Things You'll Need:
- Throw rugs
- Furniture throws
- Vacuum
- Lightweight, cordless electric broom
- Carpet and fabric stain remover
- Odor remover (such as Nature's Miracle)
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Step 1
Lower your expectations on what a clean house looks like. You'll still have floors you can eat off of, and you'll know it because you'll find lots of food on them.
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Step 2
Spot clean messes immediately. This means killing the five minutes before work by vacuuming dog hair off the sofa, the ten minutes after work by sweeping dog food off the kitchen tiles and the three minutes before bed by wiping paw prints off the full-length mirror.
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Step 3
Avoid anything white. This includes couches, carpets and walls. Pick neutral brown tones for everything. Unless, of course, you happen to have a white dog that sheds a lot.
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Step 4
Invest in printed throw rugs, pillows and furniture throws. They look jazzy and can hide any giant gobs of pet hair or paw streaks.
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Step 5
Make your bed, as usual, but don't expect it to stay made. One trick is to tuck the bedspread under the mattress so it's harder for the doggie duo to claw the blankets into a snarled heap.
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Step 6
Keep shoes, scarves, books and anything else the dogs may like to chew up or throw around in closets or higher bookcase shelves where they are hard to reach.
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Step 7
Keep a dog toy box out in the open where toys can be collected from beneath your feet but accessible so your dogs can get to them. Teach your dogs a really cool trick: putting their toys back in the box when they're done.
