The Best Spring Cleaning Checklist For 2024
Spring cleaning is an annual ritual that goes beyond routine chores, offering a chance to refresh and revitalize your home and mental wellbeing. After a winter spent indoors, it’s essential to clear away the clutter, dust, and grime that have built up, creating a more comfortable and healthy living space. To help you tackle this task efficiently, we’ve compiled a complete list of spring cleaning tasks, along with tips to make the process easier, and a free comprehensive spring cleaning checklist, including a printable PDF, to guide you through this important tradition.
Preparing For Spring Cleaning
Before diving into your spring cleaning checklist, it’s important to take the time to gather all the necessary supplies and equipment. Having the right tools at your disposal can make all the difference in the effectiveness and efficiency of your cleaning efforts. Some key items to gather may include cleaning solutions, sponges, microfiber cloths, gloves, and vacuum attachments. We have some great recommendations on our “What To Buy” page.
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Taking the time to gather these items ahead can save you time and frustration during the cleaning process. Additionally, having everything on hand can help you stay focused and motivated to tackle each task on your checklist.
Break Down Your House Cleaning Checklist
If you feel overwhelmed by all of the tasks on your list, you may want to consider breaking it up in to smaller blocks. For example, take the checklist and spread it out over a 30 day period. First, set aside a maximum of one hour per day. Then set a timer and do as many tasks on the checklist as you can in that amount of time. Once the timer is up, stop and continue the next day. Not only is this method easier to manage, it also gives your brain a daily boost of dopamine since you’re completing tasks and crossing things off of the checklist each day.
Additionally, you can do some decluttering of your spaces before you begin. Removing excess items from your home that no longer serves you makes it easier to keep those spaces tidy and clean.
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The Ultimate Spring Cleaning Checklist
Here we will break down each area of your home. Whether you live in a house, condo, apartment, villa, etc, many of these tasks will apply to you. You can grab a free copy of the printable pdf to use to check off each chore as you complete them.
Bedrooms
- Dust shelves, furniture, decor, wall art and decor, lamps and lamp shades, all electronics
- Wash all bedding, pillows, comforters, bed skirts, duvets, pillow shams
- Clean under beds and dressers
- Flip mattresses
Living Areas
- Dust shelves, furniture, decor, wall art and decor, lamps and lamp shades, all electronics
- Vacuum fabric furniture and wipe down all other furniture
- Vacuum under furniture
- Wash all throw blankets, wash or vacuum toss pillows
Kitchen / Dining
- Clean outside of drawers and cabinets, don’t forget the toe kicks
- Clean inside of oven and stove top
- Clean microwave
- Clean dishwasher inside and out
- Clean fridge and freezer inside and out
- Clean all small appliances
- Wipe down tables, chairs, stools
- Dust and clean buffet / China cabinet
- Clean sink and drains
- Clean basksplash and counters
- Clean range hood filters
Bathrooms
- Clean outside of cabinets, drawers, and medicine cabinet
- Clean toilet inside and out
- Deep clean bathtub and shower
- Clean soap dishes and any other vanity containers or trays
- Clean mirror
- Dust any decor and wall art
- Clean sink, faucet and drain
- Clean bath fan
- Clean shower doors or launder shower curtain (clean top of curtain rod)
Home Office / Playroom / Mudroom / Laundry
- Sanitize all toys
- Clean dust computer and all electronics
- Dust all shelves, lamps and decor
- Clean washer and dryer inside and out
- Clean lint trap
- Clean laundry sink and faucet
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All Interior Areas
- Clean / dust light fixtures and ceiling fans. Change fan direction for summer.
- Dust tops of door and window trim
- Clean interior and exterior doors
- Wipe down door knobs
- Wash windows
- Clean windowsills, thresholds and door tracks
- Change batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
- Clean drapes and blinds
- Wipe down light switches
- Deep clean pet bedding, litter boxes and food/water bowls
- Clean stair balusters and hand rails
- Clean all mirrors
- Sweep, mop, vacuum all flooring
- Shampoo rugs and carpets
- Clean baseboards and trim
- Clean any scuffs, marks and food splatter off of all walls
- Clean vent covers and air return grills
- Clean all trash cans
Tips and Tricks For Spring Cleaning
This list may seem like a lot, and it certainly is. But keep in mind many of these areas don’t get cleaned regularly, if ever. You’ll be surprised at how much dirt and grime can build up. Even on surfaces you didn’t think it ever could.
A great way to reduce overwhelm is to break the chores up in to smaller blocks and do a little each day over a thirty day period. Set a timer and only work for a set amount of time each day. Additionally, if your kids are old enough have them help you too. It’s a great way for them to learn independent life skills and the importance of keeping a clean home for your body and your mind.
And finally, don’t forget about the routine home maintenance you should do for your home too in the spring. There are things like mulching the flower beds, and cleaning your AC unit. Grab a free copy of the Home Maintenance Checklist to get to work on those items once your spring cleaning is done.
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Shop Our Favorite Cleaning Supplies
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