spring-cleaning At home it is usually held twice a year - on the eve of Easter and before the New Year.
The custom of starting the new year “with a clean slate” is followed, perhaps, by the whole world, when we rush to get rid of the accumulated rubbish, garbage and dirt. It is believed that good luck and prosperity will definitely reside in a tidy house, and the good aura of clean rooms will attract positive energy into the house.
Be that as it may, before the New Year we all do a general cleaning of the house. And if you think through her plan in advance, attract helpers and take advantage of modern means– you will be able to save energy, money, and precious time. Today we will tell you how to properly organize the cleaning process so that it not only does not tire you, but also gives you pleasure. It turns out that this is possible!
The main thing is not to leave all the general cleaning of the house until December 31, otherwise there will be no energy left for everything else. It's better to spread the cleaning out over a whole week!
Day 1. Remove all curtains and throw them in the wash. They will have time to dry during the day, and in the evening you can hang them on clean windows. While the curtains are being washed, take care of all the windows in the house - wash the glass, window sills and radiators, bathe the flowers, wash the pots and trays, decorate your home garden with New Year's decor.
Day 2. Disassemble cabinets, bedside tables and mezzanines. You can also involve your household members in this matter. Only what you use should remain! Adhere to the principle: if an item has not been used for a year, it is simply disposed of. Wipe all surfaces, shelves, place fragrant pads - sachet - between the laundry. Your “pantries” will smell clean and fresh.
Day 3. All attention is paid to upholstered furniture and carpets. Vacuum them thoroughly, not forgetting the laundry drawers. Remove unexpected stains. Conduct an audit - maybe it’s time for the worn-out paths and old chairs to go to the landfill? So the air will be cleaner and there will be more space.
Day 4. Wet Cleaning Day! We collect the dust that has settled after your previous efforts, looking into the most secluded corners. We wipe the wallpaper, if possible, not forgetting the ceilings. The result of your labors will be a refreshed apartment. The day is perhaps the most difficult of all, but the equator has been passed, and further it will be much easier. After all, every day your home becomes more and more clean and tidy.
Day 5. Bathroom day. We wash tiles, sanitaryware and mirrors. We wash bathrobes and towels. We conduct an audit of cosmetics and household chemicals: we throw away everything with an expired expiration date. We get rid of trash under the bathroom, containers with dried products and old rags. Refresh the rugs.
Day 6. Now - the kitchen. We clean out the refrigerator and throw away unusable food. Getting rid of broken and cracked dishes. We put order in the cabinets - wash them and ventilate them well. We wash the dishes and cutlery intended for serving the New Year's table.
Day 7. All the work is behind us. Be sure to get enough sleep. Getting out of bed, walk through your clean home, enjoying its freshness, peace and comfort, and be sure to praise yourself: I did it, I managed to do everything! There are still some nice details left - laying out napkins here and there, updating the towels, decorating the Christmas tree, finally.
By the way, psychologists also talk about the benefits of cleaning. The fact is that cleaning helps to cope with our mental problems: relieve tension, throw out negative energy, find a solution to the issue by switching your attention, etc. Cleaning certainly improves your mood, and when accompanied by music, its effectiveness can be compared to a fitness class.
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Approximation New Year's holidays is always associated with a lot of hassle, creating a menu, purchasing gifts and, of course, cleaning. However, today you can significantly simplify the implementation of all these tasks by entrusting them to experienced experts in their field. A cleaning company is your unique chance to get a perfectly clean home just before the holidays.
Experienced cleaners of our company will be able to cope with any task assigned to them. It is enough for our customers to express all their wishes to the company employees, and as soon as possible they will be implemented.
How to order cleaning before the New Year?
The answer to this question is as simple as possible: just contact the company’s managers and specify the essence of your order. However, on the eve of the New Year, it is important to take into account that many modern citizens want to take advantage of professional help in the matter of cleaning. Therefore, the sooner you place your order, the more confident you can be that you will celebrate the New Year in perfect cleanliness and order. The cost of cleaning in our company will pleasantly surprise you. At a relatively low cost, you can get professional cleaning help and save your own time.- dry and wet cleaning of all residential and technical premises in a house or apartment;
- polishing furniture surfaces, mirrors and glass;
- cleaning upholstered furniture and carpets;
- preparing a site for the subsequent installation of a New Year's tree;
- sorting things into closets and sorting out other “deposits” of things that have accumulated in the house over the year.
Cleaning an apartment before the New Year by a cleaning company
The list of works included in the cleaning service before the New Year is extensive. Moreover, it can vary depending on the wishes of the customer himself. As a standard, our company’s clients order:This is an extraordinary New Year's mood in anticipation of the holiday! But where there is a holiday, there is a lot of worries and fuss for the hostess: to come up with and implement a holiday menu, worry about gifts, decorate christmas tree. And this spring cleaning before the New Year! Probably, for many women it has already become a tradition to exhaust themselves by cleaning the apartment in last days of the old year, extremely tense without it. Then don’t be surprised why on New Year’s, when everyone is having fun and rejoicing for festive table, you want only one thing - to quickly get to your bed and fall asleep...
Try going a little different this year! Let the pre-New Year cleaning take not two days before the holiday, but, for example, two weeks!
Day 1: windows
Almost all advice begins with the recommendation to open the windows as wide as possible to see all the dust and dirt in the apartment. And you don’t just unblind them, but also wash them thoroughly so you don’t miss a speck of dust! But before you wash the windows, throw the curtains in washing machine. Let this cleaning fill your entire apartment with the festive spirit emanating from freshly washed curtains! Don’t forget to also wipe the cornices and remove dust from the radiators.
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Day 2: pantry and balcony
You can get lost here for more than one day: so many interesting things have gathered in a year! Find the strength these days to say goodbye not only to the old year, but also unnecessary things. Maybe someone will find a New Year's gift there.
Day 3: bedroom
Do something you haven’t gotten around to doing for several months: clean up the mezzanines and shelves with linen. Prepare a bag in advance to put away items you haven't worn in a year.
Cleaning before the New Year is a great opportunity to unload your wardrobe for new purchases and gifts.
Take the time to move the bed and clean under it. Maybe this is where a surprise awaits you for the New Year - you will find your lost favorite earring that you have been looking for for a whole week with your whole family?
Day 4: living room
Everything needs to be thoroughly cleaned here, because you are going to receive guests in this room, right? And don’t forget to wash the crystal chandelier!
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Day 5: children's
Remove from good mood, involve children in this action. Go through all the toys: throw away the broken ones, wash the soft ones and clean the rest with a damp cloth. Don’t clutter your apartment with unnecessary things: take away with your children the clothes they grew up with and extra toys. Put everything in a box, let the kids give it to someone who really needs such things for the New Year.
Day 6-9: kitchen
Experience shows that pre-New Year's cleaning of this small room with its contents it takes maximum energy and calories from the owner. Here you will have to work a little, so plan to clean the kitchen for four days:
- Wash tiles and a hood.
- Clean the dishes, throw away all overcrowded plates and cups. Wipe off dust from wall cabinets. Be prepared to put some effort into gently peeling it off the greasy surface.
- Clean all kitchen appliances(microwave, mixer, blender) and gas stove. Please pay attention Special attention layers of grease that have accumulated on stove switches, baking sheets and oven interior walls.
- Clean the refrigerator and sink. Check the contents of the refrigerator and at the same time make a list of products for the holiday table.
Day 10: hallway, bathroom
See if the entrance to your apartment is cluttered. Organize your hanger and shoe rack. Remove out-of-season shoes and items. Unload the hanger as much as possible, clean the rug at the entrance doors.
Bathroom cleaning should begin with an unbiased customs inspection of all bottles and their contents.
Without regret, throw away all empty jars and bottles seized during the inspection. Only after this wash the bathtub, tiles, shelves, and clean the toilet. Wash the curtain and clean the rug, wash the floor.
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Day 11: dusting
Start collecting dust from top to bottom. First, brush it off the ceiling and corners of the rooms. Check the entire apartment to see if there is a spider swinging merrily on its web. Collect dust from the walls, and then vacuum and wipe down the furniture. The final stage – wet cleaning floor.
Day 12: Cleaning lamps and mirrors
Take a good walk damp cloth for everything that illuminates your apartment: sconces, chandeliers, lamps, floor lamps. Shine all your mirrors, including your bathroom.
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Day 13: Get everyone in the holiday spirit
What's pre-New Year's cleaning without a Christmas tree and garlands? Dress up the green beauty with your whole family and decorate your apartment for the New Year. You can put all the initiative in the hands of the children. And you can only watch with a satisfied smile how little dreamers contribute to the general cleaning: they glue paper snowflakes on freshly washed windows, hang cotton wool angels on a sparkling clean crystal chandelier, draw funny snowmen in watercolors on a huge, cleaned to a shine mirror in the hallway.
Day 14: for yourself, your loved one
Just relax, get your nails done, do your hair, put on a mask.
Congratulations, spring cleaning is over! The New Year begins with its pleasant surprises, festive mood and... post-New Year cleaning. But that's a completely different story!
The New Year is getting closer and this thought leads many people into slight confusion (or not easy!). Someone is waiting for the holiday with bated breath and is already wondering what gifts will be found under the tree. But some housewives are racking their brains over how to get everything done, especially when it comes to general cleaning. In fact, everything is not as scary as it seems at first glance, you just need to use some life hacks, then cleaning will bring a sea of \u200b\u200b positive emotions, and the process will go smoothly and quickly.
1. Music to help
Not every housewife enthusiastically takes on cleaning, especially if she needs to put the whole house in order and do it as efficiently as possible. If you believe the signs, how you celebrate the New Year is how you will live it. Therefore, it is better to get rid of all the clutter, broken things, and unfinished tasks before the magical night.
You need to take on spring cleaning in a good mood, then everything will go like clockwork. If such a mood is not observed, then use the following life hack. Make a New Year's playlist with atmospheric, funny songs, include a couple of your favorite compositions that are not tied to the holiday. Turn up the volume on your speakers, press “play” and get a dose of positive charge.
This advice may seem strange to some, like how music can affect order in the house. But it can change your attitude towards the cleaning process, and under rhythmic beats it is much easier to move and do monotonous work. The process is faster and more efficient.
2. Clear plan
Many young housewives do not know what to do first. Because of this, hands give up even before cleaning begins. To organize your work correctly, you need to draw up a clear action plan. This activity will take 10, maximum 20 minutes. Distribute the list by room, include everything that needs to be done down to the smallest detail. Then, when the plan is ready, distribute your forces. Don’t try to do everything in one day, firstly, it is physically and mentally difficult, and secondly, rest and breaks between cleaning give a greater percentage of productivity.
So, there is a week until the New Year, which means that you can put things in order every day. new room. For example, today you devote all your energy to cleaning the bedroom, and tomorrow you devote your entire attention to the living room. Be sure to follow all the points and gradually cross out those completed.
3. Folk remedies
When putting your house in order, don’t neglect folk remedies. They will help get rid of many problems, and you won’t have to use a large amount of chemicals.
To remove unpleasant odors in the refrigerator, put a few tablets in the door activated carbon. It will eliminate odors that irritate you in a matter of minutes.
If you need to get rid of scale, rust and greasy stains, then use vinegar, citrus fruits and soda. Their effectiveness has long been proven. Treat shiny metal and glass surfaces with water and vinegar. Per liter of water you will need literally one tablespoon of this miracle liquid. Wipe the kitchen cabinets with the solution if you notice that there are moths, bugs or other insects in the food. They are terribly irritated by the aroma of vinegar.
4. Big wash
When starting to clean the kitchen, collect all the cloths for wiping the table and sponges, put them in a small basin and pour warm water. Add dishwashing detergent and leave for a while. While you are putting things in order in the room, they will get wet, and you can easily wash off all the dirt.
At the same time, you can start the washing and dishwasher, with the aim of clearing them of scale. To do this, select a mode of at least 60 degrees and add a glass of vinegar to the detergent/powder compartment.
5. Horizontal surfaces
The main secret of cleanliness lies not in polishing the floor until it shines, but in relieving the horizontal surfaces as much as possible. Shelves, racks, chests of drawers, consoles and other pieces of furniture should not be visually overloaded with objects. Try to keep them clean at all times, they always attract attention, and do not forget to wipe the dust on time.
Never wipe off dust first. First, arm yourself with a vacuum cleaner, tidy up the carpet and furniture, put everything in its place on the shelves and racks. And after that you can deal with the dust. Before doing this, it is advisable to ventilate and humidify the room. As your main tool, use a soft microfiber cloth. Do not give preference to soft brooms supposedly intended for collecting dust. They are only good for tidying up small decorative items, figurines, baguettes, chandeliers. Such devices only sweep away dust, but do not remove it.
Before wiping surfaces, spray a little special antibacterial agent on the rag itself (not on the furniture!). Remove dust with smooth movements, do not be lazy to rinse the cloth several times. running water, use antistatic sprays or household cleaning wipes. This way you will not only remove dust, but also disinfect surfaces from germs.
7. Focus on the ceiling
Some housewives become so fixated on the cleanliness of the carpet or floors that they completely forget about the ceiling. A lot of dust accumulates on it, so you should also pay attention and time to cleaning it. It is better to do this before vacuuming, dusting or washing the floors. To do this, you can use a vacuum cleaner or a broom to collect cobwebs and dust from all corners. If the ceiling is decorated with panels, then during general cleaning it is better to wipe them with a damp cloth. This will significantly refresh the interior and air in the room.
8. Quick resuscitation of furniture and carpet
When there are children or animals in the house, carpets and furniture quickly lose their presentability. appearance. Wool, traces of food, paints, plasticine and felt-tip pens are frequent guests. To quickly clean the sofa and armchairs from hair and wool, use rubber gloves. Use a vacuum cleaner with a special attachment in the folds and corners of the furniture. Then you can do wet cleaning; for this, choose a product without alcohol and bleach, so as not to spoil the upholstery.
Give preference to detergents that are pre-formed into foam, which is applied to the furniture and then removed with a vacuum cleaner. Use similar detergents for carpets. They quickly and effectively remove stains and visibly refresh textile surfaces.
If the sofa or chair could not be cleaned, then the most quick way to revive their appearance - use covers for upholstered furniture or blankets.
9. Pre-soak
Cleaning the house takes a lot of time, so before you start working, fill the toilet, bathtub and sink with detergent. Be sure to distribute the cleaning liquid evenly, otherwise you will end up with unsightly bleached streaks on your plumbing. Also open a window in the kitchen or turn on the hood to help the unpleasant aromas of detergents dissipate faster.
And, of course, pay attention hob on the stove. It can be filled hot water and drop a few drops of effective detergent. Thus, grease stains will easily come off the stove, and all you have to do is wipe it with a dry cloth.
10. Toothbrush as a powerful tool
Don't throw away your old toothbrushes; they will come in handy when doing general cleaning. Using these simple tools, you can easily clean the space between the tiles in the bathroom and kitchen, get to the most inaccessible places on taps, toilets, cabinets, door handles. In combination with them, use the most common soda; it will help remove many types of contaminants quickly and without problems.
By the way, if you are interested in the topic of cleanliness, be sure to read our article.
Vastu is the teaching of organizing space in harmony with the energy of the sun and other planets, which helps to attract positive energy into the house.
We asked a Vastu expert to tell us how to get the most out of cleaning and enter 2017 without unnecessary negativity Larisa Skorokhodova.
— Before the New Year, we strive to complete old tasks, clean and decorate the house for the holiday. How to properly clean the house of everything unnecessary, including negativity?
— Cleaning on New Year's Eve creates a special inner mood for the beginning of a new life. After all, each of us expects miracles and fulfillment of desires...
The most important rule Vastu: in order to fill your home with the energy of happiness, joy and fullness of life, you need to keep it clean and tidy. By clearing our living space of dirt and trash, we increase our vibrational frequency, uncover powerful layers of trash in the subconscious, and destroy negative attitudes and programs accumulated over the past year and throughout life. And, as a result, the world is changing: opportunities for growth appear, new meetings and events occur. Vastu recommends always keeping your home energetically and physically clean. Without cleaning, the house accumulates negative energy.
Before the New Year, the house needs special cleaning. Important:
- wash bed linen, curtains, bedspreads.
- clean the carpets(textiles and carpet materials absorb not only dirt and dust, but also emotions)
- Wipe each corner: there accumulates an invisible sediment of people's thoughts and words
- Wipe window from dust and soot. Windows are the eyes of your home; it is important that they are clean and allow solar energy to pass through them well.
- Ventilate cabinets with clothes.
- Check that your clothes are clean. Don't leave laundry until next year: the longer they are stored in the space of the house, the more they pollute it and deplete the energy of the person to whom they belong.
— Why is it important to free your home not only from dust, but also from unnecessary things: toys, boxes, old equipment, broken dishes?
- Cluttered shelves, cabinets, mezzanines, unloved things take away your energy, joy, and opportunities. What we cling to holds us back and prevents us from moving on. You won't have new events, technology or things while there is unnecessary junk in the corner and your closet is full of dresses hanging around. The house should be filled only with necessary, sought-after things and things without a “sad story” - those that make you happy, that your eyes admire.
Review shelves with clothes, dishes, furniture and interior items, books and magazines, cosmetics, jewelry, even household chemicals! Look into the corners of your closets, mezzanines, and closets. Donate, donate, throw away, finally, things that “will be useful someday” (you know that “someday” will not come!) And after cleaning you will feel how it will become easier for you to breathe.
— Many people have Plyushkins in their families: well, it’s a pity to part with “that same Soviet carpet” or a teapot (“I’ll fix it later, let it stand”), things “We’ll give N to the dacha." And so all sorts of rubbish accumulates at home. It is clear that you can quietly throw it away. How to motivate loved ones to part with unnecessary things?
— If the space is cluttered, there is a “occupied” sign hanging there. Moreover, broken things are energy vampires. Because of trash, the energy of new ideas, plans, dreams, the energy of creativity, inspiration, family, favorite business, new job cannot enter your house.
All “Plyushkins” are materialists to the core, so “sell” them the idea that instead of old rubbish, completely real, tangible things will appear in their lives: unexpected gifts, quick repayment of debt, a promotion, an increase in material wealth.
In addition to the material, there is also a “mental syndrome”: a person does not let go of his past, drags “mental garbage” with him through life, and here it is important to realize one’s grievances, disappointments, despondency, self-pity and other negative feelings. If you can see and realize this in yourself (on your own or with the help of a psychologist or coach), then you thereby change your past and turn it into your invaluable experience, pull yourself out of the energies of the past into the “here and now.” Therefore, it is so important to think not only about cleansing your home, but also cleansing your soul: conducting a ritual of forgiveness and gratitude before the New Year. Vastu advises doing this in the north-eastern sector of the apartment, facing north-east, as this is the sector of spirituality in the house.
— Is it necessary to buy something new for the house before the New Year? For example, a new tablecloth, a painting, a rug in the hallway, that is, things that can, in principle, not be changed unless necessary...
— A house is a living organism. He has his own Soul, his own character, his own name. Everyone enjoys receiving gifts – and so does your home. Treat your space with some new things. This will make your home feel like you love it. I myself have a tradition of updating my rug every year. front door. The space at the entrance is the first step into the house, inviting energies. And if the door itself and the threshold next to it are beautiful, then they attract positive energies into the house.
Talk to your home, try to get on the same wavelength with him and hear what he wants most, what will especially please him.
— I advise you to cleanse the space according to Vastu using primary elements. Remember physics lessons? Everything in the world consists of five primary elements: earth, fire, water, air, ether. In order for our home to be in balance with the Universe, it is important that these primary elements are “included” in our space.
This ritual provides very powerful protection. It fills the space with happiness.
How is cleansing done according to Vastu? It is important to follow the order of actions, since each primary element corresponds to a person’s chakra.
Wear clean, comfortable clothes and create your own cleaning mindset. You can read prayers, mantras, say words that come from the heart, thank Nature, the Earth and all the elements and begin “work” (conversation with the Sun). While cleaning, you can talk to the house, because the walls of our house see what we do, hear our every word and know our every thought.
Take 1-2 tablespoons of sea or large ordinary table salt or cow's milk (primary elements of water and earth) per 10 liters of water and wash all surfaces in the house with this water. Then take a new candle (of any color and size, church or store-bought, it doesn’t matter), light it facing the front door and walk around the apartment counterclockwise (!!), while reading a prayer or mantra out loud. The voice connects sound vibrations: your attunement with space occurs. After walking around the entire perimeter of the house, leave the candle to burn out at the front door.
By the way, it’s good to light candles during regular cleaning, and for no reason. Little Vastu secret: if you want to lose weight, then light candles while eating, then your digestive fire will turn on, and all food will benefit your body and organism!
Then open everything interior doors, doors of cabinets, bedside tables, chests of drawers, caskets that you use, except for the doors to the toilet, bathroom and refrigerator - this is how we give space to the ether. Open all the windows slightly to create a global “air replacement” in the apartment. Leave the house to ventilate for at least 10 minutes, ideally 40. Then close everything and be sure to take a shower with salt to wash off all the negativity.
And one more important advice: Wipe all the mirrors in the house with water, baking soda and salt. Mirrors are portals to another world that have the ability to accumulate the energy of emotions, thoughts, words of all those people who looked at them. If the mirror is not “cleaned”, then it will reflect back the accumulated energy. It is useful to do this “cleaning” of mirrors after each arrival of guests, after quarrels or manifestations. negative emotions in the house.
— How do you clean your own house?
— Most often I use salt, baking soda and vinegar to clean surfaces in the kitchen and bathroom. I clean carpets with salt if the house has been visited strangers, after which I feel uncomfortable. I use singing bowl music and aromatherapy. According to Vastu, the house should smell pleasant and sound high-frequency music.
And the most important advice! The main burden of cleaning and cleaning the house falls on the shoulders of the woman. Therefore, dear girls, remember that a woman should rest before she gets tired. Distribute your time and workload, start cleaning your home consciously and in advance, so that there is no fatigue and disappointment later.
Vastu harmony in your hearts and homes to everyone!
Vastu expert Larisa Skorokhodova:
