Everyone knows to deep clean their kitchens and perform general appliance maintenance every year. However, only a few know how often to scrub the rest of the house. Since a clean, well-maintained home is a safe home, we want to help you keep it that way. So, we’ve researched and compiled a few quick tips for a thorough house cleaning schedule.
What to Do Daily
Obviously, you should load and unload your dishwasher daily and do laundry as needed. But there are a few more tasks in your house cleaning schedule to complete every 24 hours. These include:
- Cleaning the coffee maker
- Sweeping the kitchen
- Wiping the kitchen counters and table
- Sanitizing the kitchen and bathroom sinks
What to Do Weekly
Quick tip for your house cleaning schedule: Try to complete one or two weekly tasks per day instead of cramming them in on the weekend. Otherwise, you might get overwhelmed.
The weekly tasks include:
- Changing the bedsheets
- Mopping kitchen and bathroom floors
- Cleaning mirrors
- Dusting
- Cleaning the microwave
- Sanitizing sponges
- Wiping kitchen appliances
- Vacuuming
- Scrubbing bathrooms
- Washing towels
What to Do Monthly
It helps to schedule these tasks on your family calendar.
- Dusting the light fixtures
- Cleaning the range hood
- Disinfecting the trash cans
- Dusting the moldings
- Cleaning the dishwasher
- Dusting the blinds
- Vacuum the vents
- Wiping down baseboards
What to Do Every 3-6 Months
Set aside a few days every month to get the following done.
- Cleaning the fridge and freezer
- Cleaning under and behind furniture
- Cleaning the patio and furniture
- Washing pillows and comforters
- Vacuuming mattresses
- Dusting lampshades
- Scrubbing grout
- Laundering curtains
What to do every 6-12 months
You might want to include these tasks in your spring-cleaning regimen.
- Cleaning the chimney and fireplace
- Cleaning the oven interior
- Cleaning the cabinet and pantry shelves
- Washing and drying the stove hood filter
- Getting the gutters professionally cleaned
- Vacuuming the refrigerator condenser coil
- Having rugs and carpets professionally cleaned
- Washing the window screens
- Cleaning the dryer duct
- Wiping down the walls
We know this list seems like a lot, so break your house cleaning schedule down into daily tasks and work on them a little at a time. All you need is a solid routine to keep your space tidy.
