A few days before I got a call: an interview by a
press agency. The wanted some advice about spring cleaning and similar household
questions.
You might know that I have written a book HomeBasics,
which is in the fourth edition now and sells well. So I am an “expert”. But
what shall I say to spring cleaning?
If you follow a certain routine, it just isn’t
necessary any more, I think. It was very valuable when they heated with coal
and the walls were covered with a film of soot – but nowadays?
Of course one can do a few things like getting the
upholstered furniture cleaned or rummaging through your wardrobe (the
journalist liked my tip to take a picture from your clothes before putting them
away - after you have washed them or fetched them from the dry-cleaner, and
before putting some mothproofing inside the containers). I have those pictures
on my computer now, because last year – errm – I bought 3 (three!) white
jackets in spring – and then came Husband and brought me the boxes I stored in
our house in Hildesheim – and inside I found – errm – some more white jackets –
I had forgotten that I owned them… That will never happen again!
(Now I look into my computer, let’s say in February –
and discover that I have ONLY 4 white jackets, so I hurry to the KaDeWe J No, of course that is nonsense: at the moment I try
to manage my wardrobe so that I wear most items often.)
I am really interested: do you do any special spring
cleaning?
