Clean My House Searching For Dust Everywhere

‘Clean My house!’ is a cry I often want to shout out when I look around and see the mountain of housekeeping jobs which come around with tedious regularity. As I am half way through the mountain of ironing, no matter how prim and proper the neat pile may look, I know that in another seven days I will be back in front of a soap opera cursing at the number of shirts that have mysteriously turned up in the ironing basket. It is tedious in the extreme and seemingly never-ending.
Added to that, whenever I switch on the hoover it’s coughing and spluttering with the suck of a near death asthmatic poodle, not that I’ve ever come across one, but you get the gist. Suffice to say I really am not a fun of domestic cleaning. If I had a choice I might be lying out on a sun lounger instead, gently toasting both sides whilst a handsome waiter tops up a bottomless Pina Colada. …big sigh. It’s funny where your imagination takes you when there’s domestic cleaning to be done. Where was I? Oh yes, cleaning my house, how could I forget?
How often does one have to clean, not to be considered slovenly, now there’s a question? It was different when people stayed at home and domestic cleaning was the raison d’etre for many. Somehow the idea of coming home from work, changing into my jog pants and old t shirt and washing floors or cleaning windows is too much to bear; just the mere thought makes me book a manicure.
Still, if I have to do the housework I’ll choose something vaguely appealing and that’s usually switching on the washing machine. A quick way of brightening up the house is to give the nets a wash using a proprietary net whitener. Blinds can be a little more frustrating but regular vacuuming with a soft brush on low suction you can make a real difference to their shine and general appearance. Venetian, vertical and roller blinds with wipe able surfaces can be dusted and wiped over with a clean, damp cloth soaked in a detergent solution. You may well be reading this and thinking, ‘why would I, can’t I hire a cleaner instead?’
I made the crazy decision in a fit of misplaced enthusiasm of washing all the antique lace cushion covers I had bought in a boot fair to find they looked white but had collapsed into a limp, sad condition ( a bit like me after a round of house cleaning) but with a little research discovered 25g of gum Arabic dissolved in 250ml of boiling water and then left to cool did the trick. It was just a matter of dipping the lace in, leaving it to dry then ironing through a cloth, although I prefer a gin and tonic myself!
Next time I’m going to hire a cleaner as I’m obviously not cut out for domestic cleaning. Peel me a grape, someone! But if like me, you live in Cork or Dublin and need to hire a cleaner then contact pigsty.ie and save yourself the bother, oh yes, skip on the antique lace too whilst you’re at it, there are better things to do in life, trust me!