them in our homes. Here's the only study done on reducing them by airing bed linens: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10493-006-9003-8 It's not that serious, folks. Just a thing some "lifestyle" magazines tweaked from the research to sell us more stuff. Stay tuned for loads of ads for de-humidifiers, moisture-wicking linens, a new anti-dust-mite mattress cover that you absolutely *must* have according to everyone with monetized links on TikTok.
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