Whether it’s vacuuming the floors, dusting the shelves, or wiping the dirt off the walls, we all have a home cleaning routine that we try to stick to. However, with the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, it’s not always possible to keep up with home maintenance. Fortunately, certain home renovations can keep specific surfaces around your home cleaner for longer and even make these areas easier to clean. These are some ways to make your home easier to clean so that you can put more time into other things.
Use a Semi-Gloss Paint Finish
Our kids, especially when they’re younger, have a way of running about the house and leaving grimy fingerprints along the walls. While harmless at the time, this can lead to a tedious cleaning session later down the line. To minimize the impact this can have on your time, as well as your walls, try repainting with a high or semi-gloss finish. The smoothness of this finish prevents dirt, grime, and scuffs from adhering to the painted surface, reducing the force necessary to remove them.
Purchase Furniture Covers
Placing furniture covers over your nicer pieces saves you time while also limiting the amount of damage that those items sustain over time. Instead of the couch taking the brunt of a spill, the cover will absorb the liquid and keep the cushions safe underneath. Any stains will then disappear with a simple run through the washer.
Install Interior Plantation Shutters
Another way to make your home easier to clean is to install accommodating window treatments. The areas around our windows tend to collect a lot of dust and dirt from the outdoors. As such, it’s common for our blinds and curtains to become dusty and increasingly difficult to clean. On the other hand, you can wipe down and dust interior shutters with ease—one of the many reasons they make an excellent addition to your home.
Upgrade Your Air Filters
However, if you want to greatly reduce how often you need to dust, it’s best to target the source. Though our ventilation systems are great for circulating air throughout the home, they also collect and transport dust along with it. This is why many of our surfaces need dusting again so soon after we’ve cleaned them. Switching to a better air filter can trap more of these dust, dirt, and hair particles throughout the house, keeping your home looking and feeling clean.
