Your bedroom is meant to be a haven of calm and tranquility to retreat to at the end of the day. The reality, however, is often quite different, with junk, clothes, and clutter piled up on every available surface.
While you might think there’s no harm in ignoring the mess for another day and rolling over to sleep, you couldn’t be more wrong. Clutter increases feelings of anxiety and stress, and bedroom mess can even have a negative impact on sleep quality so it’s important to tackle it as soon as possible.
Not sure how to clean your bedroom? If it’s been a while since you last cleaned, read on to learn our best bedroom cleaning tips.
Step 1: Gather Supplies
To stop you from getting distracted by a lot of toing and froing, gather cloths, sprays, and the like from their various homes around the house and place them by your bedroom before you start. As for what you’ll need, it depends on your particular bedroom. But, some useful supplies include:
- Laundry hamper
- Spare coat hangers
- Box for placing clutter
- Trash container
- Microfiber cloths (at least two – one damp and one dry)
- Window spray
- Gentle all-purpose cleaner
- Vacuum cleaner with hand attachment
- Broom
Although you can clean hardwood floors with a vacuum cleaner, you’ll have to make sure that it’s a lightweight model without a beater bar as this can wear down the surface of wooden floors. If you’re not sure, stick to sweeping and mopping for risk-free bedroom cleaning.
Step 2: Declutter
Clutter in the bedroom is the most obvious kind of mess but also the easiest to clean up. Making a daily habit of putting your dirty clothes in the laundry hamper and tidying your nightstand will save you a lot of time in the long run. But, if you’re not on top of your bedroom clutter just yet, stowing items away will give the appearance of a clean bedroom in minutes.
Scan the room for any items in places they don’t belong. Whether it’s an empty glass on your vanity or clothes on the floor, everything has its place so it needs to go back there.
Clean clothes and items you’ll wear again do not belong on a chair. These should go on hangers and in your closet. And dirty clothes should go in the laundry basket you have with you – you can separate your whites and colors later when it’s time to put a wash on.
Nightstand items such as a book or pillow spray and vanity clutter such as makeup and brushes should be tidied into a drawer or your clutter box for now. Anything else should go in the trash, your clutter box, or be stowed away in your bedroom.
The one thing you shouldn’t tidy for now is your bed. Your bed will catch any falling dust so leave it as it is, then change the sheets and make your bed last.
Step 3: Surface Cleaning
Unless you’re the Monica from Friends type who actually gets off on cleaning, it’s important that when you do clean, your methods are effective and efficient. This way, you won’t have to repeat the bedroom cleaning process as often.
Your main objective should be to clean top to bottom. Although cleaning a bedroom top to bottom refers to how to deep clean your room, it also serves to remind us that we need to start high and work our way down to the floor. Dust falls downward so tackling the ceiling, fans, and light fixtures first is a no-brainer.
To do this, take a broom to your ceiling and focus on the corners to catch any spiders’ webs. While you’re up there, make sure to clean any light fixtures, door frames, and vents. Then, place a damp microfiber cloth over the broom head, fasten it with a hair tie and go over the same areas for a more thorough clean.
You can then start to move downwards, making sure to clean the walls, wall art, and picture frames with a dry microfiber cloth. You should then clean any furniture across both the tops and sides with a damp microfiber cloth and cleaning solution before buffing it with a dry cloth. Then, with all your dusting done, clean your windows and any mirrors in your room.
Step 4: Deep Cleaning
Now, with the room clean and tidy, it’s time to learn how to deep clean your room.
First of all, if you have any mats or rugs in your room, take these outside and beat them to dislodge any dust and fluff. You should then vacuum both the bottom and the top to remove any stubborn dust hiding in among the fibers. Leave this outside and then head back in to clean your floor.
Depending on whether you’re vacuuming or sweeping, your technique might be different but we’d advise starting by moving any furniture away from the walls. This allows you to tackle the dust and grime that loves to lurk in corners and crevices. If access is difficult, use your vacuum’s hand attachments or, if you’re sweeping and mopping, reach in and wipe with the damp microfiber cloth.
Moving furniture around will highlight any misses on the sides and dust gathering at the bottom of table legs. Tackle anything you see then and there before putting the item back. Next up, vacuum or sweep and mop the larger open areas of the room. Depending on the type of bed you have, you may be able to move it for easier access to the dust bunnies lurking underneath. If not, just try to clean under the bed as best you can with the tools you have.
Last of all, bring any rugs back into the room and strip and make your bed before standing back to admire your hard work.
How to Clean Your Bedroom
As this guide shows, learning how to clean your bedroom is a lot simpler if you approach it with a clear plan.
That said, if you don’t have the time to keep on top of a house cleaning schedule, calling in the experts is the smart choice. After all, not only can they deep clean your bedroom for you, but they can also deep clean the rest of the house!
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