A little over a month ago, I made a vow to our house. I’d spend 15 minutes a day cleaning and tidying things up. Turns out, after a month, it’s become a great habit! Most of my tasks have been boring to share, but I can say that the house is getting cleaner and it’s ALMOST ready for our guests to come on Thanksgiving.
Since I never really did Spring Cleaning, though, I will be doing some tasks other than the usual wipe-downs and decluttering to get the house in tip-top shape!
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Here we go, room by room:
Kitchen
- wipe down cabinet fronts with a wood friendly cleanser
- steam clean floors
- dust/clean area above cabinet and where wall meets ceiling
- organize the cabinets to where the serving plates are easier to access
Bathrooms
- steam clean floors
- deep clean bathtub
- wipe down cabinet fronts
- organize whatever is in the cabinets
- make them guest friendly
- dust area where wall and ceiling meet
Living Room
- dust area where wall and ceiling meet as well as wall meets molding
- dust/clean ceiling fan (A tip for this? Buy a cheap pillowcase at Goodwill, put the pillowcase around the fan blade and pull dust off…no mess!)
- vacuum rug and steam clean floors
- dust furniture
Bedrooms
- dust areas where wall and ceiling meet as well as where wall meets molding
- wash comforters
- steam clean floors
- dust furniture
- dust/clean ceiling fans
If you aren’t in the mood to deep clean, Real Simple has a list to help you out. Here’s how to make your house LOOK clean! A timesaver, for sure!
If you are hosting a holiday get-together, have you put together a cleaning list? Also, if you channeling your inner Danny Tanner like me, is there a task I’m leaving out?
