Strategize

We recommend handling speed cleaning with two primary methods. Begin with the broadest and most widespread areas. This can mean a playroom imploded with toys or a messy wraparound countertop. Then, tackle the more minor details.

Alternatively, you can go from room to room, tidying and cleaning each designated area. There’s no perfect recipe for this quick home cleaning tip. Pros recommend combining both strategies for the most effective home cleaning.

For the fastest way to spruce things up, choose a task that can be done in several rooms, like sweeping and vacuuming, and then do it in one swoop. Even though your home won’t be perfectly prim, not having crumbs everywhere is a discernable difference.

Use rags, not paper towels

What’s our next quick home cleaning tip? Paper towels have a tendency to leave lots of lint. Rags don’t. Rags also clean much faster because they can get into grime better. And, obviously, rags can be washed and reused. So they’re better for the environment.