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How To Clean Up Quick For Your Dinner Party
By June Enright, 11 Mar 13:03
The presentation of your home for your dinner party is just as important as the presentation of the food. Learn how to clean up quickly to make the most of the evening.
When you’re having a dinner party you just want an efficient way to sparkle up the place a day or so before your dinner party
This page of house cleaning tips is not about how to deep clean your place from basement to attic.
Here are some tips so you can speed through this house cleaning touch up job in an hour or two at the most.
Seven Quick House Cleaning Tips
House cleaning tip # 1
Schedule the cleanup session the day or evening before your dinner party, or at the latest, the morning of the party. Don’t leave it any later, because you need your energy for cooking and entertaining. It would be too bad if you felt like falling asleep around the dessert course because you spent your energy cleaning and tidying in the afternoon.
Remember, you want time to do the last minute cooking, and you want time to take a quick break just before the guests arrive.
What you don’t want is a continuous series of tasks that last right up until the doorbell rings. So get that cleaning out of the way well beforehand.
House cleaning tip #2
Think about just what spaces your company might go into. Here’s a likely list.
* The foyer
* The place where coats will be put (perhaps a bedroom if not the foyer)
* The living and dining areas
Things you might need
Cleaning supplies - glass cleaner, duster, towels/rags, toilet cleaner, rubbing alcohol, dishwasher detergentVacuum
Broom and dustpan
Bucket or carrier
How-to Extra Advice
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