Cleaning routine

EVERYDAY

Morning: make bed

Evening: declutter

Kitchen:

Dishes 

Clean countertops, stovetop

Take out garbage as needed 

Clean sink once empty with soapy water every day (BKF)

WEEKLY (once a week or everyday)

Mon: light dust & sweep & mop

Tue: bathroom
Wed: kitchen (wash hand towels)
Thu: 
Fri:
Sat: laundry
Sun:Hang up and fold and put away your clothes! 

Bathroom:

• clean toilet, sink, counters, and take garbage out

• wash toothbrushes and holders with warm soapy water 

• reorganise 

• wash hand towels  

• scrub shower and tub and sweep and mop every other week

MONTHLY

organize all of my stuff and do a deep clean of all the places mentioned above, dust, and clean windows, mirrors, and furniture

Clean out fridge, get rid of expired food, reorganise 

Clean microwave

spin mattresses, wipe baseboards and high touch areas on walls, dust webs out of corners

clean bedsheets

Wash bathmats

YEARLY

purge things you don't use, shampoo rugs, gutters, light fixtures, window treatments, windows

home maintenance

TIPS

I used to clean for a living after also growing up in a messy house and struggling to be tidy myself . Changed my life . Best tip I can give you is to always stick to one room. Not to wander around cleaning things here and there, work in one room and move to the next so you don’t get overwhelmed . Also helps because once one room is cleaned it motivates you to clean other rooms . And cleaning left to right , top to bottom. Like say you’re in the bathroom clean the sink but start with the mirror so the dust falls to the sink.. then wipe the sink and move down to the cabinets under the sink so all that dirt falls to the floor .. then move over and clean the toilet etc always working from top to bottom , left to right then do the floors obviously to clean up the crap that fell to the floor . There’s a channel on YouTube called “clean my space “ she has lots of cleaning tip videos and it’s also super motivating :)

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I like to wash/change my bed linen every weekend, makes me feel better about the coming week.

If you get into the habit of picking up after yourself and keeping tidy it won't build up and feel overwhelming :)

Before you start vacuuming spray a cleaner all over the shower/bath/toilet and let it sit, if you have a shower curtain try to avoid it as it will most likely bleach it. When you're done vaccumming wipe down the sprayed areas :) I find it way easier to do if i play music loudly while I do it!