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Post# 1069431   4/26/2020 at 17:10 (1,460 days old) by Dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA))        

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I have been trying to get motivated to spring clean. I am wondering if any of you can offer tips or suggestions for people like me who don’t know where to start.




Post# 1069445 , Reply# 1   4/26/2020 at 19:53 (1,460 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)        

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I wish I had some motovation. But outside needs major cleaning up as we had a crappy spring with alot of wind, rain and snow most of the month. Need to get the windows open to really get inside spring cleaning done but it wants to stay winter with SNOW overnight again. Near the beginning of May is very rare.

Post# 1069475 , Reply# 2   4/26/2020 at 22:28 (1,460 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)        

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You could always start by taking the rugs outside and beating them. That might use up some nervous energy, anyway.

Post# 1069476 , Reply# 3   4/26/2020 at 22:53 (1,460 days old) by Stan (Napa CA)        
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Pick a room, make the commitment. And do just that room.
Stay focused on just that room.
Say..a bathroom..if there’s a under sink cabinet, clean it out. If the walls in the bathroom need washing..wash em! If they need painting, paint them! Anything that needs fixed, fix it!
Don't give up til that one room is complete.
By then you’ll be motivated to move on
HTH

Post# 1069480 , Reply# 4   4/26/2020 at 23:42 (1,460 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)        

Start simple.  Pick up stuff laying around.  Scan the room, what bothers you most? Start with that the rest will follow.

 

Personally I never do Spring Cleaning, I much prefer Fall Cleaning.  Doors and windows open a bit in the summer, you are out of the house a lot so the house is secondary.  However in the fall we all start huddling inside.  At that point I want everything cleaned,  polished and spotless.  That way I'm all preped for the holidays.
Post# 1069496 , Reply# 5   4/27/2020 at 03:59 (1,460 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)        

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I need to start with the hallway...it needs painting.  Small and simple.  Ok Gregory, get to it.
Post# 1069503 , Reply# 6   4/27/2020 at 05:56 (1,460 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)        
You can start anywhere Derek.

 Kitchen cabinets, in and out, closets, (maybe while changingover to summer wardrobe) and storing some winter clothes. Windows, even get the furnace ready for summer A/C use. I got a new filter, and a humidifier pad for next winter. They sell out fast if I wait till next fall. I'll vacuum the filter plenum, blower wheel, and inside the back panels.
As I'm retired, I started in January. There'es plenty to do outside now.
An old buddy rarley cleaned period. He said he lived alone, and no one visits. He let it get so gross, when he finally decided to do anything, he did a total makeover. Paint, furniture, carpet, all of it.

Post# 1069721 , Reply# 7   4/28/2020 at 14:09 (1,458 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        
I am wondering if any of you can offer tips

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Step 1: Break out the booze



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Post# 1069735 , Reply# 8   4/28/2020 at 16:46 (1,458 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

The other day, the idea came to me to move my parents' Stickley cherry bookcase up to my bedroom to hold my overflow of books like the ones on the stairs. I even found my Kindle that has never been out of the box. The bookcase has been standing, unused, in the living room since sometime in 2010. I had to move stuff out of the way in my bedroom to clear a path, but I managed to do it over two days with workdays beginning after 3PM when breakfast and morning shower are completed. I could not believe how heavy a small bookcase could be. I wrapped a pad around it and secured it with a bungee cord and took it up the steps one step at a time. I put two towels on the floor and gently scooted it into place. I am not even sore!

Post# 1069800 , Reply# 9   4/28/2020 at 22:37 (1,458 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ)        

"Start simple. Pick up stuff laying around. Scan the room, what bothers you most? Start with that the rest will follow."

That's what I do. When I'm really zoned out I literally wander around and the first thing I see that's out of place, I take care of that. And repeat.

Post# 1069802 , Reply# 10   4/28/2020 at 22:56 (1,458 days old) by lakewebsterkid (Dayton, Ohio)        
Honestly...

 ...invite someone that you need to impress over. I find myself cleaning frantically when this happens!


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