15 Minute Clean Up For Your Living Room, Even Granny Can Do It

Why is it that when we least expect it, company seems to arrive, the phone rings and your mother-in-law is coming over or, your husbands boss decides that he wants a free dinner-at your house! You break into a heavy sweat and then to a gigantic panic attack; well never fear, there is always the 15 minute tidy to help you out. Just follow these simple steps and it will look like your home is spotless all of the time.
15 Minute Tidy

1. Take a wastebasket or a bag and walk around the room and put everything in here that doesn't belong in this room.
2. Using a garbage bag, pick up all of the garbage, junk and newspapers and throw in the garbage.
3. Pick up all of the dirty dishes, ashtrays, glassware and put them in the dishwasher or sink.
4. Brush the crumbs off of the furniture
5. Using a piece of paper toweling and furniture polish, wipe over all of the end tables and coffee table and arrange the contents on the top of the table.
6. Neatly arrange the remote controls, magazines etc.
7. Using a hand sweeper, sweep over the carpeting in all of the walkways.
8. Spray air freshener, fabric freshener or odor out-for that fresh clean smell!

Now, that wasn't too bad, was it? It only took you 15 minutes to clean it up, make it shine and smell good too. We seem to forget, that our homes are lived in and that creates clutter and upset, it doesn't mean that our homes are what you would call 'dirty'.
Keep the major cleaning to once every two weeks or once a month, until then, a 15 minute tidy, once a day is all that you will need to keep your home looking good.

Jan Hayner is a Professional Organizer, that offers tips and hints on home organizing and house cleaning shortcuts at her website Organizing and cleaning tips and hints Get her free pamphlets and checklists and ideas to help you have more time to enjoy life.
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