Clean up for Christmas!

We’re getting perilously close to the festive season, and while we’re thinking about planning the dinner, buying the presents and organising the office party, there’s something that some people forget until the last minute; the pre-Christmas clean-up.

If you have family coming over for the Christmas period, you’ll want to get the house looking top notch for when they arrive. Especially if it’s your in-laws, and they have a tendency to go round the house like a contestant on Four in a Bed looking for dusty things and stains on the carpet!

It’s a good idea to clear out the clutter pre-Christmas too, especially if you have kids. There’s only so much room for toys, gifts and even clothes and so when well-meaning relatives bestow even more upon their favourite nieces, nephews and grandchildren, there needs to be a compromise made. Launch a bedroom clear out with the help of the kids before Christmas – you could donate the unwanted toys and grown out of clothes to a charity shop in an attempt to help show the kids all about the meaning of Christmas, and leave space for this year’s favourite toys.

The kitchen is another area that’s likely to benefit from a clean-up. When it comes to cleaning the oven, you can either roll up your sleeves and get on with it, or ask an oven cleaning company to come in and do it for you. Either way you’ll feel really smug once you have a sparkling oven. Make room in your freezer for Christmas goodies – start sing up all the things that have been sitting at the back of the freezer for months and you’ll be able to fit more delicious foods in there nearer the time.

The fridge is another neglected area of the kitchen, wait until the day before you go shopping and give the fridge a good clean out with mild detergent. You could be eco-friendly and add half a lemon to the fridge to eliminate nasty smells if something has gone off in the salad drawer...

Carpets and curtains definitely benefit from a good clean at this time of year – carpets will have got grubby with the winter mud and leaf mulch, and curtains need sprucing up too. Are there any stains on your rugs or upholstered furniture that need removing? Get them out of the way before the mother in law notices them! Call in professionals like 1st Choice Chemdry if you need help shifting tough stains, or just want to make all your upholstery look good as new ready for another Christmas!