The kitchen is often called the heart of the home, but there is nothing better than curling up in the lounge with the family in front of a good movie or playing a game in front of the fire. The living room tends to be the place where we do all our connecting and relaxing, but that can become hard to do when you are surrounded by clutter and mess. Here are a few simple tips you can consider when keeping your living room tidy.
Declutter
Grab a bin or a basket and gather all the clutter that doesn’t belong in the lounge. Shoes, toys, electronics. Place these items back in their original places. When keeping your living room tidy, you want to sort through other items like magazines, DVD’s, CD’s and miscellaneous items and discard of the ones that are no longer in use.
Fold Blankets and Spruce Up the Couch
Keeping your living room tidy can be accomplished with straightforward steps like simply folding up the blankets scattered around the room, and placing the pillows and comforters neatly in the couches and seats. You can place blankets in an aesthetic basket or box placed stylistically in your lounge. This way, avid blanket users can quickly whip out one when they want to get cosy for movie night.
Vacuum and Spot Clean
Crumbs love to get on the carpet, and with patterned rugs it can often go unseen and traipsed through the house. Grab a vacuum and run it over the carpets to pick up loose dirt and dust particles. If you have the time, grab a hand-held vacuum and run it over the couches as well. When keeping your living room tidy, it is also a good idea to do a quick spot clean every once in a while. Grab some surface cleaner and spray it on a rag. Wipe down all open surfaces. This will allow you to clean up obvious smudges, spills and splatters around the room – coffee rings, ice cream spots and wine stains that are often left over after a night in front of the television. Here at Chemstrat we provide a multitude of cleaning products that you can utilise when cleaning your home.
Keep Things Off Flat Surfaces
Papers, books, magazines, pens, and other miscellaneous items often find their way to the coffee table. These items should be neatly packed away when keeping your living room tidy. Make sure your home has a designated spot for every item. This way things don’t end up creating clutter in unwanted spaces. Make it a rule that once you are finished using something, you return it to its rightful spot in the home pen holders, bookshelves and drawers are good places to organise general household items. You can also get creative and use everyday items as décor – giving it both a functional and aesthetic purpose.
Control Out-of-Control Chords
Until the world becomes entirely wireless, we will be forever stuck with tangled cables lying around everywhere. This can make your living room space appear more cluttered and messier. With this said however, there are several solutions to keeping your chords neat and tidy. There are a multitude of unintrusive conduiting options that you can install around the room for television and PlayStation cables. Designate an easy to access box or basket for loose charging cables, earphones and so forth. This way you can keep your family space nice and tidy without too much effort.
Designated Play/Games Area
Do you have children? And does your family enjoy playing games? You can often find your lounge becomes the new playground. A games cabinet for board games and cards, and a basket or designated shelf for toys will assist in keeping your living room tidy. Alternatively, creating a single game space will also ensure the clutter stays out of the lounge, and also free up more space in the room.