I’m a very organized person. I generally know where what is when it comes to stuff in my room. However, when it comes to doing a major cleaning, I have this tendency to keep putting that task at the end of my list. I’m just the type of person who’s so obsessive compulsive that unless I am sure I will have a lot of time to clean and organize my bedroom, I won’t do it. Sort of clean all, or not at all. Well, there’s also the fact that room cleaning can be quite overwhelming.

Problem is, this attitude delayed the much needed major cleaning of my bedroom for a really long time. The last time I did a thorough cleaning was when we moved to our new, permanent house – almost three years ago. I know, I know… dusts have actually gathered in areas that weren’t in my immediate reach.

Anyhow, I had also been having trouble with the accumulation of stuff over the past three years. My room is actually getting cluttered. So when I saw this gorgeous cabinet that completely matched my room in this discount furniture store, I knew the days of putting off cleaning was over. I bought it, had it delivered to my house, and immediately started making way for it by rearranging my room and cleaning it – Finally!

Here are some tips that have been helpful to me whenever I clean my room:

  1. Make sure you have lots of garbage bag and boxes to put and sort your stuff away.
  2. Remove your curtains and open your windows. You’ll definitely need some light and fresh air during the tedious process of cleaning.
  3. Move pieces of furniture out of the room first whenever possible so you’ll have more space to sort things. This decreases the clutter a little, making it seem less overwhelming, and gets those big, useless things (e.g. hamper, chairs) out of your way.
  4. If you haven’t touched something for more than two years, let it go. You obviously don’t need it. It’s time to donate it or put it on garage sale.
  5. Same goes with clothes. If you come across something that you haven’t worn in quite some time, try it on. If it doesn’t fit you and it’s not dirty or torn, give it to charity.
  6. If you find things that need to be put in another room (like stuff you borrowed from your siblings but never had the time to return them) grab one of those boxes and put those items in there. When you’re done putting everything away that belongs in your room, you can go and put the rest of the things away that belong in other rooms.
  7. When cleaning, do it from top to bottom. Top as in the ceiling, then the upper shelf, last is the floor. That way, the dust will go literally down where you can sweep them away, not just keep circulating if you’re dusting off at random.
  8. Finally, don’t forget to change your bed sheets afterwards. After doing all the cleaning, you definitely wouldn’t want to get your much deserved sleep in a dust-haven right? 0:p

That’s it! Good luck in attacking the mess!