How can I clean up my apartment fast?
Clutter everywhere!
I know I have a lot of stuff, but it was neat.
I was gone for 3 weeks and my Boyfriend has managed to turn it into a pig stye!
any advice for sorting through things quickly and efficiently
and organizing?
Answers:
try www.flylady.com they have a great regimen that won't burn you out on keeping it tidy... give your boyfriend a list of chores!
Other answers:
Getting off your lazy butt and starting
Getting off your lazy butt and starting
Sweep everything under the carpet (the lumpy look is in this season), and push the rest into a closet! Hey presto...clean apartment
get started n go at it
Quit wasting time on line. That should help out a lot!
make your boyfriend clean it. he's the one that made the mess.
Can you say Firehose?
Get your lazy butts off the couch and clean it up on section at a time...even spending 20 minutes each day will help!
I do organize my apartment periodically. I help my wife in doing so. Just decluttering will be a montonous job. I keep decluttering job interesting by changing the look of the hall / room periodically. Everytime, I plan to change the look, I find something is not necessary at all. I love to clean my house. Play music. Wear the casual dress you love. The work will be interesting. At the end, reward yourself by having good snacks.
I have thought about setting the fire department loose on my place at times and having them hose it out.
Shop Vac!
Start at one end and work your way to the other end.
I have a house and family of six to clean and laundry enough to make Mt. Closemore. thank God you have only an apartment honey!
Stick everything in a garbage bag, and throw it away, or stick it in the closet.
1. Get off the computer.
2. Kick your boyfriend off the couch
3. Start giving orders, cause if you wait on him hand and foot now, all hope is lost for the future.
First get your boyfriend out. Then I would go without food for a day to use the money to hire someone...although your boyfriend should pay but good luck there! There are people who come to your home and organize your closetts and stuff. I hired one for just my wardrobe and it has stayed organized for 3 years now.
How about contacting the fab 5 for your boyfriend.
or those 2 English women from the show 'How clean is your house" Is yours that bad? :)
pile everything up infront of the TV. That'll motivate both of u :)
You should give half the work to your boyfriend, for your half, divide it into separate jobs then finish them one by one.
Find a day when you have nothing to do but clean.
it is better when you do this by yourself so that no one will distract you.
Put on your favorite dancing CD on and, then start cleaning.
Before you know it, once you start, you do not want to stop!
Maybe you have to much stuff. When I clean I try and throw out or git rid of (donate) things I haven't worn or used in the last six months. I no longer save that shirt with the stain that I might get out someday or the jeans that I might get into next year. I have less clutter and feel good about donating. You may also try and find a neater boyfriend. My husband is so neat that he puts me to shame.
The best thing for me is to start with the smallest room and work from there. As I finish each room it makes me feel like I'm making headway and it motivates me to move to the next room. So, start with the bathroom and go from there. It's a matter of not being intimidated or overwhelmed by the mess. Good luck!
divide the room mentally into 4 seperate areas and clean each area completely before moving to next , also reducing clutter by throwing things away really helps , especially those non seasonal items that are hiding in your closets , if its been in the closet for more then 6 months do you really need to keep it ? toss that junk out or better yet have a yard sale ! spend the money on a spa after a hard day cleaning up after your piggy :P
Send your bf to the movies and make sure you have lots and lots of trash bags!
Grab a garbage bag & start tossing trash. That right there will help. Do one room at time & finish that room before you start another. That is overwhelming.
Get out the boxes and trash bags. Just start in one room and start sorting things out. One box for belongs elsewhere, one box for belongs in this room but isn't in the right place. One or more bag for trash, one bag for recyclables, one bag for donatables.
After everything is in boxes and bags, move everything off the ground and vacuum. Then clean all washable/wipable surfaces. Then dust.
start with the living room. get a trash bag and put all the trash in it and make a pile for things you need to put up. start with the room people will see first. the ones they cant see get them last.
Duede tht ws funny
I would also look at flylady.net, there big thing is getting a timer setting it for 15 minutes and start doing a job, when your 15 minutes are up, set time again, and go to another job, You won't become bored if you do it this way, and you can get a lot done in 15 minutes it is amazing.
Good Luck
Grab some boxes, throw all the junk in there. tidy up some. Then when you have time go through the boxes and put everything up. With men it helps if you wash all your stuff and leave his in a laundry basket. The when he start griping about no clean clothes maybe he will get the point. This isnt 1930 it takes both partners to take care of everything.
Hehehe..think dis the best answer....Just get some maid or use a hoste to spill the water at your apartment then after just wait it for 2 days to be dried....
Make your boyfriend clean it,help him if you want it done right!
I have 3 rules of thumb for cleaning clutter.
1. If you haven't used it in at least 1 year, toss it or give it away.
2. For those items that you use periodically or seasonally, put them in an accessible yet out of the way spot, like the back of a closet.
3. Find an accessible spot to keep things that are used daily or quite often and put these things back in their spots when you are done with them. Of course, getting a boyfriend to do this can be quite a chore. I have a husband and 2 teenage boys who can never manage this. Hope this helps to at least organize your clutter a bit.
get plastic tubs or boxes and label and put papers in one and etc. then go through each one when you are watching tv.