How to Get Your Room Clean

A clean room will be a more functional room.

When it comes to cleaning your room, you might not have much motivation. After all, generally guests in your house will not have much reason to venture beyond the kitchen, family room or dining room. Therefore, you believe you can keep your bedroom as messy as you want. However, this is a negative mindset which can result in your room getting more dirty and disorganized. Instead of putting off this chore, take the time to get your room clean today.

Things You'll Need

• Bedding
• Hangers
• Hamper
• Baskets
• Duster or cloth
• Vacuum cleaner

Instructions

1. Make the bed. You will be amazed at how much cleaner your room will look once the bed is made. If necessary, change the sheets, pillow cases and bedding and throw the dirty ones in your hamper.

2. Throw all dirty clothes in the hamper, and hang the rest up on hangers in your closet or fold them up and put them into drawers. While you're at it, put away linens that might be hanging around in a laundry basket.

3. Organize the various areas of your bedroom, such as the tops of your dressers, bookshelves and CD or DVD cases. Organization is a key part of getting and keeping your room clean. If it helps, place items in various sized baskets to keep them organized.

4. Dust the entire room using a duster or damp cloth. It's important to dust before vacuuming because you're likely to throw the dust all around the room in the process.

5. Vacuum the floors, including underneath your bed and behind dressers. Also, vacuum window shades, curtains and inside your closet.

References

• Mrs. Clean: How to Organize Your Bedroom
• Good Housekeeping; Room-by-Room House-Cleaning Guide; Heloise