The party of celebration are often synonymous with fatigue, and the household that follows does not help. Don’t panic! Here are our tips for putting your interior back in order easily and quickly.
If you like to receive your friends and party all night, it is clear that putting everything in order the next day is much less delightful. Dirty dishes in mess, glasses of overturned wine, crushed food, without forgetting the smells of tobacco … In a word, your interior has everything of a real battlefield. So we will have to roll up your sleeves and tackle cleaning.
In what order to proceed for an effective cleaning?
In order not to spend hours repairing everything, it is better to organize. Take the parts and Always start with the dirtiest and most obvious Before taking care of the details. Also advance room by room, by attacking by the one who welcomed the largest festivities (usually the living room), before going to the kitchen, then in the bathroom and, if necessary, the room (s). It’s also time to open the windows to ventilate and chase bad odors.
- Start with pick up the bottles who hang out and the glass to recycle them.
- Then take Large trash bags And throw the forgotten waste here and there by your guests (food remains, cups, cardboard plates, paper towels, butts, etc.).
- Then pick it up dirty dishes And put it in the dishwasher if you have one, otherwise put it to soak in the sink.
- Also bring together the dirty linen (tablecloths, towels, tea towels, etc.) and launch a machine.
- Then clean the top furniturewithout forgetting the chairs or the cushions of the sofa.
- Vacuumand, once everything is over, a good mop.
An accident quickly arrived during an evening and the first victims of the spots are often the furniture, carpets or sofas that are found with traces of fat or even wine. Do not panic, you can still recover them thanks to these tips on a case -by -case basis.
Cleaning wines on fabrics
The day after the evening, the wine stains that decorate your carpet, your sofa or your tablecloth will probably have had time to dry. To eliminate them, use A little white vinegar mixed with sparkling water And gently rub the fabric with a clean cloth until they disappear. You can also Sprinkle baking soda on spotsLeave to act at least 1 hour, brush and aspire. Repeat if necessary.
If the stain is still cool, absorb the liquid. Pour flour, talc or salt and let act. When the powder has “drunk” the color, remove the excess and start as many times as necessary.
Clean fat stains on fabrics
Again, it is necessary to absorb the fat. Sprinkle with talc on your carpet or stained sofa, or of the land of Sommières On the more delicate fabrics and let stand at least 1 hour. Then gently brush the fabric and suck the powder. Eliminate the rest of the stain using a little Marseille soap, ideal for degreasing. Rinse well and let it dry.
Clean spots on top of the furniture
On a glass surfacea sponge and glass product is generally enough to overcome glasses or splashes. If the traces are stubborn, rub them with a little white vinegar and wipe with a clean cloth.
On a varnished wooden furnitureavoid overly aggressive products that might scratch it. Rub the stain carefully with a little soapy water and a smooth sponge. Rinse and wipe.
On a waxed wooden furniturefavor fatty agents who will preserve the wax layer. You can use linseed oil for example, rubbing the stain with small circular movements using a clean soaked linen. If it is really too encrusted, you can also slightly sand the damaged surface before reapplying one or two layers of wax to the location so stripped.
Tilled glasses, crumbs of all kinds, sauces, candy, coffee … The evening left traces. After having passed the vacuum cleaner, Dilute a little black soap or Marseille soap in a bucket of hot water and pass the mop On your tiles or lino. A waxed parquet that does not like water, use a slightly damp sponge to clean the traces that stick. You can also pass on your wooden floor a little linseed oilwhich will protect him from future assaults. Finally, if you have carpet, sprinkle baking soda, let it act and aspire.
The first thing to do is of course to ventilate the large parts. To absorb the odors of the evening, you can also pour white vinegar into the bottom of a bowl and leave it in the room all night. You can also use essential oils to deodorize and clean up the air. In a liter of water, pour 5 to 10 drops of eucalyptus essential oil and spray this mixture in your interior. If tobacco smells have also impregnated your fabrics (sofa, cushions, curtains, etc.), going into machine what can be washed is the surest way to get rid of it. To refresh a carpet or a sofa, you can also sprinkle with baking sodaLeave to act for one or two hours, brush then vacuum. An unstoppable technique to neutralize bad odors.
Thanks to Margaux Janin, marketing and communication manager for the www.helpling.fr platform, for his advice.
