As we slowly start to inch our way out of global pandemic isolation, you may notice that there’s much much to be done around the house. It’s getting warmer and thoughts turn to spring cleaning and decluttering. If you’re ready to start fresh after a year of lockdown, here are 5 spring cleaning tips to implement if work from home messes have taken over your personal space.
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How to spring clean laundry room appliances
With everyone home all day, chances are you’re doing a lot of laundry. There are more spills, more time spent outside, kids changing every hour for dress-up play — your laundry room washing machine and dryer are likely in need of some TLC.
4. Take care of surfaces first
Dust and wipe down each surface from top to bottom and vacuum cabinets, corners, and crevices. While there are plenty of products available in the store, you can get the job done with simple supplies like baking soda, vinegar and water.
5. Spring clean your appliances
Simply fill the washer with hot water, add vinegar or bleach and let the machine run its cycle. Once complete, use a mix of baking soda and water on a brush to clean around the top perimeter and under gaskets. Wipe clean with water. Often there’s a tub-clean setting on machines, but if not you can simply run the largest setting with bleach or vinegar and wipe everything down when the cycle is complete.
While it may feel therapeutic to get back to ‘normal’ in the coming months, it’s important to remember that we’re not the same people we were back in February 2020. It’s ok if everything on your spring cleaning to-do list doesn’t get done in the timeframe you want. What truly matters, and what is most meaningful in life, are relationships and time spent with family and friends, not the state of your baseboards — despite what your inner dialogue is telling you.
