A Guide to Cleaning the Bedroom
 Mikkel Vang |
A few simple daily acts can maintain a sparkling sanctuary and give you peace of mind.
Make your bed right before or after your morning shower. A neat bed will inspire you to deal with other messes immediately. Although smoothing sheets and plumping pillows might not seem like a high priority as you're rushing to work, the payoff comes at the end of the day, when you slip back under the unruffled covers. |
Supplies to Keep in the Bedroom
- Pledge Grab-it Dry Dusting Mitts or Swiffer cloths: for dusting furniture, floors, electronics, and knickknacks. Keep them in a night-table drawer so they're ready when you are.
- Unger Total Reach Duster (about $5, amazon.com - Unger #960022 36" Total Reach Duster
): for tackling cobwebs and for behind the bed, the tops of furniture, and other hard-to-reach corners.
- Microfiber cloths: the no-chemical alternative for dusting.
- Clorox ReadyMop: for tile and wood floors.
- Clorox Disinfecting Wipes: for spot-cleaning switch plates, phones, and doorjambs.
- Windex Glass and Surface Wipes: for mirrors and windows.
Timesaving Tips and Techniques
Delete Dust
- After you log off your computer, wipe hard-to-reach keyboard lint with the yellow felt Unger Mini Duster ($3, amazon.com
).
- Use an all-purpose wipe, such as Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, to clean and disinfect the keyboard and every part of your monitor except the screen. Remember to unplug the keyboard before cleaning.
- Remove fingerprints and smudges from the screen with a dry or slightly damp microfiber cloth. Do not use any chemical cleaners on the screen.
Chat and Clean
- When you're on the phone with your mother-in-law and she is telling you one of her endless stories for the umpteenth time, pull out a wipe and clean your mirrors.
Ready When you are
- Keep Pledge mitts, Swiffer cloths, or a microfiber cloth in a night-table drawer so you can quickly dust your bedside tables, dresser, and headboard.
Dust Gently
- Use your blow-dryer to remove dust from lampshades and delicate curtains.
Bedroom To-Do List
Every Day- Make the bed (two minutes)
- Fold or hang clothing and put away jewelry (four minutes)
- Straighten out the night-table surface (30 seconds)
Every Week
- Change the sheets (five minutes)
- Dust all surfaces ? including electronics, books, picture frames, windowsills and ledges, and tops of door frames ? and remove all cobwebs (10 minutes)
- Dust or mop the floors or vacuum the carpeting (five minutes)
- Throw out old magazines (one minute)
- Wipe the switch plates, doorknobs, and doorjambs (one minute)
- Wipe and disinfect the telephone (30 seconds)
- Empty the wastebasket (20 seconds)
- Vacuum the heating and air-conditioning vents and the inside of the closet (three minutes)
- Wash the insides of the windows (15 minutes)
- Strip the bed and flip the mattress (five minutes)
- Launder the mattress pad and dust ruffle
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