New Year, New YOU: Tip #9 – Create A Cleaning Bucket

Tip #9 – Create a cleaning bucket

Make cleaning easier by creating a “traveling” bucket. Design your bucket so that when it is time to clean, all you have to do is grab this ONE bucket and take it from room to room; including the bathroom! This way, if something needs to be cleaned up, you can tell your family member that the cleaning supplies are in the bucket. They won’t be questioning which one and where the supplies are. Many have multiple bottles of all-purpose cleaners, window cleaners, etc. Downsize your cleaning products to make them fit into one bucket.

Kristin’s Action Plan: When I got married over 7 years ago now, my sister had made a “cleaning bucket” for me, which included all the supplies needed to clean our house. I still use that same bucket today and will not deviate from it. It is so simple to just grab my bucket and take it from room to room with me, when needed. I know what supplies I have, what I am missing, and can also tell my husband exactly where something is. By keeping all the products in one bucket, it prevents me from buying the cleaning products that tv commercials are trying to convince me to buy!