How often do you get motivated to clean an area of your home because you'd be embarrassed about someone else seeing it like that? In an ideal world, you'd keep every space clean just for yourself, but life rarely works out that way. If others coming by makes you clean the seen areas of your home, does anything get you to keep the unseen spaces clean? Knowing some helpful tips about this makes life easier.
List The Knooks and Crannies
The first thing that you need to do is make a list of the unseen spaces in your home that don't get cleaned regularly. Then, you can create a rotation to visit each of them on a regular basis and touch them up when needed.
Make a Bucket
Your unseen spaces might range from cabinets underneath sinks to your entire attic or basement. Find one space to hide a bucket full of cleaning tools and supplies. They might not be enough to help you clean an entire room, but anything simple to carry around and do some cleaning with makes it easier to get this chore going.
Add the Right Things
Do you see dirt and mud tracked into your basement a lot? Add a good floormat by the door. Do you see things get warped by temperature changes in the attic? A radiant barrier can help maintain a more level temperature. It might even help keep critters and dust out to some degree. Help spaces keep themselves cleaner.
Find the Right Days and Times
Your schedule for cleaning unseen spaces should be flexible. Be honest with yourself about when you're most likely to clean. Some households do it on Saturdays, but others do it on Sundays. Also, are you more likely to get it done in the morning when you're fresh? Or do evenings give you more free time?
Take a Photo
Once you do clean a space, take a photo of it. You can refer to it next time to see how clean it was or still is. That will help you know how much to clean it if any when it's a space you don't lay eyes on every day.
Keeping your unseen areas clean in your home means there are no surprises waiting for you or anyone else the next time someone accesses those spaces. The peace of mind and lack of later work are well worth a bit of consistent effort.
