Hi, guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to be filming a power hour
speed clean for you guys. We have friends coming over for a barbecue this afternoon,
and I have just over an hour before I need to go and pick up my son from nursery. This
is like a quick, panic clean before you have company over. This is very different from
my deep cleans. This is just like a daily, average speed clean.
I also wanted to show you the 10 minute tidy up method that I do. I find that I can really
speed up my clean if I set a timer for 10 minutes. I'll basically go into a room, set
my timer, and then run around and see how much I can get done in just 10 minutes. You
will be amazed just how much you can get done in that time.
I hope you enjoy this video, and don't forget to subscribe for loads more cleaning motivation.
I'm posting cleaning content all of the time. With all that said, let's start out with my
clean. I'm just going to set my timer for 10 minutes,
and I'm going to be starting out in our front room. This is a room we don't tend to use
until the kids are in bed. It's where my office is and it's where we watch TV at night, but
the kids sometimes do come in, mess up all the cushions. First of all, I'm just going
to sort out that couch because, as you walk in the door, that is the first thing you see.
If it's messy, I feel like you just get a bad impression as soon as you walk in.
Then, I'm just going to do a little bit of light dusting. Then, also put some shoes away
that are just laying around all over the house. This is our shoe storage, but as this isn't
a deep clean, I haven't really got time to organize it today, so I'm just going to put
it all in there and hide it away. I'm also going to wipe down this surface here
and put the remotes away. I've used a sticky back Velcro to Velcro the remotes to the TV.
It's such a good hack, I always know where they are, and I just think it looks really
clean and tidy unlike my desk. This is what I'm going to tackle next. I don't
know why this always happens. It has become such a dumping ground. Deliveries go on this,
post, anything from the schools, just clothes, anything goes on here. I do need to really
KonMari my desk and I keep saying that. But, yeah, I'm just going to sort out a few ZARA
deliveries that I just got, just got a few new clothes. Then, basically, just put everything
back in the drawers that need to go away. I think sometimes I'm just so busy with the
kids and I try and fit in like videos and things around that, and because this isn't
a room that we're always in, it's like out of sight, out of mind. It just becomes really,
really messy. But now I've tidied everything away, and I'm
also going to wipe down the surface because it is glass. I just use a glass cleaner. Then,
I'm quickly going to hoover with my Dyson V8 Hoover. I'm just going to do the porch,
our little welcome mat, and then really quickly whiz around the floors. This takes like 30
seconds, it's so very quick. Yeah, that is pretty much it. In fact, it's
a whole 10 minutes. Now, the timer has gone off and it is time
to move on to the kitchen.
(silence) When it comes to cleaning our sink, I tend
to use this power cream called Bar Keeper's Friend. I love having a white sink, but I
feel like I can always see coffee stains and dirt in it. I use a little bit of that, and
then scrub around with a scrubby brush. I also like to use Zoflora on our sink. Some
of you will know about this, it is a disinfectant, but for me, that's just a bonus. I actually
love using this just for the smell. It makes our whole house smell amazing. I've just used
a capful, and then boiled the kettle, and then added that to the sink. I'm just going
to let that sit for like half an hour. It'll make the whole room smell of linen fresh,
that's the scent that I've used. I really love it.
Now, I'm just going to run around quickly with our hoover again. This is a really open
plan room, so I'm kind of splitting the 10 minutes, like 10 minutes in the kitchen and
now 10 minutes in the dining, play area. This entire room did take me 20 minutes because
it was so messy, there were so many toys everywhere. The kids are really into coloring, they've
made like loads of crafts recently. I'm quickly going to tidy that up, and then
wipe down the glass table with a glass spray, and then tidy up the rest of the toys as well.
(silence) There are normally loads of crumbs under where
the boys eat breakfast at the breakfast bar. I tend to move the chairs and vacuum really
well under those, but that is it. That is our open plan living area, looking so much
tidier. If all else failed, at least the downstairs of our house is nice and clean for when our
guests arrive. But now, I am going to move upstairs, and
I'm starting out in my eldest son's room. This is Fraser's room, and it's my favorite
bedroom in the whole house. This was an extension, and it's got really high ceilings, it's really
nice, light, and airy. I just love his bed and his bedding and everything about it.
It doesn't take me long to clean, it's a pretty tidy room. I'm just going to really like whiz
round, make the bed. Fraser did actually have a go at making the bed. Yeah, that is pretty
much it. I think this is tidy enough. That only took me two minutes, just under two minutes.
Now, I'm going to carry on with my timer in my middle son's room. This is Caleb's room,
and it's not too messy either, but I do have a pile of clothes there because we're going
on holiday and I've started to pack for the boys. I've just gone into his room, chose
everything that I want to pack for him, and kind of made a pile. Unfortunately, that is
going to stay where it is. But I've just made the bed, put a few things away. I could really
do with KonMari-ing his closet as well, but because this is a quick clean, I'm just going
to hide that away. That only took me about four minutes. Now,
I'm going to move on to my youngest son's room. Next up is Jackson's room. I've pretty
much done all three of my children's rooms in 10 minutes, but obviously, this is very
much like just tidying and not dusting and cleaning windows or anything like that. But
yeah, with his room, I'm just going to put away the books and make his tiny little bed,
put a few toys away. That is pretty much his room. I feel like I could probably do with
updating his room soon, making it a bit more of a big boy room, so I think that will be
coming very soon on my channel. But now, on to the bathroom. We have two small
bathrooms upstairs. I'm aiming to clean both of them in just 10 minutes. I do do a deeper
clean every one or two weeks, but this is more of a once over, so I'm just going to
empty the bin, put some products away, clean the sinks and toilets as well. I guess this
is just in case any of our guests come upstairs, but also because I have three boys, there
tends to be toothpaste around the sink, and the toilets can be quite messy as well. I'm
just going to give both bathrooms a once over, and it should look much nicer.
(singing) Now, on to the room that I've been dreading
the most, this is my room. There's such a build up of clothes and mess. I try really
hard to keep the boys' rooms clean and to get their laundry put away, but then when
it comes to my room, I tend to be the worst. I guess as moms, we tend to put ourselves
last. But anyway, I'm going to make the bed really quickly. We just got sent this bedding
from Next, it's the new Giovanna Fletcher bedding. I thought it was great for spring
and summer. Then, I'm going to move on to the chair-drobe.
This is where I tend to put the clothes I try on and then don't end up wearing or the
clothes aren't clean but also aren't dirty. So, yeah, any clean laundry gets dumped on
to this. I just need to go through it, and I'm making a few different piles. One of things
that needs to be hung up, one of things that needs to go in the drawer, which are in serious
need of reorganizing, and then also some jeans as well. I'm just going to try and get everything
put away. Then, it will look a lot cleaner. Most of my mess is just like clothes. So,
yes, as long as that's put away, then it's looking a lot nicer.
Now, on to an area that I don't think I've ever shown in a speed clean before, but because
we're having a barbecue, I'm going to quickly give our a garden a little bit of a tidy up.
We have this little seating area here, and there's a few leaves on the couches, so I'm
going to wipe them, and then wipe down the glass coffee table as well.
Then, this is where we're probably going to eat dinner, and we haven't used this table
for quite a few months now, so it really did need a wash. I just put a little bit of dish
washing soap with water in a bowl to get all of the big bits off. Then, I'm also going
to wipe it down with glass cleaner. As you can see, between my bedroom and the
garden, I went and got Jackson from nursery. Now, he's helping me. But anyway, I've cleaned
down the table and now I'm going to put all of the cushions out. We bought this table
about 10 years ago, and it's been such a good investment. It sits outside, and it's been
fine in all types of weather, and we use it every single year.
I'm also going to wipe down the boys' mud kitchen because this tends to get used the
most when they have friends over. There has been a few bird poos on it and just like dirt
and germ really, I'm just a bit worried about how dirty it is if they're going to use it
loads. I'm going to stick those silver bowls in the dishwasher quickly, and then wipe down
the surface of this. I actually ended up using a knife to get any really stubborn bits of
dirt off. But yeah, the last thing I'm going to do out
here is just sweep down the deck because they have a sandpit and it gets everywhere. I'm
going to try and just sweep that away. I don't know if you can spot Jackson in the background.
He loves to sit in the net where footballs are supposed to go. He uses it like a hammock.
He's just chilling out in that while I do this.
But anyway, that is it, that is my entire house clean. I really hope you enjoyed this
video. Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you in my next one.
Bye, guys.