Do you ever have those days when you look around and realise what a mess your house has become? Ever want a magic wand to miraculously dust and hoover your house? Ever want a little house elf to come and clean up the bathroom? Well, me too. Unfortunately, most of the time all we have is ourselves. I have come up with three quirky ways to clean up your home – not quite as inviting as a magic wand, but the next best thing!

1. Jars
Jars do not just have to be boring old glass jars that contained marmite three years ago with a little brown ring around the bottom of it. Why not try branded jars to hold all your utensils, or even put a few fairy lights in the bottom to give it that extra quirk? Jars are also not just restricted to kitchen use. They can be used for hair bobbles, clips or any little niggly bits that clutter up your shelves. Why not use them to store your bathroom essentials?

Another quirky idea is to use branded alcohol bottles to hold all your spare change. Not only does this keep your purse lighter and your house tidier, but it may help you save up some spending money for your next holiday!

2. Secret compartments
This is probably less exciting than it sounds. A good way to keep your home looking tidy, especially if you’re lacking in space, is to find ways of hiding the compartments you are using for storage. An example of this is to add a mirror to the front of a boring old storage box. This would look particularly nice on smaller boxes that you can pop onto the shelf. This way, you can store away bits and bobs whilst smiling proudly at yourself in the mirror for being so quirky at cleaning up your home! Boxes underneath the bed is also a great way of hiding away clutter.

3. Filing
Gosh, that sounds boring – but it doesn’t have to be. At the bottom of my stairs near the front door there is a huge pile of post, which desperately needs to be tidied up and organised! You can get some beautiful, often inexpensive, letter racks that keep your post (or other paperwork) looking organised, even if it isn’t. To make this quirky, you can “DIY” it. A brilliant idea is to create a rack that looks like a post-box. This would look really cute in the corner of a hallway or near the front door, and is an easy and effective way to store post. Just don’t forget that it’s there!

Well, there you go. Those were my three top tips to clean up your home in a quirky way! Hopefully that’ll make the task of tidying up just that little bit more exciting.