Hello,
I’m hoping to get lots of great ideas here.
I hate spending a lot of time cleaning but don’t want to hire a cleaning service. Ok, I will hire someone for the windows though.
That’s why I’m thinking about what to consider during both building and furnishing a house to always have a clean home with minimal effort.
Tips from any area are welcome, including for the garden.
I’ll start with my thoughts:
- No tiles at all, everything seamless
- Prefer spotlights rather than hanging lights
- Brick or masonry showers instead of glass shower enclosures
- Rimless toilets
- Wall-mounted furniture and sofas on legs so dust and robot vacuum can easily pass underneath; basically, arrange all furniture to accommodate the robot vacuum
- Lots of storage space, minimal decoration. Prefer hanging a photo collage rather than many separate photo frames
- In the kitchen, no countertops wrapping around corners. Rather smaller countertops and open space. Store all kitchen appliances and dust collectors inside cabinets
I’m hoping to get lots of great ideas here.
I hate spending a lot of time cleaning but don’t want to hire a cleaning service. Ok, I will hire someone for the windows though.
That’s why I’m thinking about what to consider during both building and furnishing a house to always have a clean home with minimal effort.
Tips from any area are welcome, including for the garden.
I’ll start with my thoughts:
- No tiles at all, everything seamless
- Prefer spotlights rather than hanging lights
- Brick or masonry showers instead of glass shower enclosures
- Rimless toilets
- Wall-mounted furniture and sofas on legs so dust and robot vacuum can easily pass underneath; basically, arrange all furniture to accommodate the robot vacuum
- Lots of storage space, minimal decoration. Prefer hanging a photo collage rather than many separate photo frames
- In the kitchen, no countertops wrapping around corners. Rather smaller countertops and open space. Store all kitchen appliances and dust collectors inside cabinets
This might be a bit of a stretch, but regarding this topic, I would also recommend "Magic Cleaning" by Marie Kondo. You can watch the series for free on Netflix as a trial, although it mainly focuses on families decluttering. The book also contains a lot of practical advice for people with regular households.
It’s not specifically about cleaning, but as Shiny already mentioned -> having fewer possessions makes life more enjoyable and the home easier to keep clean.
One of her fundamental rules is to store as much as possible behind doors and fronts. The less clutter there is on surfaces, the easier and faster it is to clean them. This already starts with the kitchen countertop. It makes a big difference whether I just have to wipe it once with a hot cloth and dish soap after cooking or if I have to lift, temporarily move, and then put back 30 items.
It’s not specifically about cleaning, but as Shiny already mentioned -> having fewer possessions makes life more enjoyable and the home easier to keep clean.
One of her fundamental rules is to store as much as possible behind doors and fronts. The less clutter there is on surfaces, the easier and faster it is to clean them. This already starts with the kitchen countertop. It makes a big difference whether I just have to wipe it once with a hot cloth and dish soap after cooking or if I have to lift, temporarily move, and then put back 30 items.
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pagoni20206 Jul 2020 09:33There is a quite nice, well-known book called "Simplify Your Life," and I believe there is also a website, podcast, etc. under that name. Now that I am reminded of it, I think I will give it a read.
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Pinkiponk6 Jul 2020 09:46Bookstar schrieb:
Not stairs but a ramp, so the robots can clean across both floors.I’m not sure if your suggestion was serious or not, but I find it brilliant. Could you please tell me why this is so rarely, if ever, implemented in houses? Going up a ramp isn’t more tiring than climbing stairs, or am I mistaken? Besides, everything could then be easily rolled up and down without having to carry things.Pinkiponk schrieb:
Or am I mistaken?You are mistaken!
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