4 Weeks to a More Organized Home…Simplified {Day 13}
Are you following along with this series? I am really happy with the progress that is being made in how clean my house looks. I hope you are seeing improvement too. Today assignment from Crystal was to
First get dressed in something you love. Since today was a little chilly I opted for some long pants and a t-shirt but I also put on my sweater too.
Second make a to do list of 5-7 items. I have to admit I failed to do this today. I was able to remember what cleaning I had to do but I just forgot to take the time to write down my list. 🙁
Third item was to clean the top of the refrigerator. I needed to clear and organized the items up on top of the refrigerator. I had a spray bottle of top the fridge to remove and just clean up the rest. But to my surprise the top of the refrigerator was cover in a fine gray dust with grease mixed in.
I used my steam cleaner to steam off the grease. I have found my steam cleaner works better than any chemical cleaners I have tried. After the cleaning the top of the fridge was all nice and shiny.
I decided since I had my steam cleaner out, I just steam cleaned the cupboard doors. I don’t think you can tell much from the before and after pictures but there was a little food stuck to the cupboards and that same kitchen grease film on them that was on the top of the refrigerator. Now they are all nice and clean.
Lastly, I also steam cleaned the bathroom too.
Do you have any tools you use to help make cleaning your home more easy?
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Good job! The top of your fridge looks great.
Thanks Melinda.
It’s good to see somebody else keeps there picnic basket on top of the fridge. I moved ours to the storage area yesterday since I’m not anticipating any picnics until late next spring and summer again.
I keep my picnic basket up there year round to store the kids cold packs for when we go out in the car so they can take along a snack. That way we don’t have to stop for food while we are out. I just wish they fit all the way down inside the basket.
I love the idea of steam cleaning the cabinets. We have a gas stove and it seems to leave a layer of grime of everything near it. I bet that would really work well.
Jean it does work really well. I am so glad to have the steam cleaner.
Great job, Shelly. I bet have steam cleaned, your home is a whole lot more germ-free. Very cool!
I do like the germ free aspect of the steam cleaner. I should really used it more often than I do.
I recently bought a steam mop for cleaning the floors and I like it pretty well. Sometimes it leaves streaks on my laminate floor, but I like the fact that I don’t have to use any chemicals to get the floors clean.
I didn’t have time to do the top of my refrigerator yesterday, but I did clean it this afternoon…it was just a bit dusty. We have an electric stove, so we don’t get the grease. I grew up with a gas stove and it sure did make everything greasy.
We have an electric stove so I just can’t figure out where all the grease comes from. I don’t deep fry at all and I use very little oil when I am cooking but it sure does build up.
I really like that a steam cleaner doesn’t use any chemicals but still cleans things well.