What do you do when you deep clean your house?

The first thing I do is start in all the bathrooms at once. Take everything out of the bathtubs and showers and spray them with the bathroom cleaner of your choice and let them soak. Do the same with toilets. Place the cleaning products and rinse them first with the brush.

This is a good time to bring a garbage bag and empty all garbage cans. You can make a simple glass cleaner by adding 1 drop of Dawn soap to 20 oz of water. I hear you Cyndi10, cleaning is no fun. But when it's over, it feels great.

Those damn lampshades are a pain in the ass. Sweep, then mop or scrub bathroom and kitchen floors, and any other floors that need it. Remove items and clean hooks and shelves. Use a damp cloth or all-purpose cleaner to wipe dirt off any shelf or hook, especially where shoes are stored.

Spring cleaning is about tackling areas that are forgotten for the rest of the year. Grab an extendable duster and attack ceiling fans, pendant and recessed lights, moldings and more. Make sure you start cleaning here, from top to bottom, so you don't have to vacuum the floor twice. If the house hasn't been maintained, you'll likely find a lot of dusty corners that haven't been cleaned in a while the first time you clean.

If you really want to reduce cleaning time, says Sardone, then you need to clean more often. Sherry, my parents worked outside the home, so I grew up in a house that they cleaned professionally and I never learned to clean properly. For example, I always get tired of cleaning every little item off the shelves when I do general cleaning. It is important to clean more often throughout the year rather than just a little spring cleaning.

Don't start a room by cleaning the coffee table and then cleaning the blinds, just to see how dust from the blinds covers your freshly cleaned coffee table. To clean the mattress, press firmly with the upholstery tools and crevices of the vacuum cleaner to clean the top and sides. One reason why cleaning other people's homes is much easier than cleaning your own, is that you're not involved in the mess. Dispose of all obsolete cleaning supplies, taking special care to follow your city's instructions, as not all cleaning supplies can go in the normal municipal garbage collection.

Once you've set up your cleaning schedule and removed the mess, it's time to start cleaning. Get the whole family involved by adding some fun to your cleaning routine or try one of these cleaning games. Finishing a thorough cleaning of the whole house is the perfect opportunity to establish a regular cleaning schedule. If you follow a cleaning schedule and do the whole house every week, you'll probably find that it will take you less time to do basic cleaning.

Before you start to notice an odor on your appliance, clean the washing machine by adding bleach and activating the special cleaning cycle of the washing machine, or use a washing machine cleaner, such as the GH Seal Star Tide washing machine cleaner.