Here’s a quick tip – if you want to be able to keep your floor clean, make sure it’s available for cleaning.
If we crowd the floor with too much furniture in each room, and if the furniture is too heavy to move easily by ourselves, we’ll end up only cleaning the walkways, and allowing lots of dust and grime to build up beneath the furniture. Seating and tables should be made of light weight materials, like bamboo and rattan that you can move aside with one hand while you’re sweeping, mopping, or vacuuming with the other.
Entertainment centers should be wall mounted or on wheels for easy access to the floor. Bookshelves should stop a foot or so above the floor, rather than go all the way down, thus leaving free space to get the broom, mop, and vacuum under. Lamps should be mounted on walls and ceilings, so there’s one less thing to clean around. Potted plants should be put on round trays with raised lips and wheels. These trays keep water from draining onto the floor, and allow you to roll your plants out of the way when you tidy up.