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
Fummelbrett! schrieb:
Yes, a separate door to the garden with a dirt lock area. We even have a shower installed there. In this area (which also includes a toilet and sink), there is a floor drain. That means it can easily be sprayed out or mopped. For work shoes, there is a shelving system on the wall; shoe trays are placed on the shelves and can be rinsed off when needed. Basically, nothing is kept on the floor so it can be vacuumed or mopped quickly.
In general, inside the house: many open surfaces, furniture (especially in the bathroom!) mounted on the wall. In the bathroom, also few open shelves; it’s better to store things in drawers and cabinets.
If curtain rods are installed, make sure the curtains can be removed quickly for cleaning.
Use bookshelves with doors. Coffee tables with drawers help keep coasters, tissues, bottle openers, remote controls, etc., out of sight and dust-free.
In the kitchen, make sure that as little as possible is standing or hanging around. So, no wall strips with spatulas, but everything stored in drawers. Attach suitable glides under chairs and furniture so they can easily be moved for cleaning. Plan enough power outlets — also have a cleaning closet on the upper floor with vacuum cleaner and mop so you don’t have to carry everything up and down all the time.
Mount the TV on the wall or on a swivel arm. In the office, hang the computer under the desk or mount a mini PC behind the monitor. Attach the screen(s) on arms as well. Don’t lay cables on the floor; fix them to the desk.
Bedroom: hang bedside tables on the wall; they should also have drawers for storing small items. Bedside lamps should also be mounted on the wall.Well, if nothing is standing around in my country style kitchen, it just looks plain...It needs things like:
A nostalgic scale,
A fruit basket,
A bread box,
Storage jars.
Yes, I dust those off for 10 minutes a week... but that’s what makes it cozy compared to a clean, sterile look.
I always carry the robot vacuum from floor to floor; you still have to clear a bit before it starts...
At least on the ground floor, laptop cables always lie around, and in the bedroom there’s always stuff lying about that needs to be tidied first...
It’s not just about buying a second one...
You also have to take care of it...
Update apps, clean it, change the brush...
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Grillhendl21 Jul 2020 09:18I haven’t read through all the posts, but something I noticed in our new build is that thanks to our ventilation system, we have significantly (!) less dust (on the furniture...). Of course, you just shouldn’t leave the windows wide open all day long, or then it becomes irrelevant again.
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hampshire21 Jul 2020 09:27Integrated blinds running between the glass panes in the windows also come to mind.
Grillhendl schrieb:
Thanks to our ventilation system, we have significantly (!) less dust (on the furniture...) Yes, that is definitely another advantage of these systems besides the overall increase in comfort.
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