Disclaimer: “This review was made possible by iConnect Influencer Management, Febreze and Swiffer. I was compensated for my participation in this campaign, but all opinions are 100% mine.” The Two Classy Chics are not responsible for prize shipment or fulfillment.
It’s now September 19th and many of us are already starting to think about the holidays. After all of the hustle & bustle from summer, my house needed a good thorough cleaning, so that I’m ready for the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s holidays. When I say “thorough”, I really mean it! I’m going from room to room, top to bottom, and getting things cleaned up! Luckily, it is so easy to get hold of cleaning products as you can Buy Janitorial Supplies Online or in most stores!
Here are 7 Tips for Getting Your Home Clean for the Holidays.
1. Make a room-by-room list of things you want to clean and organize. Prioritize every task on your list and estimate how much time you think you’ll need to get it accomplished.
2. Get out a calendar and block off time for each room and project you want to complete. As your blocking off the days & time…schedule in a few extra hours here & there to work on any additional tasks or to finish up previous ones that need to be completed. Don’t try to complete everything in one or two weeks!
3. Enlist the help of other members who live in your household! Little kids can help clean out their toy boxes, clean out things from underneath their beds, dust, sweep, fold clothing and all sorts of other “tasks” and they like to feel like they’re part of the team!
4. As the seasons change, I make a honey-to-do-list and get my husband involved in repairing things around the house, changing out light bulbs, updating smoke detectors, installing new items and yes, helping with various cleaning projects.
5. Downsize, downsize and downsize! I can’t say that enough! The less stuff that you have sitting around, the less stuff you have to clean! If you haven’t used something or worn something in quite awhile…donate it or get rid of it!
6. Invest in the proper cleaning tools and products. You don’t need an “army” of tools & products, so trim it down and only purchase the ones that multi-task or get the job done quickly. Buy yourself a portable tote basket or wheelable cart, so that you can load it up with cleaning products and take it room to room with you. It saves on time and cuts down on the stress.
7. Once a room has been clean & organized, don’t forget to “refresh” it! You’ll want to use a good deodorizer, like Febreze and freshen up your throw rugs, furniture, curtains and other things that you typically don’t launder on a daily or weekly basis. When you walk into a room you want to smell a FRESH scent. Febreze removes all kinds of stinky odors from fabrications!
Extra Bonus Tips:
1. When it comes to cleaning my floors I love the Swiffer WetJet. Why you might ask? Well, I have several different types of flooring here in my home. I have ceramic tile, linoleum, slate-rock and hardwood flooring. I like that I can buy the various Swiffer brand floor cleaning products to accommodate all of my different floor types, but yet…I only need the Swiffer WetJet to dispense it. I also love how it gets right up to the edge of my baseboards and it leaves no sticky residue on my floors! I use BOTH the Swiffer WetJet Multisurface Solution and the WetJet Wood Solution.
2. Invest in good dusting products! I use the Swiffer duster for all of my dry dusting needs. I use it to dust my mini blinds, ceiling fans, bookcases, shelving units, etc. Buy yourself some great microfiber cleaning cloths and use those for dry and/or wet dusting. When I need to do wet dusting, I grab microfiber cloths…use them and then toss them into the laundry for cleaning and reuse.
3. Once you’re done with all of your projects…reward yourself & your family! Throw a little pizza party or sit down together to watch your family movie. After all, you all deserve it!
Are you ready to get started with your Fall & Holiday cleaning? Of course you are!
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Disclaimer: “This review was made possible by iConnect Influencer Management, Febreze and Swiffer. I was compensated for my participation in this campaign, but all opinions are 100% mine.” The Two Classy Chics are not responsible for prize shipment or fulfillment.
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Would love to try the swiffer. Would make cleaning the floors so much easier when the dogs come in; especially during the winter months
My challenge is pet fur from my dogs. I vacuum and sweep numerous times a day
I have used and still use Febreze. I love how it leaves items smelling fresh. I want to try the wetjet on my kitchen floor because I have heard how well it works.
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My number 1 challenge really is just getting the essentials done each day. The things you have to do to keep up. I just want to get a better routine to get through that quicker so I can actually make progress on the million and one other things!
My biggest challenge is my windows. They’re old and difficult to clean.
Trying to clean around the cats: they love to chase a duster around, attack any pile of dirt that has been swept up and the vacuum makes them freak out & run, knocking things over in their way.
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I clean houses for a living. I always hate doing floors. I love Swiffer!
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I’ve used the Febreze Fabric Freshener and their air fresheners and they are by far the best in eliminating odors. I would love to try the Swiffer WetJet on my wood flooring.
My biggest cleaning challenge is cleaning the shower & tub out. I have to bent over to clean tub out or get on my knees to clean it. Either way it’s a hassle each time because of my back pain.
Our number one challenge is dust! It’s so hard to keep down.
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THe bathroom! With little kids at home it means daily cleaning of the toilet from all ends!
My #1 challenge is a shower surround that goes to the top of my vaulted ceiling. Who designed that disaster? I have to put a ladder in the tub to clean it.
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My biggest challenge is vacuuming in small corners. Some places the vacuum will not fit in.
My #1 challenge is getting rid of the clutter. I’ll go through the house and put everything away but the next day it’s all come back like I didn’t do anything!
The bathrooms and the Kitchen stove top are my challenges.
My number one challenge are my blinds. I would love to try some of these products on them. I can never get all the dust off.
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Next to laundry my biggest problem is my floors. I have grandkids who are crawling or learning to walk so they have to be close to spotless.
For me the #1 challenge is making myself get started. Once I am cleaning I don’t mind doing it but it takes me a long time to talk myself into it.
Let’s see, 2 cats and 2 dogs, can I say STANK on your blog? Bless their hearts I bathe them, litter boxes are tidied every day, but sometimes they just stink. We have a total of 8 animal beds (so they sleep on the sofa of course).
My biggest challenge is fmy windows. A two year old and 2 dogs are always leaving all sort of smudges. I just can’t keep up.
I would like to try the swingers. I want that green box on my front porch.
My number 1 problem is trying to get wax stain off of my new kitchen floor. I’ve tried everything. My floor looks like it has the measles. Red spots everywhere.
My #1 challenge is trying to keep the walls nice and clean. We burn wood in the winter and it just yellows everything. I try to paint, to give it a fresh clean look but it’s hard to keep up with. I love the wood heat but it creates a lot of dust too.
My biggest problem is cleaning up after my cat.
Usually it’s not a problem but once in a while he’ll throw up somewhere on the carpet and I don’t find it until much later when it’s really set in. 🙁
I have a hard time with my breezeway, between the dogs and the foot traffic, I am always cleaning that area.
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I have used their Febreze air freshener products in our home before, but have not used any of the other products listed here.
I absolutely hate dusting and washes all the knick knacks that all got back into our china cabinet…..(boring!)
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My biggest cleaning challenge is my kitchen floor. It’s old and it always looks dirty.
I don’t like dusting. Our Living room is 2 floors and it is difficult to reach places like fans and window sills. I love sweeping with a swiffer on our hard floors.
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I tried the Febreze spray air fresheners before. They smell so nice & get rid of any bad odors! Believe it or not, I’ve never tried Swiffer products, but think they’d do a great job in my kitchen & hallway!
My biggest challenge is keeping my kitchen floor clean! It seems that everything gets spilled on it (and my teens are not known for picking up everything that falls!). On top of that, my dog is constantly shedding, and I’m constantly getting his fur up off the floors & carpets!
I have very high ceilings so getting into the corners, changing the air vent filters can be quite challenging.
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Yes i have used the Frebreze before love the smell or it and
it keeps your house smelling good
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My hardest challenge is cleaning the stove
lots of grease
I love and use Fabreeze! It is a great product so yes I have used it. With 5 cats, temp kittens being socialized, a dog and a stinky old husband, it sure comes in handy. I haven’t tried swiffer yet though.
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My hardest challenge is keeping up with all the dog hair.. we have hard wood floors!
Keeping up with the laundry is my number one problem in my house.
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When It Comes To Cleaning My Home The Biggest Challenge I Have Is The Pet Hair. I Have 3 Dogs And Their Hair Gets Everywhere! Plus Having Dogs Also Brings In Odors To My Home That Are Hard To Eliminate.
My number one challenge is that while I clean up, messes are constantly being made. It is so frustrating!
My hardest challenge is the hard to reach places like high wall shelves.
I have used Febreze before and thought it did a oood job.
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I really want to try the swiffer wet jet. I have never tried this product before; I think it will be handy to clean up the kitchen floor fast and for small spills.
My number one challenge is keeping my house clean! I will spend all day cleaning and with 3 dogs and 4 kids, it doesn’t stay clean very long! I wish there was a way to keep it clean for longer!
I have used both the Febreze and the swifter in my home.
My #1 challenge is the smell of my dog and guinea pig in the house.
I have used Febreze fabric freshener & love it!
I really don’t like cleaning the bathroom, especially mopping the floor.
I have not yet tried any of their products but I really want to because we have two little dogs in the house and two cats and these products look so great for a quick mop on the kitchen floor to clean up those paw prints.
When it comes to cleaning the house my number one fight is the dust. I am cleaning at least twice a week and dusting like a crazy person to fight the dust. I am also super crazy about clean floors so I am always mopping the kitchen floor.
My biggest challenge is motivation….LOL
My number one challenge is dust….it’s so hard to keep up with.
My number 1 challenge is animal hair. I have 5 cats and a dog, they outnumber us! Getting all of the hair every single day is overwhelming at times. There are days when they are shedding that I think I have picked up enough hair to make an extra animal.
My #1 challenge is reaching places that are high. I am arthritic andit can be difficult for me to stand on a step ladder and clean above myself.
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Dust and pet hair are my two biggest problems. I clean daily but it never ends!
I follow under bloglovin. I have used this before and loved it. Mine recently broke so looking for a new one. We get a lot of dust and dirt for we heat with 2 woodstoves and a pellet stove. We are busy in the winter here.
I would love to try one of the the swifter dusters!
My #1 challenge is dog and cat hair, we have 2 dogs, which shed a lot, plus 3 cats. There is always animal hair all over my floors. I sweeps at least 3 or 4 times a day and it is never enough!
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I have planes, buses, and automobiles running by 24/7. It is not easy keeping up with the dust,and literally soot,ugh. I just can never get ahead of it. I got rid of a bunch of knickknacks over the weekend, hoping to simplify my cleaning time! Well see.
My number one cleaning challenge is cleaning all the floors. They tend to get dusty again not long after I clean them.
Biggest Challenge is keeping up with it daily that is the best way to keep on top of things
I have the swifter wet jet, however I heard that the chemicals in their cleaner are harmful to animals, so I stopped using it, I also have the swifter dusters, and I love them. I am a fan of the swifter.
My #1 challenge is dog hair, we have a yellow lab and he sheds a lot. I do use the swifter which really helps alot, but I also have to vaccuum atleast 3 times a day. I also have used febreeze because of the dog smell and I absolutely love febreeze it is really a great product. Thanks for another fantastic giveaway to help us ladies work.
I have two senior cats and my dearest one, Fred, keeps missing his aim in the litter box, I don’t mind cleaning up, but I wish I had some better cleaners.
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I have used the Febreze Fabric refresher & the air sprays. We have some right now (with Tide scent.) I love the scents of Febreze!
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My biggest cleaning challenge is the curtains. I’m disabled & can’t take them down on my own, so sometimes the dust builds up, lol. I just have to wait until my brother can help.
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I use Swiffer on a regular basis on my wood floors. I find that it is the easiest way to keep them clean and to get hard to reach spots.
Cleaning window blinds is a challenge because it seems to tedious to really do a good job. And I probably wait too long in between times because I really don’t like doing it.
All the HAIR we have flying around!! We have 3 dogs, 1 cat and a bird flying around and then there are my 2 girls! Lots of daily cleaning around here!
we have five cats and cleaning up after them is the biggest problem we have. there is always so much cat hair everywhere. Also, one of our cats tends to pee in the wrong places! getting rid of the smell is a pain!