You look at homes on television, in magazines, and even analyze the homes you visit and wish you had the same living environment. The spaces are immaculate, smell amazing, and the attention to detail and organization only enhance the style and personality of the chosen decor. It leaves you to speculate how they were able to accomplish it all. “ Surely they don’t have children, they work flexible schedules, or they have the financial means to hire people to help design, clean, and organize their spaces.”
Although the above factors can make maintaining a clean, comfortable, and attractive living space easier, the core answer is often more straightforward. They understand the importance of periodically deep cleaning their house or apartment. These homeowners are willing to invest time, money, and effort into going beyond the surface and cleansing their spaces from top to bottom. While this might seem like a chore you don’t have time for, perhaps these facts will convince you otherwise.
Illnesses And Allergic Reactions
Every time you, the kids, pets, contractors, or guests enter your home, they track in harmful germs, bacteria, allergens, and viruses. These contaminants enter and penetrate everything from the air you breathe to the furniture you sit on. Though you may wipe the counters and mop the floors regularly, whatever is left behind accumulates and spreads, increasing your risk of having an allergic reaction or getting sick.
A whole house clean encompasses tasks that enable you to go beyond the surface. For example, clearing out your kitchen cabinets, spraying all-natural all-purpose cleaner, and wiping the cabinets out with bamboo paper towels eliminates any buildup.
Pest Control
Spotting an ant, spider, or mouse on occasion is common. However, when you have an infestation, it can lead to significant problems. Pests tend to stay in homes that are unkempt and disorganized. Their presence is not only uncomfortable but the germs and bacteria they leave behind are harmful to your health. While you could hire an exterminator to get rid of the pests for you, they’ll quickly return if your house is not up to par.
When you deep clean your house, it reduces the chances of an infestation. Taking steps like getting rid of clutter, storing paper products like bamboo toilet paper in plastic storage containers, and disposing of trash properly makes your home less attractive to pests.
Mental Health
Did you know that your home environment impacts your mood? Think about it. When you come home from work and the house is dirty, cluttered, and disorganized, how does it make you feel? Chances are you feel anxious, stressed, and even depressed. If you’re already emotionally overwhelmed or struggling with mental illness, staying in an unclean living space exacerbates your symptoms.
What if all you had to do to feel at peace was take the time to clean your entire house? If you eliminate things you don’t need, organize the things you want, and cleanse everything from the attic to the basement, you improve your health and enhance your home experience.
Aesthetics
Who doesn’t want their house to look good? That’s why people invest so much money in home decor items to give the style and personality of their living space. Keep in mind, however, no matter how amazing your home’s features or decor is, if the space is not clean, you can’t appreciate its beauty. You’re not going to pay attention to the couch if the first thing you see when you walk in is dingy carpets and boxes of junk.
If you want to improve the aesthetics and decor of your house or apartment, you must tackle deep cleaning. Every so often, you need to purge, organize, and cleanse every nook and cranny in your home. Then, when you do invest in new furniture or decor, it stands out.
No one likes the idea of having to clean their entire house, but when you look at the consequences of neglect, it makes sense. You spend a lot of time in your living space, impacting your physical and emotional well-being. When you invest the time, money, and energy into maintaining your house or apartment, you reap the benefits of an overall better quality of life.
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