Hi, guys. Welcome back to my channel and to another cleaning video.
Today I'm deep cleaning a few things around my home that really need it. My fridge was
disgusting. I haven't given it a good clean for about six months, so it really did need it. I'm
also wiping down our new slider doors. We're having some renovation done and they are new,
and there's just dust everywhere. They were on the windows, they're on the counters of our new
kitchen, on the floors. And the boys also had a sleepover last night, so their room is trashed.
So we're going to clean that, and then we're also decluttering and organizing one of my son's
wardrobes as well. So I hope you really enjoy this video. I hope it motivates you. If you like it,
give it a like and subscribe. If you're new, I'd love to have you. And with all that said,
let's start straight away with the fridge. So as I said, the fridge has, I feel like
it's been a bit unloved over the past few months. We've been renovating since November
and this fridge has moved around the house so many times. It doesn't fit in our temporary kitchen,
so it's been in the hallway and now it's actually moved into where it will
end up. So this is in the new kitchen, but it's not completely done yet. There's so much dust all
over the actual surface of the fridge itself, so I wanted to give it a good wipe down because we're
coming to the end of our renovations in terms of the big dusty things like knocking down walls, and
the floor is now down and stuff like that. So the dust will hopefully start to settle. So gave all
of that a wipe and I'm actually going to vacuum on top of the fridge because it is so very dusty.
Yeah. I wanted to do this before it is in the cupboard where it's going to stay,
so just get all of the dust off of it and then I am going to go through the whole fridge,
check all of the used by dates, see if there's things in there that have gone off or that we
don't need anymore. I swear we have every type of sauce that you could ever need, and
we probably don't use them all enough. So anyway, I'm just going to have a really good clear out
and then I'm actually going to put the shelves and the drawers into the bath. I find when I'm
doing a really good deep clean, it's just the easiest way to do it because it doesn't always
fit in the sink. So yeah, let's do this. Such a beautiful day out today that I'm
going to lay out some old towels on our patio and dry our fridge shelves on them.
There's so many benefits to drying things in the sun. It's really good at helping to remove
strong odors and stains as well, especially in clothing. The sun can naturally bleach whites.
So I used to always hang out the boys' little baby grows if they had stains on them in the sun,
and of course, I feel like everything's a bit fresher when it's been dried outside.
So anyway, I'm going to leave that there and then I'm going to work on the drawers in the fridge.
These were probably the most dirty part of the fridge, just where the fruit and fridge goes.
So I was going to soak them in the bath and then I'm just giving them a really good scrub with the
Scrub Daddy, and then I'm also going to lay them outside to dry as well. And then when it comes to
the other shelves, they actually weren't that bad, so I'm actually just going to give them a
good wipe while they are in the fridge themselves, and then try to organize and declutter the food.
So there you have it, a nice clean fridge. So all that's left to do is put all of the food back that
I'm keeping. I have got a few organizers like this from places like The Home Edit, and B&M,
and things I've just picked up along the way. So I've got a dairy drawer. I'm putting all the fruit
and veg into the drawers. We really go through apples in this house, like the boys have one a
day each, and then sometimes we do. I've also got potatoes in a drawer and people always say,
"You don't need to put them in the drawer," but it's actually really hot here at the moment so I
thought it was probably a good idea because I've got the space. And now that it's all organized,
I feel so ready to meal plan and meal prep for the week. So, that is the fridge all done.
I am also going to have a quick look in the freezer, just check if there's
anything that needs to come out. Matt always jokes that things go to the freezer to die.
But at the moment it's pretty much just lollies, chips, peas, and some frozen food that I've made
from meal prepping and stuff. It's frozen pancakes in there and everything, so just going to give it
a quick look and then I'm going to move on to cleaning our glass sliding doors. As you know,
we're having renovation work done, so these are new. We've never cleaned them before,
but they're covered in just mess from things like, obviously they've plastered these rooms,
they've made loads of dust from the wooden floor and from putting the kitchen in, so they really
are quite dirty. It was difficult to show you, but there's also fingerprints on this door. There's
dog noses. It really was filthy on both sides. So, I've got some hot soapy water. First off,
I'm just going to give them a really good scrub, and then I'm going to wipe them down with a glass
cleaner and I've got like my shower squeegee to try and like squeegee it all off. And then I also
have this really handy sponge on a stick. I got this on Amazon. I think I've shown it before.
I tend to use it a lot for the bath and for the shower as well,
for those tiles that are really high up and difficult to reach, I'll use it for that. But
then also if I ever see a cobweb or something up high, again, that's difficult to reach,
I'll tend to use it. And I do actually use it quite a lot, so it was perfect for this situation.
Maybe one day we'll get a window cleaner, but actually at the moment
it's fine for me to just do this. So yeah, I'm just going to stand on a chair.
I actually couldn't find my glass cleaner, which really was not ideal, but the house is a little
bit upside down. Some cleaning products were in the garage and stuff, so I ended up just using my
spray wipe done. This isn't like a glass cleaner, I wouldn't recommend it, but it did actually work.
And I just find that I'm using it for a lot of stuff because it's pet friendly, it's great on
our surfaces, it's great for so many different things and I just had it to hand. So I'm going
to squidgy it all down and then go over it again with a paper towel for any really stubborn bits.
But yeah, that is pretty much the glass windows looking so much better. I nearly forgot,
I'm also going to do the inside as well because as I said, it's really dusty and dirty on both sides,
and then I'm going to move on to the kitchen and just wipe down all of the surfaces.
That is the surfaces looking so much better, and the stove as well. We've already started
to use the island a little bit, but there's so much more to do in the kitchen. There's
so many more cupboards to go up, shelves, splashback, so I can't wait to show you
how the end result is going to look. Now I'm going to vacuum the floors, and I wanted to show
you this vacuum because it's relatively new to me and it's the best one for dust. I've learned that
not every Dyson loves dust. So this is the Dyson Omni-Glide. It can literally pick up everything,
but my larger Dyson hates dust. Once I spilt flour and then I vacuumed it up with my Dyson, and it
literally just stopped working. So, I had to give it a really good clean to get it going again.
Yeah. So although it is small, I learned today that one full battery will let me do this entire
room and I've really sped up this cleaning. I was going a little bit slow to get all of the
dust up because it did really, really need it. I'm also going to mop this room. I just ordered a new
microfiber spray map for the floor, and it's different to the floor we've previously had.
We used to have a glossy finish, whereas this is much more dry and rough. So I'm using a proper
wooden floor cleaner, and I would love to know from you guys if you have any recommendations
of ones that you use on real wood floor that you like, because when they did it for us they said,
"Be careful. Don't use anything with bleach or different chemicals in it." So I'm just using a
proper wooden one, but I'd love to know what you guys use. And yeah, I'm just going to go around
and mop the floor. It really, really needed it, so yeah, not going to lie, it did take a while.
Okay. So now I'm just putting Fraser's room back together. We had a friend stay over last night,
so all four of the boys slept in here. So we got two of the mattresses off of the bunk beds,
put them on the floor, so that they could all be together. We've got three bedrooms at the moment,
but we're pretty much just using two of them and they all wanted to stay together, so it
just worked out. But it is a bit of a mess, and then I've got loads of stuff on the windowsills,
so I'm just going to give it a really quick tidy up so that we can use it again tonight.
And if you're wondering where the boys are while I was doing all of this, because it was actually
a Sunday when I filmed this, Matt took them to watch the new Minion film. I think it was called
The Rise of Gru. So he took them to that, and then when he got back, I hung out with the kids while
Matt organized and cleaned Caleb's wardrobe. It's been driving both of us crazy. There's
so many toys, so many clothes in here. He's constantly got hand-me-downs coming
his way as well, and it was just getting really messy. His drawers were as well.
I feel like all the clothes upstairs at the moment are stressing us out because they're everywhere.
Me, Matt and Jackson are sharing a wardrobe. Fraser's probably needs a good clear out like
this as well. They're constantly growing. So he was just going to go through all of the clothes,
see what still fits, see with time to pass down to Jackson or get rid of.
And I actually haven't seen this footage, so I don't know what he's going to do. But if it
was me, I think he's probably going to just pull everything out to do a good Marie Kondo. And oh,
he did tell me that the, yeah, he broke the whole thing off the wardrobe, the ... look at his face.
He broke the whole bar off when he was trying to get all of the clothes off,
so he's fixed that. And yeah, he's just going to go through everything.
So I think I'll play some music because I don't actually know what he's going to do.
Yay. He did so well. It's so much more organized, easy to find things. There's his cricket stuff,
his gymnastic stuff, all the jumpers that actually fit him at the moment. All the tee-shirts as well,
and even all of the shoes. We have so many hand-me-downs, as I said, so often we're like,
"What size is he in now? What ones can he actually get into?" So yes, feeling a lot more organized.
There's even some Fidgets in here now as well, and then he also gave some of his drawers a bit of a
tidy because they got a little bit out of control. I feel like every few months we just need to do
a little bit of a sort out in here. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed today's video. I hope it
motivated you. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in my next one. Bye, guys.