Every month there are some things that you can deep clean in your home. There are also household cleanings that are done quarterly, twice a year or annually. Here are three things to deep clean for this month.

A laundry room is often an afterthought in our homes. I recently read an article that stated ‘If the kitchen is the heart of the home, the laundry room is the kidneys’.https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/g16829311/small-laundry-room-ideas/ Kidneys play a vital role in our health and well being. Having a place in your home, that is organized and clean to […]

One of my least favourite household chores is dealing with the dirty washing, I hate laundry. I used to feel overwhelmed by the piles of dirty washing. Then I would feel even more overwhelmed by the mounds of clothes that had to be sorted, ironed and put away. Laundry schedule A few years ago; I […]

What does Covid-19 or Coronavirus have to do with clutter in your home and becoming a hoarder? Truthfully, it has nothing to do with the clutter. However, the lock-down does play a part in the development of your household clutter and a tendency to hoard. The psychological effect of the lockdown and the uncertainty of […]

Having a set routine will not do away with this altogether but it should reduce the morning mayhem significantly. I have previously written about creating a daily routine for children http://kasheringyourlife.co.za/good-mornings-and-good-nights/ and thought it was time to focus on the parents. I have thought about this carefully and even ‘mostly’ tested it myself during these […]

Cleaning your bathroom is something that happens every day but is it really getting clean?  And what about the cleaning soaps we use, are those that get the stains out, that good? House Cleaning Check list What did they use before the ducks and the gels? How did you get a bathroom really clean? Do you […]

5 sheets to the wind is usually an expression used when someone is very drunk.  This is what I should have been when I read an article about how often you should wash your sheets. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/do-you-wash-your-sheets-enough-probably-not/ Changing your bed linen weekly is something I assumed happened in every home, apparently not! The recommendation is once […]

Aren’t you tired of hearing, ‘there’s nothing to eat’? I know when I started meal planning it was something I heard all the time. Along with ‘there’s no food’ and ‘what’s for supper?’. Inventory I had just changed jobs from a 7-7 (6-8+) to office work where I had time to plan. I decided to […]

Do you spend a part of your morning picking up washing from different parts of the house? How close to the laundry basket does the dirty washing get? Last year I introduced small washing baskets into each bedroom, as well as the ones already in the bathrooms and for the most part the dirty clothes […]

Your laundry room Where do you do your laundry? Do you have a laundry room or do you have laundry equipment in the kitchen? Wherever it is, it needs to be organised. How often does your washing machine get cleaned?  Are your washing detergents organised? Do you have old expired bleach? Believe it or not, […]