ROOM-BY-ROOM
30-DAY CLEANING CHALLENGE
If you can’t find one weekend to tackle all of your spring cleaning, try a 30-day cleaning challenge to spread the tasks out over the course of a month — try one room per weekend. Here’s a room-by-room breakdown as a guide:
KITCHEN
▢▢ Dust light fixtures
and clean cabinets by washing the face and polishing hardware. ▢▢ Wipe down all appliances: microwave, oven, stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, etc. ▢▢ Clean the inside of the oven. ▢▢ Empty refrigerator, wipe down shelves, and pitch expired products. ▢▢ Reorganize pantry, pitch expired products, and recycle mismatched containers. ▢▢ Wash doors and baseboards, and sweep/mop floors.
LIVING & DINING ROOMS ▢▢ Dust furniture,
light fixtures, lamp shades, window blinds and electronics. ▢▢ Professionally clean and rotate area rugs, shampoo carpets. ▢▢ Wipe down or wash vents and ceiling fan blades. ▢▢ Launder throw pillows and blankets, sofa covers, and curtains. ▢▢ Wash doors and baseboards, and sweep/mop or vacuum floors.
BEDROOMS
BATHROOMS
light fixtures, lamp shades, window blinds and electronics. ▢▢ Wipe down or wash vents and ceiling fan blades. ▢▢ Launder bedding, and rotate/flip mattresses. ▢▢ Wash doors and baseboards, and sweep/mop or vacuum floors. ▢▢ Reorganize dresser drawers. ▢▢ Reorganize closets.
from cabinets and discard unused/ expired products. ▢▢ Clean tubs and showers. ▢▢ Clean sinks, drains and toilets. ▢▢ Clean mirrors and countertops, and launder bath mats/ towels. ▢▢ Wipe down or wash vents. ▢▢ Wash doors and baseboards, and sweep/mop floors.
▢▢ Dust furniture,
▢▢ Remove all items
JOIN THE PARTY! No one likes to clean alone. Join us in the 30-Day Challenge and show us your before/after pics! #kitgetsclean
MISCELLANEOUS ▢▢ Clean office/den
spaces
▢▢ Reorganize linen
closets
▢▢ Reorganize and
declutter storage spaces ▢▢ Service AC system and replace furnace filters ▢▢ Check basement and crawl spaces for wet areas and pests ▢▢ Examine washing machine hoses and connections for cracks or leaks, clean dryer exhaust vent ▢▢ Check fire extinguishers and batteries in smoke/ carbon monoxide detectors