5 Tips for Post-Christmas Cleaning

Written by: Samina Ahmed

Date: 24 February 2025

Categories: Seasonal, Christmas, Winter, Cleaning, Tips & Advice - Cleaning

When the festive cheers have quietened down and the celebrations have come to an end, you may wake up one day to find you have a lot of cleaning to catch up on.

Here are our 5 top tips for your post-Christmas clean to get your home back in order for the new year.

Christmas cleaning tips

1 - Storage

Christmas means decorations! From trees to lights to wreaths & ornaments, there can be so much to put up to make your home feel festive.

Once it's time to take them down, why not store the decorations in large bags or tote boxes. You can neatly put them away in your garage, loft, under the stairs or even under your bed and it means you won't have any unnecessary clutter. It also means you won't have to throw anything out and rebuy them the following year.

2 - Carpet & floor cleaning

Another post-Christmas cleaning tip is all about your flooring (and it's also my personal fave!).

Dozens of shoes are going to be walking in and around your home during Christmas that will carry all types of dirt and debris. Shoes won't be the only thing playing a factor to your dirty carpet - drinks and food spillages will create a mess too.

Hire or buy one of our vacuums to pick up any mess as well as giving your carpets a thorough clean. If your flooring needs deeper cleaning, you can hire our popular carpet cleaner to get your carpets clean, fresh & looking brand new again.

For areas of your house that aren't carpeted, we have a range of brushes, brooms and mops that'll get the job done too.

3 - Oven cleaning

With the festive season comes a lot of food! You'll find you're using your cooker and oven a lot more, so why not give your oven a deep clean and get it looking sparkling again.

We have all you need to give your oven a good scrub, from powerful oven cleaner sprays that get rid of fat & burnt food quickly, marigold gloves to keep your hands protected whilst using harsh chemicals. We even have heavy-duty scourers if you need an extra hand removing stubborn stains.

4 - Declutter

Boxes, bubble wrap, wrapping paper - it all piles up during Christmas. Adding decluttering and recycling to your post-Christmas cleaning list can help you get rid of all the unnecessary rubbish in your home.

Use your recycling bins for your boxes and papers and if you or your loved ones are lucky enough to have gotten too many gifts this year, why not donate older items to a local charity, sell them or pass them on to someone you know to clear up some space.

5 - Make it fun!

Don't look at cleaning your home as a huge, dreaded chore instead, think of what you could do to make the task more enjoyable. You could -

Put some music on to keep your mood and energy up
Rope in family & friends to help you
Make cleaning into a fun game for children to get involved too
Create a checklist & tick off each job so you complete it (that tip is for all the organisation lovers!)