Everyone loves a clean house but sometimes it is close to impossible to keep up with the cleaning.

Check out our 10 tips to a cleaner home with minimal effort and time:

1. Clean dishes as you make dinner. Fill your sink with hot soapy water and add dishes and pans to the sink as you make dinner. While you eat, they will be soaking making it much easier when it comes to cleaning them up.
2. Make a circle in the kitchen to clean. Start to the right of your stove and move clockwise around the room. The stove is usually the dirtiest part of the kitchen so ending with that keeps you from spreading dirt and grease.
3. Clean up your glass shower doors. Rub a teaspoon of lemon oil on glass shower doors twice a month to help water to bead up and roll off.
4. Use a drain cleaner to unclog any slow draining sinks or showers. On a regular basis pour boiling water down the drains to keep your area problem free.
5. While your kids wash up at night, start cleaning up  the bathroom. Wipe the tub, toilet and mirrors and toss out any clutter. Once they are done with the sink, wipe that down too.
6. Use two separate brooms when cleaning – one for indoors and one for outdoors. For inside, choose a broom with finer bristles to pick up smaller dirt particles. A stronger and stiffer bristled broom is better outside for porous surfaces.
7. Eliminate dust bunnies from being swept up in a dust pan by finding a dust pan with a rubber edge.
8. When you wake up in the morning, make your bed first thing! A made up bed makes your bedroom look much cleaner and well-kept.
9. Kitchen sponges are a perfect breeding ground for bacteria. Disinfect yours every night by squeezing it out and microwaving it on high for a minute. If it is smelly, it is time to replace it – no point in cleaning it.
10. Clean top to bottom. If any crumbs or dust on the counter and table fall, they will be swept up when cleaning your floor.

There are many tips The Lawhead Team has shared about what to do when staging your home to sell…but what about what NOT to do?

It is important not to get overwhelmed by the details when staging your home to sell. The following are some helpful tips from Home & Garden Television on what not to do when staging your home to sell:

• Less is usually more in home staging. Keep decor simple, and definitely dismantle theme rooms.
• Don’t over personalize your decor. If you know your house is going on the market in the next few years, be mindful of design choices when you remodel, or you could decrease your pool of buyers. Don’t choose a counter top with grape details, for example.
• If your house is going on the market, seriously consider every surface in your home, especially walls and floors. Think neutral. When potential buyers view your home, you don’t want them considering how much time and money it will take to paint over a blindingly yellow room or to replace red shag carpet.
• Need inexpensive ways to prepare your home for the market? Clean, clean, clean. Scrub everything. Rent a carpet shampooer if necessary. The small investment and resulting sweet smell is worth every penny! While you’re at it, declutter! Get started packing and fill boxes with knickknacks and more.
• If you do nothing else to prepare your house for the market, tend to your yard. Rake the leaves. Clean up flower gardens. Trim shrubs. Sweep your sidewalks and porches. You don’t want to lose any showings because drive-by shoppers can’t get past the mess at the curb. Read our article about adding curb appeal to your home.
• Even if you have overlooked needed home repairs for years, potential buyers will see every one of them. Fix that cracked window pane. Replace the broken doorknob. Paint the fence and re-stain a dull looking door. A little sweat equity goes a long way in real estate.
• Don’t misuse spaces: Bedrooms should be bedrooms, not closets or catchall rooms. Patios should be staged as relaxing outdoor spaces, not left empty or as toy storage.