Improve Your Housecleaning with Votivo Candles

Tuesday June 17, 2008 

If you’re like many people, housework is not exactly at the top of your priority list. Sure, you like the house looking fresh and clean, but the bother of scrubbing, dusting, and otherwise taking care of your home can sometimes seem like too much. Worse, even if you are a neat freak, all those chemicals and detergents that you use could be wreaking havoc with your health. Luckily, there are plenty of ways that you can cut back on your housekeeping while still keeping a tidy — and more importantly, healthy — home:

  • Get rid of room sprays, deodorizing sprays, solid deodorizers, and any sort of scented products that include chemicals. Recent studies have shown that some of these products contain dangerous chemicals, including formaldehyde. Your best bet is to use an incense burner with just water and some essential scented oils. Another good option is to rub scented oils onto your light bulbs (just make sure that you unscrew the light bulbs before applying the oil). Every time you switch on your lamps, gentle fragrance will waft through the room. The best way to bring scent into your home safely, though, is with high quality Votivo candles. These candles are powerfully scented, so that they can scent a room, closet, or dresser even when they’re not in use. When you light them, they gently fill an entire room with a wonderful fragrance — naturally.
  • Make a checklist. There are probably things that you must do every day in order to keep your house clean. This can include just 15 minutes of tidying up, five minutes of dusting, and five minutes of loading the dishwasher. Each day, make sure that you check off these few items, and you will find your house is less messy at the end of the week.
  • Once a week, crank up your favorite music and really go at it. Scrub the floors, clean and wipe down all surfaces, vacuum the rugs, and do everything else you know you need to do to keep your home clean. It will give you a wonderful sense of accomplishment and will keep your house tidy and healthy. Cleaning thoroughly once a week will also keep your house smelling fresh. One of my friends, who works for US immigration, swears by using loud music and really moving while she cleans – she claims it helps the time pass more quickly.
  • Find ways to reduce the amount of cleaning you need to do. I have a friend who’s busy working as an Internet marketing consultant by day. At night, the last thing she wants to do is to spend hours scrubbing. That’s why she’s learned of simple ways to reduce cleaning. For example, she stores collectibles behind glass so that they need dusting less often. She keeps large boxes that double as coffee tables around, so that any clutter can easily be swept away. She’s banned smoking in her home so that there’s less ash and smoke to deal with. It’s an easy way to make sure that cleanups are fast.
  • Do like chores together. Rather than doing laundry every day, save the laundry and do it once a week. Rather than vacuuming one room at a time, vacuum everything all at once. It saves you minutes, and that can really add up.
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