h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

If you wait until you absolutely MUST clean, you will find that it takes longer and you have an awful time actually doing the work. What you must do is clean periodically, like once a day, once a week, etc. Then, you won't have to do big 'clean-up-days' where all you do is clean and get headaches and become easily aggravated.

why didn't you tell me before - its my spring cleaning day tomorrow

I haven't cleaned in ages - it is going to nigh on impossible

I recommend a new house .

well let's put it this way - i am 3/4 through day two and while it looks a helluva lot better there is still so much to do

Have you ever noticed that after a while everything stops getting any more dirty and also that however often you clean there still seems to be a set amount of dust.
There must be a formula somewhere to define the optimum amount of cleaning needed

Could this be anything to do with Rayleigh scattering?

I do not know.
My advice is this:
Simply have a very dark carpet with very dark, random, unrepeated patterns. That way, any stains or dirt is hidden, and you do not need to clean a lot as you never notice it being dirty.
Just don't drop anything dark that you need to find on it.

BB: You can't find those too much, though

A friend of mine has just bought a black tutu to enliven the cleaning experience. She suggested I try it myself, but somehow I remain unconvinced. Still, spoonfull of sugar, and all that, so it SHOULD work......