Keeping a house clean is not an easy task especially if small kids are in the house. It is difficult for working women to keep the house clean as they don't get time in weekdays.Yet we can try our best to keep it clean. Mostly we will clean our house when somebody visits our home. Otherwise we don't spend much time and give importance to it. If somebody comes suddenly, we will dump all the scattered things to the cupboard and close its door so that everything will look neat. But this is not the correct way.A clean house definitely creates a positive atmosphere. So we should clean the house regularly. If it is our own house, then we should take extra care in maintaining it properly.Let us see what kind of actions we have to take to keep the house clean.

General:

• Wipe the dust in all the fans of your house monthly with a cloth so that dust does not get accumulated.
• Wipe the dust in all doors and windows of your house regularly.
• Clean the house with a broom stick daily. If not possible daily, atleast try to do it every other day.
• Clean the house with a cleaning solution using a mob once in a week.
• Clean all the dusts in the walls of your house once in a month.

Living room/Hall

• This is the important place in the house to be kept clean always as visitors and guests will sit in this place only.
• Clean the dust in sofa and other furnitures atleast every two months.
• Sofa covers have to be clean and dirt free. It is better to change it atleast once in a month. If we can keep two sets of covers, then we can use it alternatively.
• In every house there will be a center table in the hall to keep books, papers etc. It is also used by the guests to keep coffee mugs and plates. The table should be cleaned regularly preferably with a cotton cloth. If the table is made of glass, then we can clean it with glass cleaning solutions. It is better to avoid placing very hot and hard things on the glass table to avoid damage to it.
• Every house will have a showcase rack where all the fancy and artistic items are kept. These items should be cleaned regularly atleast once in a month.
• If you are keeping the waste baskets in the hall, make sure that the wastes are cleaned daily and the baskets are washed once in a week. It is better to keep the food wastes in a separate basket and keep it in or near the bathroom.
• If your living room has a wash basin, clean the basin atleast once in a month with some cleaning solutions. Always keep a towel and handwash near the washbasin.
• Keep the remote of your near the TV itself. In many houses, this is the thing which is searched often as some people will have the habit of taking this along with them and keeping somewhere.
• If you have carpets in your hall, clean the dust in it atleast every month.

Dining Area


Mostly in houses, all the things except food items will be kept in dining table. We should change this habit.

• Keep only food items in the dining table.
• If the dining table is made of glass, then extreme care should be taken to maintain it. Very hot items should not be placed on the table.
• It is better to use table mats and keep food over that. It will be very easy for cleaning as we have to just wash only the mats.
• Keep fruits, biscuits and other eatables in the table so that it will be easy to take that and give to  kids / guests.
• Always keep a towel near the table so that it can be used to wipe after washing hands.
• Hang a towel somewhere beneath the table for cleaning purposes.
• When some food item spills on the table, clean it straightaway and don't allow it to become dry. Otherwise it will be very time consuming to clean it.

Pooja room

• Don't keep the old flowers on the idols. Remove it as and when.
• If you are using brass lamps for lighting diyas, then wash it with brass cleaning powder once in a week.
• If you are using silver lamps, then use silver cleaning solution to clean it when it becomes black.
• If oil is spilled over the lamp, then clean it immediately. Otherwise it will stick to our hands.
• Use a newspaper or brown paper for the shelves in the pooja room, so that if oil spills over , we can replace that paper with new one.
• Keep the agarbathi stand in a plate so that the ashes will fall on the plate and won't fall anywhere else. Then it is very easy to clean the plate.
• Clean the idols and photo frames of gods by wiping it with a cotton cloth once in a month so that they will look always new.

Kitchen


This place has to maintained clean always because it may affect our health if the kitchen is not hygenic.

• First and foremost thing is we should not allow insects like ants, cockroaches, lizards etc in the kitchen as this will damage the food items which will be hazardious to our health.
• We should wash the containers used to store dhals, rice, wheat etc when is becomes empty and before refilling it. Because sometimes the traces of old items will be there in the container and we will refill on the top of it.
• Clean the bottles used for storing oil everytime before refilling it. Otherwise the bottle will become sticky and can also smell bad.
• Clean the cupboards atleast once in a month by taking out all the vessels.
• Clean the tiles on the walls behind the stove if you see any food item on that. Otherwise clean it every week.
• If you use any vessel for heating water, wash it everytime before refilling it.
• Clean the gas stove everynight after the cooking for the day is finished.
• Wash the counter top in kitchen everyday and don't allow any food items to reside in it as it will attract ants.
• Clean the washbasin zinc everyday without fail.
• Don't put the waste food items in the zinc as sometimes it may got stuck inbetween and water will not flow freely through the tubes.
• Clean the taps once in a month with a cleaning solution.
• Take all the items from the refrigerator,switch it off and clean all the plates, tubs and inside the refrigerator. This should be done atleast once in a month.

Bed Room


This place has to be clean for a comfortable and peaceful sleep.

• Change the pillow covers, bed spreads and blankets every month.
• Don't throw any clothes on the bed or floor. Instead hang it on the coat stand or keep it in the cupboards.
• Keep the pillows and bed by removing the cover once in atleast two months.
• Keep napthalene balls in the cupboards where you keep clothes to avoid any insects.
• Avoid eating any type of food in bed room as any spilled item will attract ants.
• Change the curtains of the windows every three months. Keep two pairs of curtains always.
• Clean the windows atleast every two months so that sand will not come inside the room.
• Keep the clothes in an organised manner so that it will be easy to take clothes. If you keep all the clothes like the shape of a mountain, it will be difficult to search the cloth you wish to wear.

Garden


If your house has a garden, then cleaning work will be more for you as sand may come inside the house. I don't have many points here as i don't have a garden in my house. ( But i love gardens )

• Cut unwanted plants regularly and trim the growing plants.
• Use thick floor mats on the way from your garden to the house so that the sand will get deposited in the mats and will not inside your house.

Bathroom


This place also should be clean and hygenic.Otherwise we can get infections.

• Use air fresheners in the toilets compulsarily and refill it regularly.
• Wash the bathrooms and toilets by using acid atleast once in every two weeks.
• Clean the taps in the bathrooms and toilets by using cleaning solution atleast once in a month.
• Clean the western and indian closets in the toilets every week.
• Clean the wall tiles in the bathroom and toilet atleast once in a month.
• Don't allow water to get stagnant in bathroom. Wipe it with a stick.
• Use sanitizers frequently for indian and western closets in toilets.
• Change the floor mats near the bathrooms and toilets atleast every week.

Comments :

If we keep everything in our house in an organised manner then half of the cleaning is over and time is not wasted in searching things. If we follow all the steps above even if not exactly according to the time span given above and a bit late, definitely our house will be like a paradise.

If i have missed any good point in cleaning, you are most welcome to share that in comments.