Since my house to to stay in "viewing condition" and I am not a person that typically lives in a sanitized bubble I have found (or stumbled upon) several ways to make my abode look and smell extra perfect, without spending my life cleaning, these tips I share now with you.
1) Store your extra boxes of Kleenex beside your laundry supplies, apparently it makes them smell "delicious" (this was not intention, I am not that clever, and Claire is the first person I have met that smells a Kleenex before snotting in it!)
2) CLR Kitchen & Bath is the most amazing cleaner in the world for everything kitchen and bath, I mean we had planned on getting a whole new pedestal sink until I used this stuff (I was kinda looking forward to the new sink though - do not use if, in your heart, you want a new sink; boyfriend will think old sink now looks just as good)
3) Swiffer is the best invention in the WORLD; it works better then a broom, it is faster (and possibly also more thorough) then a mop, and much lighter then a broom, if you do not have one, buy one, you will not regret it and you will be discussed how much crap is on your floors.
4) When you go out and buy the swiffer, buy swiffer dry, not swiffer wet; I made this mistake, I thought since we have hardwood, swiffer wet would be better, but it is not, go with dry.
5) After using water on or around any sink, counter top, or table wipe it down with a dry towel - you will notice it looks a lot better, trust me, do it! It polishes it perfectly, especially stainless steel, no streaks or water marks.
6) Get a diffuser (scent thing that you burn a candle in the bottom of) and buy the wax cubes, the cubes spread the scent throughout the house better then the little glass jars of liquid! Plus the smells tend to be more natural and less purfumey, if you are selling your house, if it does not smell natural, it smells like you are trying to cover something up.
7) To give anything a new look, spray paint it! Seriously, knobs, hinges, curtain rods, closet door handles..... anything you want, it is the cheapest way to give some rusty, busted up piece of metal a face lift!
8) PAINT! And I mean paint anything, you would be shocked how much of a difference painting out old white trim, doors and baseboard fresh white..... after a few years and much traffic, it does dull. Or an old dresser (I painted out white AND spray painted the knobs silver), coffee tables, whatever.... I seriously have a gallon of fresh start in the basement and just when I find something I think would be great but looks dated because of colour or style, I try painting it, it is so easy!
9) Put your off-season clothing in a storage bin and out of your closet, when buyers see an overstuffed closet they think there is not enough room, not even noticing that you have three times the amount of clothes they do.... and it is actually nicer for you too, I can see my clothes now!
The more I write, the more I realize how much this little house has taught me, about everything, it was a great first home, I'll miss it, but onto something even more terrible!!! Looking forward to it!
xo xo,
S
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