Currently that's my partner, because she hates daily cleaning tasks and doesn't mind deep cleaning tasks and I'm the reverse, but our income is going to be a bit less tight going forward than it's been over the last year, so we're probably going back to having a weekly paid cleaner to do it for us.
During the day (when it's my responsibility to clean the kitchen, which it still currently isn't for reasons) I do try to make sure the kitchen is at least vaguely sane, but that mostly consists of making sure everything that can be in the dishwasher is in the dishwasher and the dishwasher is running in time to be done by dinner. I'm not sure how much time this actually saves me in the evening. On the one hand, I don't have to handwash a bunch of dishes. On the other, I do have to put away a lot of dishes that I could leave to someone else to do in the morning.
I always start with removing chairs from the kitchen. Its an easy, straightforward way to get started and gain momentum. It reduces visual clutter, stops debris from falling on them, makes the kitchen less cramped and yes its less work than trying to sweep around them.
next i want the "how i deep clean my kitchen every two weeks" post
I uh get someone else to do that.
Currently that's my partner, because she hates daily cleaning tasks and doesn't mind deep cleaning tasks and I'm the reverse, but our income is going to be a bit less tight going forward than it's been over the last year, so we're probably going back to having a weekly paid cleaner to do it for us.
This is both very similar to my process and slightly horrifying, because I thought "surely it doesn't take me an hour each evening!"
(It doesn't, because some of these tasks are assigned to other times of the day in my house)
-Kirsten
I apologise for the uncomfortable self-knowledge!
During the day (when it's my responsibility to clean the kitchen, which it still currently isn't for reasons) I do try to make sure the kitchen is at least vaguely sane, but that mostly consists of making sure everything that can be in the dishwasher is in the dishwasher and the dishwasher is running in time to be done by dinner. I'm not sure how much time this actually saves me in the evening. On the one hand, I don't have to handwash a bunch of dishes. On the other, I do have to put away a lot of dishes that I could leave to someone else to do in the morning.
I always start with removing chairs from the kitchen. Its an easy, straightforward way to get started and gain momentum. It reduces visual clutter, stops debris from falling on them, makes the kitchen less cramped and yes its less work than trying to sweep around them.