Keep Your Home Looking GREAT!-The 15 minute clean up method

If you have last-minute hosting duties or have just forgotten to clean the house in a while, use the 15-minute cleanup plan for any room (or all of your rooms). Try setting a timer and doing it all in 15 minutes.

How a 15-Minute Cleanup Works

A 15-minute cleanup works because it recognizes that there are three types of items you need to clean up in a room. Everything falls into one of three categories:

1. Trash

2. Things that don't belong in the room.

3. Things that belong in the room, in a different place.

Having only a few categories to sort items into makes a pickup run more smoothly. The 15-minute cleanups also work because they are designed to maintain a room. Having a quick cleaning session in a room several times a week will keep your home looking great between more intense cleanings.

What a 15-Minute Cleanup Is and Isn't

A 15-minute cleanup is a brief step-by-step guide to cleaning a room in 15 minutes or less. While the room may not be white glove clean, it will be presentable to guests. Quick cleanups are a great way to maintain a home in between more thorough cleanings. These cleanups include step-by-step instructions, a list of supplies, tips, and links for more thorough information.

A 15-minute cleanup is not the only cleaning regimen you’ll need to keep your home in tip-top shape. It’s not an intense cleaning, but only a brief pickup of a room. To really keep a home clean, more thorough work will need to be done according to your cleaning schedule. Before intensely cleaning a room, it’s a good idea to start with that room's quick 15-minute cleanup.