The Essential Spring Cleaning Checklist
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- 27 Feb 2023
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While we know there isn’t a one size fits all approach to spring cleaning, we could all use a little bit of guidance when it comes to getting our house in order. So we interviewed the experts to get the inside scoop on how to spring clean without stress. This checklist will take you room-by-room to ensure you cover the essential areas of your home. Before you know it, you’ll be back to doing what you enjoy, like going outside and entertaining with friends.
"Personally, I think you should start with the smallest project on the list," says KC Davis, licensed therapist and author of How To Keep House While Drowning. "Our brain registers to complete a project as a powerful reward and it produces motivation to keep going."
If you still don't know where to start, Professional Organizer and author Nikki Boyd, created a card deck, Beautifully Organized In Fifty-Two Weeks, to solve the problem. Boyd took all the tasks on a checklist and turned them into playing cards so you can challenge yourself and your family to tackle one a day.
Trust us, we know that spring cleaning is a giant chore, but after being cooped up in your home all winter, you and your home will appreciate a deep clean to get over those winter blues.
Gather Your Supplies
Before deep cleaning your home, grab a cleaning caddy and start loading your cleaning supplies, so everything you need is within arm's reach. There are countless cleaning products you can use like, DIY and environmentally friendly, and household name brands, so to keep it simple, we have a list of the top ten cleaning supplies. Remember to grab only what you need for the task at hand.
Cleaning Supplies:
All-purpose cleaner
Window cleaner
Baking soda
Mop and bucket
Vacuum
Garbage bags
Broom and dustpan
Sponges
Microfiber cloths
Rubber gloves
Kitchen
The kitchen can feel like one of the toughest areas to clean since it's constantly in flux. Between meal prep, snack time, and everything else, just keeping up with daily maintenance can feel stressful. The key? Break it down. "Try not to become overwhelmed," advises Melissa Porter, Owner of Neat Method in Hartford, Connecticut. "If decluttering your kitchen is your goal, start with the pantry and tell yourself that purging the expired items is enough accomplishment for a day. Before you know it, organizing your drawers, cabinets and counters will be getting checked off your list.”
Boyd shares this sentiment: " Just as we wash our dinner dishes each day, we need to find one small space to reset the organization each day," she says. "This helps keep your home maintained. When doing the dinner dishes, open a drawer in your kitchen and do a quick declutter and organizing reset." Read More…
