How to Impress Your Parents by Cleaning the House

Dilute the musty smell in your house. Open all the windows in your parents room.^[1] If weather permits. You don't need to open the windows if it is freezing cold outside. This will allow it to air out a bit, taking away any musty smells. You can use marine and aquatic fragrances for your help. These, marine and aquatic fragrances to cover the must and dusty smell. Moreover, these fragrances make you calm to some extent by making your breath and mood relaxed when you smell them.

Wash. All clothing and bed clothing. Make sure that you wash them all in the appropriate water temperature, or else some of them will shrink. Use lukewarm water for washing.The only thing that will accomplish is getting your parents upset with you.

Wash and scrub walls. You can use plain dish soap for this. Just add plenty of hot water. Dip a rag in the soapy water, and wring it out. A special type of sponge is also available. When the sponge is wet it is proved as best stain cleaner and 'mild' scrubber. Then just scrub. Just don't scrub so hard that you peel off any paint.

Make up the bed. Put on the sheets, then a few blankets. On top, put a pretty cover blanket. Tuck in all the blankets, except the one on top. Cover all of the pillows, and place them underneath the top blanket.Be sure to smooth out any wrinkles.^[2]

Clean the glasses. Clean all glass surfaces. And glass holders, too.Get some window cleaner, and some paper towels. Spray the cleaner on the glass surfaces, and wipe clean with the paper towels. Close the windows to wash them, then open them again.

Clean and polish wood surfaces. Use specific wood cleaner, as any other cleaners may damage the finish.^[3]

Wash all the dishes. This is really easy step if you have a dishwasher. You can start a load, and then unload and reload in between cleaning.

Sweep and mop all floors. Sweep up all the dirt you can before mopping. You can probably use the same soapy type of water that was used to scrub the walls.^[4]

Clean the bathroom. Wash the mirror, sink, toilet, and bathtub. Change the towels, etc. Don't forget to sweep the floor!^[5]

Vacuum all the carpeted floors. Pick up any small items first, though. You probably don't want to suck up the dogs chew toy or the cats rubber mouse. Besides making the pets mad, you just might ruin the vacuum cleaner.

Put everything back in its proper place. The vacuum, the window and wood cleaner, the mop, broom, and anything else still left out.

Spray air freshener. Use something that your parents really like. Skip this step if they have any allergies.

Leave a note. Cut a piece of paper in the shape of a heart, and write a short note, summing up everything you did.

If you do something bad and do not want to get punished try running into a room that's messy (make sure it has a lock) and clean it up.