- 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 dinner in just one hour.
So, I've asked Matt to take the
boys to the park so I can get on,
and see how much I can clean in that hour.
I'm going to focus on the downstairs,
but if I get time I will also go upstairs,
and see how much I can clean.
The house is still pretty messy following on from Christmas,
but I hope you like this.
I hope it motivates you guys to clean
your house as well, and yeah!
Let's get into it!
So, I'm going to start out in the kitchen,
because this is where we will be hosting,
and because our kitchen is brand-new,
I still love cleaning it,
and the novelty has not worn off,
and it doesn't take much to get
it looking really good again,
and while I clean I'm listening to an audio book,
because I love to multitask,
and listen to books that are either inspirational,
or great for my self-development,
because now that I'm a busy mum of three,
I find it very difficult to find time to read.
So, I'm also so excited to be
partnering with the Blinkist app today.
This is such a cool app.
It is the only app that gives you the best insights,
and need to know information from
thousands of nonfiction books.
It basically condenses the books into just 15 minutes,
so you can either read it,
or you can listen to the 15 minutes,
and get the best learnings from an entire book.
So in a power hour like today,
I could listen to four books,
and get, like, the key information from that.
There are eight million users of this app already,
and there are so many different categories,
as you can see here there's self help,
business, history, pretty much anything
that you might be into there's also
a great list of parenting books as well.
So, if I could give you some recommendations
of books that I have recently listened to,
and loved, one of them is called The Happy Kid Handbook.
This is the fifteen minute condensed version,
but it really did get me thinking about the kids,
and I did enjoy it.
Another one is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
I also liked How to Win Friends and Influence People.
This is great it talks all about
different communication styles,
and the one I actually listened to first today is called,
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
I thought this was really insightful,
and I really did enjoy it,
but if you want to try it out for yourself then
Blinkist have said that the first 100 people
who go to the link in my description
will get one week of unlimited access
to the the Blinkist app so you can try it out,
and see what you think,
and if you want to carry on after that
you can also get 25% off of full membership.
So, I will leave the links down below,
and yeah! Try it out if you want to,
and yeah! On with the cleaning.
So, for the surfaces I'm using my trusty
Method cleaner in wild rhubarb.
I love the scent of this cleaner,
and I've just always liked it
because it is non-toxic for the kids,
and it never really smears, or anything like that.
So, I'm just gonna go around.
Our surfaces are quartz.
I'm gonna move the flowers,
make sure I get all the dust from around there,
and then move it back again,
and I'm also gonna change out the tea towels.
I just got this tea towel in my stocking.
It says good vibes when it's open,
and I'm going to hide the very ugly tea towel.
I'm going to make sure I get all of the crumbs up,
and move things like the fruit bowl,
and we recently just got this banana stand.
I've never had one like this,
but apparently your bananas go
bad quicker if they're in with the other fruits.
So, I never knew that.
So, now they're on their own, on their own little stand,
but anyway, I'm just going to run around,
make sure that's all clean,
and I've also been using this Bar Keepers Friend cleaner.
I just found it.
It was actually recommend to us
by the guys that did our work tops.
Because we just went for bright white,
sometimes you get a little, like, scuff from watches,
or people's belts or God knows what else,
but it's great for that.
Then I'm going to clean our splash back.
Lots of you have commented
'Why did I get a mirror splash back?'.
It looks great, but when you cook you do need to clean it
because of all the marks on it,
but it's actually not been as bad
as having glass cabinets anymore.
So, I'm also going to use the
glass cleaner on our glass table,
and also on this vase, because it is a mirror as well,
and that is the kitchen pretty much done.
The only other bit I'm going to clean
is under the breakfast bar.
So, I'm going to give the chairs a little wipe,
because they're normally covered in crumbs,
and marks, and then I'm also gonna wipe this area here.
I only do this every now and then,
but it seems to get covered in milk from Cheerios,
or bolognese, and all sorts.
so I'm going to give even that floor a good scrub,
because sometimes the mop doesn't even get it up.
Then I'm going to go on to Jackson's little cafe.
So, if you didn't see our Christmas vlogs,
this was his Christmas present.
It's so adorable,
but I do find that I am cleaning our kitchen,
and then I'm cleaning his kitchen,
but I secretly kind of love it,
it's really, really cute,
and he plays in it for so long,
and he plays so well,
and I've even got this little sign for him.
This is Jackson and Caleb's diner,
and yeah, I just love it,
and then I'm going to move on to this area,
and this is basically just like the toy area.
So, I'm going to put away as many as I possibly can,
and then we've got this fluffy throw,
because it has been really cold in the evenings,
and then, just yeah, obviously Christmas
we just have so many toys everywhere.
So, I'm going to put away guitars,
and ukuleles, and organize the cushions,
and I'm also going to wipe down the tops of the toy storage.
they to tend it get quite dusty,
and I'm also gonna give his little house a dust,
And also this unit as well.
to make the whole living area smell really good,
and also disinfect the sink I'm gonna use Zoflora.
This is in linen fresh,
and all you need is a little cap full.
It's basically one part to forty parts water.
So, I'm going to boil the kettle and pour that in,
and it will smell really nice.
Then I'm gonna move on to the utility room,
which is a complete dumping ground.
So, I'm just going to try and put everything away.
Freshen up the the toilet in case our guests need the loo.
So, I'm gonna use the toilet duck.
This one is in lemon, and then I've got my blue cloth,
because blue is for loo.
I'm just going to give that a wipe down,
because I live with four boys,
and then I'm going to give everything
a quick hoover with my Dyson V8.
We have actually just bought some sticky tape
that sticks that rug to the ground,
and it has been a game-changer.
I really, really love it, cause it doesn't move any more.
Then I'm gonna move on to the front room.
Just give those cushions a bit of a sort out,
and take any soft toys back upstairs.
The mantelpiece is also really dirty,
because we had some Christmas decorations on it,
but they were like tree decorations.
So, I'm going to give all of that a wipe,
and then try and rearrange the things
that go on to the mantelpiece.
Next up, I'm going to turn our little fake fire on,
and then put our little lanterns on as well.
I showed these in a recent vlog,
but we got some lanterns just to
make this area light up a bit more.
It looks really sweet at night.
Oh, and then I'm going to give
the TV unit a bit of a sort out.
I'm just going to wipe it down,
and then try and organize all of the boys' new little games,
and then move on to my desk.
There's my new planner!
I've just had my delivery, finally,
so I've got all of those on my desk,
and it's not too bad.
I'm just going to sort a few little bits out.
Now this train set. Oh, my gosh!
It is so unsightly and huge! Thank you Santa,
but I'm gonna try and just move this over.
I'm going to hoover up,
cause there is still some Christmas tree bits on the floor.
I'm going to try and slide it over,
but today our friends are coming with kids,
so I think they all will play with it,
and then I'm going to hoover the rest of the room as well.
Then I'm gonna make my way upstairs;
taking the stair basket with me,
so that I can empty it all out.
I have just enough time to go upstairs,
and try and frantically sort out our beds,
just in case anyone did come up stairs.
So, I'm just gonna make the beds.
Our bedding, as always, is John Lewis.
I actually got a new throw cushion for Christmas.
It's that polka-dot one from H&M.
Then I've been meaning to sort out this basket.
This is my electronic basket.
So, I'm just gonna organize that a bit better,
and then the chair.
This always gets covered with stuff,
and we're actually going on
holiday this week just to Center Parcs,
just a little light UK break,
but I need to just organize everything
that I dumped onto the chair, and that's that!
That's our room; and then Caleb's room is not too bad.
I'm just going to make his bed,
and then put his books away,
and then move on to Fraser's bed.
We still have his festive sheets still on.
I probably do need to change that
now that it is officially the new year,
and then I'm also run into Jackson's room,
and try and straighten that up, and the boys are home!
So, I get a little cuddle from Jackson, and that's it!
Right! So, out friends actually arrived
as I was finishing up cleaning in Jackson's room.
They've now been, and gone.
We've had a lovely day with them,
and I think it was quite a successful power hour,
considering it was right after Christmas,
and our house is like extra messy.
I pretty much cleaned all of downstairs,
and a little bit of upstairs just in case they came up here.
Which the kids did,
but yeah, thank you so much for watching this video.
I hope you liked it.
Don't forget to subscribe, if you're not already,
for more speed cleans,
and I'll see you in my next one!
Bye guys!