How to clean up your house

It’s the season to spring-clean your house, for the Chinese New Year.

Get rid of clutter first. Why clean something, or clean around something, that will only be thrown out sooner rather that later?

Clean from top to bottom. Don’t get your floor all nice and shiny only to realize that your ceiling fan hasn’t been dusted yet, and all that dirt is going to end up back on the floor.

If your place is generally quite clean, a light dusting and some sweeping should suffice.

If you have months of grime to get through with soap and detergent, dust well before wet-wiping or rinsing, to avoid smearing black and grey stains and dripping filthy water everywhere.

If you must leave things very late, just clean the parts of the home that guests will see, like your living room and bathroom.

Heave all the rest of the junk into your own storeroom or bedroom.

Don’t forget the exterior, spruce up your front door, grille gate and walls wit a good wash or even a new coat of paint.

If you have a garden, trim and tidy it.

Give the driveway a scrub too.

Bibliography:
Ong, Adele. “How to clean up your house.” The Star Metro Classifieds. [Malaysia] 13th January 2009. Page#01.