Christmas is the perfect time to bring some joyous colours and festivities into your home. But this magnificent time of the year can leave a daunting aftermath of cleaning and reorganising.
Before going into your 2023 interior design venture, it’s good to refresh your home first after the busy holiday season. Doing this can prepare your home to welcome new furniture pieces and decorations.
The holiday season brings togetherness with families, friends, and co-workers. This season of delicious foods and festivities also means that your home can be messy after the celebration. If you are this year’s holiday host, start preparing a post-holiday cleaning plan to make the cleaning task more manageable. Here are some ways to clean and organise your space after the holiday season.
Clean Up After the Party
The first and one of the most tedious tasks on this list is cleaning your home after the holiday party. From gathering and washing the plates to putting the lights and decorations away, there sure is a long list of things that you should do.
To easily get through your list, start by collecting the dishes and kitchenware used for cooking and entertaining your guests. Get the dishwasher working afterwards.
Wipe off the surfaces and look under tables and chairs for any leftovers. Remove all linens used during the party and throw them in your washing machine, following the appropriate cleaning instructions. After that, disinfect the area before replacing the fresh linens.
Clean and Disinfect Your Kitchen Appliances
While you’re at it, carefully clean and disinfect your kitchen appliances after use. Your kitchen hob and oven will be the target of spills, crumbs, and lots of stubborn dirt, so make sure to remove all the grit and grime before cooking your next meal. Medium-sized kitchen appliances like your blender and mixer need some thorough cleaning too.
Clean Out or Store Your Holiday Food
Sort the food you want to keep from the food you must discard. Keep foods that you want to store in secured and labelled fridge containers, and stock them in order of planned consumption. These containers with lids are an absolute must-have, especially during busy seasons where food can easily get lost and spoil in a pile. It’s good to understand your refrigerator’s sections to know what goes where and successfully preserve your food without the risk of contamination.
It’s vital to keep your fridge clean and uncluttered before the holidays because you are expected to add more items during and after the celebration. Before anything else, empty your fridge and throw away expired food to avoid contamination. Clean your racks and shelves, and deodorise your refrigerator with baking soda. Give your refrigerator a well-deserved deep cleaning to get it ready for new food supplies.
Sort Out Your Holiday Gifts
Go through all your Christmas gifts and cards to create a thank-you list for an advanced Christmas list for the next year. Determine what gifts are needed and what gifts are needed to be shared or donated. This is to prevent cluttering your space with too many items. It’s important to be firm when deciding what stays and what doesn’t.
Declutter Your Space
While sorting out gifts, take the opportunity to purge extra items from your home that you can donate with your extra gifts. You can use this time to bid goodbye to your outdated magazines, newspapers, and worn-out items to prepare your home for the next year’s items.
Once you figure out what should stay, invest in spacious storage boxes to keep your items in secured and neat-looking areas.
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Remove Seasonal Decorations
Take down your lights and holiday decorations to save them for next year. To prevent cables from being tangled, roll your light strings around a thin piece of cardboard before storing them in a closed container. You can also sort ornaments into smaller storage boxes before placing them together in a bigger storage box. Carefully store your items to save yourself the possible headache of locating each piece of decor next year.
Clean the Guest Bedroom
After removing your decor, go through your guest room and toss out leftover foods and plastic packages. Make sure to double check if there are any important items left, especially keys that are easy to lose. Dust off the surfaces and vacuum clean the room with a vacuum cleaner with an upholstery attachment. Strip off the bedding accessories and vacuum-clean the bed frame and mattress. Replace the bedding and fluff the pillows for a fresher guest space.
Deep Clean Your Furniture Pieces
While you’re at it, you can also start deep cleaning your furniture pieces, especially the sofa, where family members and guests often gather. To lighten the load, do your general cleaning with your family members as a post-holiday bonding activity. Be creative when cleaning your home to make it less of a chore and more of a fun activity. Collaboration will surely make your cleaning activities more fulfilling. You can also schedule separate cleaning sessions for each room. Cleaning your home becomes more manageable when you do some planning.
Vacuum Your Area Including Your Upholstery Furniture
Once everything is clean, vacuum your area, including your upholstered sofa and rugs, to remove leftover crumbs and dust. If you have pets at home, you may use a lint roller to remove pet dander from the carpet and sofa.
If plausible, open your windows and allow fresh air inside your home. Once you are done with these steps, you are now ready to decorate your home for the coming year!
Conclusion
Make way for a clean and relaxing 2023 by cleaning your home. If you plan to start fresh and renew your interior design, cleaning and decluttering your space is highly important. The better you clean your home post-holiday, the easier it will be to furnish and decorate it for the next year.
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