Here’s how to do 15 minute cleans on each room of your house to keep your cleaning under control incase a visitor might show up.  A more thorough is required when you have more time, but this will do the trick in the meantime.

Living Room and Dining Room Quick Clean
Grab all your cleaning supplies.  Best kept in a tool tidy or cleaning bag to easily take from room to room.  Have a container with you so you can chuck in all the items that don’t belong there, this is so much quicker than running around placing all the items in their rightful place.

Give some attention to your sofa by brushing off crumbs and bits and then plump up the cushions.

Quickly brush off the coffee table and neatly stack and place items you wish to have on there.

If you collect books and magazines, don’t spend time sifting through them deciding what to chuck, just stack them neatly.

Now swiftly vacuum the floor, but don’t waste time moving furniture, this can be done when you are having a thorough clean.

If you have any time left, put away all those items in the container, then ……………relax.

Kitchen Quick Clean
Grab your bag or box of cleaning stuff that you have now made up, along with your container for putting all the stuff in that doesn’t belong in the kitchen and make this your first job.

If you have a dishwasher load it up with all the dirty dishes otherwise fill up your washing up bowl with warm soapy water and wash and dry all those dirty items.  Soak items that need soaking, don’t waste time scrubbing, leave for a while and then wipe away.

Wash down all the work tops and appliances, don’t clean inside them, this is just a quick clean don’t forget.

Vacuum or sweep the floor and mop.

Bathroom Quick Clean
Do a quick clean on your bathroom after each use, it saves time in the long run.

To start your quick clean chuck all dirty laundry in the linen basket, don’t even sort it, remember this is a quick clean.  Any rubbish lying around, put in the bin, do make sure you have a little bathroom bin.

Wipe down toilet, basin and bath with a disinfectant cleaner.

Place all unwanted items to the bathroom in your container.

Do a quick vacuum or sweep up and then mop.

Kids Room Quick Clean
Grab your cleaning bucket and your empty container.  Put all items in that container that shouldn’t be there.  Grab the dirty clothes lying around and put them in the laundry basket.  chuck the rubbish in a bin.

Make the bed, it makes a big different to the room, and puff up those pillows.

Pick up all the bits from the floor and put them in the relevant places

Bedroom
Try to keep a little on top of things here as it is so important to have a restful night after a hard days work.  A tidy bedroom makes for a relaxing sleep.  Keep displayed items to a minimum, that way it is so much easier to clean.

Chuck all laundry in the dirty linen basket.  Chuck all unwanted items in the container.  Make the bed, plumping up pillows and cushions.  Do a quick wipe down.

Vacuum and mop floor.