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Friday, 23 February 2018

How To Properly Arrange Your Kitchen Cabinet.

February 23, 2018 Unknown No comments

The amount of items that home cooks need to store in their kitchen cabinets is mind boggling. The sheer number of different types of items makes cabinets harder to organize than any other space in your kitchen and that is why sticking to a simple organization strategy is key. Namely, group like items with like items.

On the next few pages we will quickly go over the process of organizing your kitchen cabinets, and I will offer some more in-depth resources to help you organize your kitchen...

Decluttering your kitchen cabinets is the absolute must-do first step to organizing your cabinets.

Before you do any re-arranging of items, or purchasing of storage solutions, you have got to do a serious decluttering of the kitchen cabinets. The more stuff you can trash or donate (yes, you can donate appliances and small kitchen wares) the smaller the amount of stuff you will need to organize and store.

The trick here is to install as many kitchen cabinet organizers as you need and then no more. A few tips for purchasing storage solutions:

The key to organizing your kitchen cabinets is to group similar items together and then organize the groups into zones. When you are putting things away into their zones, keep function in mind over form.

Example: If you use a certain cutting board more than another one, even if it is not as pretty, move it to the front. Unless your kitchen is about to be...

5 Things You Should Sanitize Immediately At Home.

February 19, 2018 Unknown No comments

The home is the center for beautiful and happy beginnings. Keeping the home clean and safe; free from germs should be your top most piority. Sanitization is the key to keeping an hygiene and a clean home. There are things which we basically neglect to sanitize and clean especially after use and this bad habit may be harzadous to health.

5 Things You Should Sanitize Immediately At Home.

1) Waste Bin.
The waste bin is already filled with dirt from the house most especially from the kitchen. Most people do not wash the bin immediately after throwing out dirt and it keeps being re-used everyday. The waste bin would start having a foul odour even when empty due to its dirtiness. It is very important to thoroughly wash the bin immediately after waste disposal with a good home sanitizer before re-using it again. This will go a long way in the health and safety of the people in the home.

2) Kitchen Mob.
This is one of the commonest used cleaning tool in the home. People tend to just rinse the mob only and leave it to dry but this habit can leave remaining dirt on the mob which may make it browny in colour. A brown mob is dirty and unsafe to use in the home. You should try as much as possible to sanitize your mob immediately after use by using a bleach-washing agent and a home sanitizer to wash the mob thoroughly. Rinse and leave to dry.

3) Washing Sponge.
The washing sponge in the home especially the kitchen should be the cleanliest tool one can use. After washing pots, spoons and utensils. Use the same washing liquid and a bleach-detergent on the white sponge for proper sanitization. If your always washing oily plates and pots, apply extra sanitizer with your washing liquid soap to thoroughly wash it.

4) The Dish Washer.
The dish washer is mostly packed with dirty dishes and it is very important to always sanitize it after washing the dishes. Your dish washer should be clean at all times; Thus gives your family and guests a beautiful sense of accomodation and makes the kitchen look attractive.

5) Children Toys.
We all know how children love to get playful and in the process may get dirty which they easily spread in their toys and unto their mouths. You should go extra length in keeping their toys very clean. Sanitize them after every play and keep them safe.

10 Reasons To Keep A Clean Kitchen.

February 14, 2018 Unknown No comments

Keeping a house clean can seem like a never-ending task. However, there are some rooms you should prioritize. One of these is your kitchen. Here are 10 reasons why you should keep a kitchen clean.

10 REASONS TO KEEP A CLEAN KITCHEN

1) Hygiene
Hygiene is the main reason you need to clean your kitchen. Hygiene is all about trying to prevent the spread of germs and bacteria. Both of which can have an unfavorable effect on human health. We will go into depth about this in the other 9 reasons.

2) Pests
Really simple things can bring unwanted pests into your kitchen. For example, toaster crumbs can attract pests. Such pests can defecate and leave behind germs and can eventually cause illness. The same applies when you do not regularly sweep up pieces of food that fall on the floor.

3) Easier To Use
If everything is clean and in the right place, it is so much easier to use your kitchen. If you come down in the morning and the kitchen is clean and tidy, it is easy to have a stress-free breakfast. However, if you come down in the morning and all the bowls are in the dishwasher but it hasn’t been turned on, it’s going to be more stressful to eat your cereal before work.

4) Guests
The kitchen is often the hub of any home. If guests come round for a dinner party, it is more than likely that while you are making dinner, they will be having a glass of wine with you. People’s perception of how clean you kitchen is, can really affect how clean they think you are as a person. It can also impact upon how much they want to eat the food that you make for them.

5) Save Money
Letting one item go mouldy in your fridge or cupboard, makes the rest rot faster. Knowing your food could have been in contact with another mouldy item, could potentially make you less inclined to eat it. Therefore, between the two, you are wasting, throwing out, and not eating a lot of food. Take a proactive approach by: putting food in containers, checking expiry dates, and discarding spoiled food immediately, will help you reduce spoilage and waste.

6) Safety
Cleanliness is also about safety. Leaving oil spills could start a fire. Spills on the floor can cause people to fall over. No one ever plans to start a fire or have an accident in the kitchen. However, most accidents happen in the home.

7) Food-Related Illness
It is very important to keep a safe and clean kitchen to avoid the spread of germs and bacteria on food. The spread of germs and bacteria can result to food poisoning.

8) Mood Boosting
It’s been shown that goal-orientated tasks such as cleaning can really boost your mood and sense of achievement. Also, if you come home to a nice clean kitchen, and you don’t have to stress about cleaning it, your mood will lift!

9) De-Clutter Your Mind
Similarly, a clean space can create a more relaxing atmosphere. The psychology behind this is related to the lack of physically present tasks that you need to attend to, e.g. washing up.

10) Inspire Others In The House Hold To Cook!
When you feel that there are no pressing or urgent jobs to attend to you are more likely to engage in a creative task like cooking! This applies to both you and others in your household. So you could get a few meals made for you. And all because you cleaned your kitchen.

4 Most Dreaded House Chores Cleaning In Every Nigerian Home.

February 07, 2018 Unknown No comments

Lets face it, Your home needs regular attention and care, like most things in our lives (like a husband or kids)! There’s no easy way of lecturing anyone to turn their house upside down, cleaning areas of the house that are buried beneath layers of dust that are as old as you are. There are a number of cleaning tasks that as homeowners you are charged with completing at least a few times a year. It may not be as tedious as working hour to hour every day, but these tasks are definitely top of the list of chores no one enjoys doing.

Cleaning the bins.

You need to change the bin bags at least a couple of times of week, depending on how much waste you go through. But have you ever considered the state of the bin from the inside? Leaking bin bags and escaped crumbs can be the result of a poorly made bag or one that has been too full or too heavy for some time. So it is only natural that dirt can be found beneath the bin liner itself. This job doesn’t take too long if you put your mind to it. Perhaps take it outside and use the hose pipe to thoroughly wash it out, using washing up liquid and a clean sponge and gloves. Try cleaning it out two or three times with soap, to ensure all nasty and unwanted bacteria and the leftover stench is firmly removed. Once washed out, place the bin upside down on some newspaper indoor if the weather is bad, or if it is pleasant and sunny, leave the bin outside on a map to dry.

When to do this cleaning job: At least once a month – think about how often you use your bin.

Washing Of Dishes.

This is probably one of the messiest and scariest house chores to do especially as a teenager in a big family. Most times, you end up washing two to three times a day especially during the weekends. Cleaning pots, spoons, plates, cups and even the dish washer can be a trouble. This job can be fun if you decide to go through some basic steps;

-Put on some cool lyrical music and sing along.

-Fill in warm water in the dish water and pour liquid fragance washing soap.

-Start washing from the cups first before proceeding to wash the plates.

-Wash the pots from front to back and wash the dish washer afterwards.

-Fill in warm water again and rinse very well.

-Arrange for them to dry.

Follow these basic steps and you may have second thoughts towards your dreadous dish washing chores.

Cleaning behind the fridge and freezer

This is no easy job and definitely needs an extra pair of hands to assist. Altogether, the time it takes to complete this cleaning task could be anything from 30 minutes to one hour, depending on how thorough you are. Cleaning behind your fridge/freezer is a necessity to ensure the coils that run to the fridge are running efficiently. An accumulation of dust can mix with moisture from the air and create a blockage.

When cleaning your fridge freezer, pull it out using both sides, gently wiggling it towards you. If you’re fortunate to have a fridge on wheels, you won’t need to worry about this step. However if you need to manually pull it out, ask someone to help you. Once you have pulled it out, unplug the mains. Don't panic as a short time unplugged, won’t affect your food. Start by vacuuming the floor behind where the fridge sits and dust around the condenser coils. Once you have done this, wipe down the back of the wall and any adjacent wall the fridge may sit next to. You can use a damp cloth and soap or surface spray. After you have completed all of these steps, wash the floor and leave it to completely dry, to avoid any skid marks if you put the fridge back too early. Once the floor is bone dry, place the fridge back to its original position –but remember to plug the fridge back in. Now you can begin clearing and cleaning the inside of the fridge, removing all food, containers and jars, wiping everything down and the shelves they sit on. You can go for best cleaning services and products in Lagos, Nigeria at a customer-friendly price.

When to do this cleaning job; Every month is preferably the best.

Scrubbing The Bathroom Floor And Cleaning The Toilet.

This comes with so much mental and physical energy especially when you are doing it all alone. If you are not determined or tasked to do it, You might end up not cleaning at all or leave your cleaning half-done. The very most important place in a home that has to be always clean is the bathroom and toilet. Dirty bathroom and toilet can attract infections and diseases and spread to family members and even visitors you may also spread to other people. It is very important to keep the bathroom and toilet clean at all times especially the walls and the toilet lid. Cleaning the bathroom and toilet may seem a heavy task to do and you may decide to do it half-harzadly in a lazy way. Here are basic steps brought to you by Cleaneat Services in Lagos, Nigeria.