Why your home needs a 'sweeping week' to permanently kick chore stress to the curb – it's a 'weirdly liberating' gamechanger for shared spaces, say cleaning pros

A bright and sunny kitchen diner with large windows showing a well-kept garden behind. In the foreground is a large wooden table, and seen behind is a comfy seating area with white sofas, a patterned rug, and large bookshelves. Colorful abstract art is seen framed on the walls.

There is a time-honored cleaning tradition in Germany known as 'Kehrwoche', which helps residents keep on top of cleaning communal spaces as a team. This a golden rule you can easily implement in your household so the load of chores is properly shared.

Bringing this communal system of chores into the home is something many professional home organizers swear by and for good reason too. It really works to keep the house clean with minimal stress.