post off: do you spring clean?
It’s that time of the year again; time for every magazine on the newsstands (yes, we mean you, Ms.-I-Love-Housekeeping-Stewart) to remind us that we should be spending a weekend or two spring cleaning our homes. Looking around, yes, we admit there a few extra cleaning tasks that we should do (wash the curtains, beat the rugs, polish the floor) — but will we? It’d be much more motivating to hear about your spring cleaning plans than to read a long list of tasks in a magazine. After taking a look at Alicia’s super clean fridge at Rosey Little Things, we’re just about ready to grab those rubber gloves. What about you? Will you spring clean your house? If so, what special tasks do you do now, that you don’t do normally?
March 29th, 2007 at 6:47 am
I won’t be spring cleaning, I’m trying to clean so I can get new flooring put in. It’s not going well. Every time I try and get rid of stuff the husband drags it back in like a stray dog.
I did manage to start organizing my studio space.
March 29th, 2007 at 7:13 am
I guess I’m in the midst of spring cleaning, but it’s not because of spring per se. It’s much more a combination of a) my apartment had become a disaster area, and b) I’m hosting friends from out of town in a couple of weeks and I can’t let them see the place in its “normal” state.
March 29th, 2007 at 7:19 am
I think I’m extra thorough when it comes to Spring cleaning vs. any-other-time=of-year cleaning. I just spent the entire day spring cleaning Sat. I plan to wash the curtains this week. Something about Spring makes me want to sweep away the cobwebs and dustbunnies that have been lurking in the corners all winter. Once the weather starts getting nice, it’s like a new beginning and everything comes alive again.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Um, no.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:22 am
sadly, i spring clean once a month. Can you say OCD?
March 29th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Spring cleaning is a must for me. I just have this feeling of freshness when the weather gets warm and wish my apartment reflected that. I feel good sweeping the stuffiness out of my hall, freecycling items I no longer use, cleaning windows to see the chirping birds. It feels just so damn good. Now try and tell me to clean in January and I’ll politely say fuck off. I don’t know what it is!
March 30th, 2007 at 8:13 am
The inch of dust on the tops of all the fan blades is attacked!
March 30th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Spring makes me want to clean windows, get rid of furniture and detritus that block sunlight from reaching all the corners, and er…throw away about 90% of my boyfriend’s possessions.
I think I’ll be settling for clean windows.
March 30th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
heh. i do spring cleaning. it’s the only thing that keeps the clutter from overtaking the house entirely.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
I autumn (fall) clean. It’s too damn hot in the summer to do more than the bare minimum when it comes to cleaning. So, when the weather starts to cool down, I get an urge to make an effort and before you know it, I’ve cleaned & dusted & the place looks great (for about a week).
April 4th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
My house is currently such an unholy disaster that, yes, spring cleaning will soon commence. But it’s not particularly spring cleaning so much as “trying to make the house less messy.” If it were this messy in September we’d have to try then, too. We are well stocked with Method supplies, as well as our Swiffer Wet-Jet loaded with antibacterial cleaning fluid and a bunch of other stuff. I’m angling for a pair of those Casabella gloves that are structured so that water can’t get down inside the glove when it runs up your arm. We are aiming for more and more eco-friendly supplies; we just started using Seventh Generation lavender dish soap, and like it. But we haven’t replaced the Wet Jet yet, because we still have so many supplies for it!
I’m also planning to get rid of probably about 1/3 or so of my remaining belongings; I’ve already gotten rid of a lot in the last few years, but every day I come across more and more things that I know I just don’t need and that no longer reflect my current interests. That’s more decluttering than cleaning. It pays to be careful with it, though, because I have found that sometimes I get rid of something that I’m not into at a particular time, and then my interests circle around and I wish I still had it. Certain items of jewelry I’ve sold on ebay, for instance.
There’s a new book called “A Perfect Mess” that does justify some messiness in systems; however, it does not justify dust bunnies and sofas covered with dog hair. Alas.