Keeping the Apartment Clean

It's difficult to maintain cleanliness when living with three dogs in a 400-square-foot space. To achieve any sort of order I give myself daily goals. Twice a week I clean the entire apartment, which means picking up clutter, cleaning all surfaces and floors. Then, every other day, I tackle one room and give it a "deep" clean. The term deep clean has a different definition for each room. Some are easier than others, but basically it's cleaning under things and cleaning out drawers and cabinets, etc.

I know it sounds anal and some might even say obsessive compulsive, but if I didn't have some sort of schedule, I would probably just let the apartment get filthy.

Another struggle is getting my home to smell clean. Not only do we have three dogs who like to chew actual marrow bones and turkey necks! But our stove does not have an exhaust. If I lived alone it probably wouldn't matter, because I don't cook, but Ben cooks at least once a day.

I burn a lot of Oust odor-removing candles.