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Groom Yourself To Good Housekeeping

Housekeeping
A good housekeeper is a good homemaker. Housekeeping is also an art which requires skills to keep home clean always without much expensive and effort. Everybody need to know how to maintain their home as it the prime step for a healthy family. Take a look at these few simple housekeeping tips for an easy house cleaning.

Housekeeping Tips :

1. Every item has its own space so sort the items according to rooms, eliminate those which are unnecessary.

2. Dusting is a task that has to be followed every 3 days and if you have glass tables or glass items, dusting has to be done everyday.

3. Paper towels are best to wipe the dirt and dust as they can be discarded after cleaning. Dip paper towels in a soap solution and wipe all the equipments of your home. Train all your family members to follow these simple procedures so that it gradually becomes a good practice at home.

4. For Kitchen, Place all the dirty plates and vessels in a tub and soak it in hot water before you clean them. This will help removing oil stains easily without much of your effort.

5. For dusting ceilings and wall corners, wind a paper towel around the duster and apply transparent cleaning agent on the towel so that the spider webs and other bugs get stick to the wet paper.

6. For bedrooms, it is always advised to change bedspreads every fortnight to keep all kind of bugs, mites and other insects at bay. You can spread a white cotton cloth on the pillows and wash it everyday.

7. Cleaning bathrooms every week is very important, so use leftover soaps to clean the bathroom floor and ceramic ware. Mirrors can wiped with cotton and vinegar.

Use these simple house cleaning and housekeeping tips. Always remember that nobody can do a better housekeeping than you as you know what is important for your house.

Story first published: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 14:50 [IST]