whether you hosted family over the festive season or you simply feel like your house is in desperate need of a tidy up january is the perfect time to refresh your home and welcome 2021 with a big clean assess the mess identify what needs to be cleaned and deserves a good scrub take your time and figure out what areas you will be tackling and cleaning so that you can prepare in advance make a list jot down everything you need to do and everything you need to get this will help you work systematically and focus on one thing at a time set a date cleaning can be time consuming especially if you want to do a good job set aside a whole day or even a weekend to give you ample time gear up make sure you have all the proper products at your disposal before you start tidy up scheduling a clean up is the perfect excuse to tidy the house and de clutter get help teamwork makes the dreamwork especially when cleaning up get the family involved by assigning roles to each member seek expert advice scroll through our blog for specific cleaning tips to help you out work systematically when you tackle the big clean up move from task to task instead of room to room that way you don t need to switch between products and equipment don t forget appliances clean appliances such as washing machines and dishwashers every month they are often overlooked but no new year big clean is complete without doing them set a weekly rotation this shouldn t be the first and last time you tackle cleaning up your house we re not saying that you should do the big clean all the time create a cleaning rotation that can be completed on a weekly basis