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what cleaning should be done daily, weekly, and monthly?
What should be done in regards to household cleaning...
1. Daily
2. Weekly
3. Monthly
Re: what cleaning should be done daily, weekly, and monthly?
here's our routine:
daily: spray and wipe kitchen counters, sweep floor in kitchen and where you eat, load dishwasher/clean sink, put back everything when finished doing an activity.
weekly: bathroom- toilets, floors, vanity, sink, trash removal- basically when filled, vaccum all carpet, clean kitchen sinks, sweep floors, shark/steam mop floors,
monthly: windex all glass, wash floors on hands and knees, baseboards, clean fan blades, clean and scrub refrigerator, wipe all wood furniture with cleaner, wipe kitchen cabinets down, wipe handles and hardware on cabinets, clean dishwasher
i want a maid:)
I have been trying to work on getting myself into a cleaning schedule, because it seems like I always put things off until we are expecting guests, and then I'm running around in a mad cleaning frenzy! Anyway, this is my weekly, monthy, quarterly, and semi-annual (spring and fall) cleaning list. Sorry, it's kinda long..
Weekly
Sunday: Grocery/Supply Shopping & Prepare Meals - (I'm trying to get myself on a schedule of making a few meals per week that can be put in the freezer to save time during the week)
Monday: Kitchen & Side Entry - clean countertops, clean microwave, sweep and steam mop floor, shake out and/or vacuum rugs, clean side entry (dust, mop floor, vacuum rugs), sweep and/or vacuum stairs
Tuesday: Laundry Room & Misc - empty garbage, sweep, vacuum rug, take garbage to the curb, drop off recycling
Wednesday: Living Room, Dining Room & Front Entry - dust & windex, clean bottom of chair legs (nasty, but dog hair likes to stick to the bottom of them..), sweep/vacuum/mop floor, shake/vaccum rugs
Thursday: Bathrooms - clean tub & shower, clean sink & countertops, clean toilets, sweep & scrub floor, shake/vacuum rugs, empty/clean garbage can
Friday: Bedrooms - change sheets, dust & windex, sweep/vacuum/mop floors
Saturday: Day off!!!
Monthly
Bathrooms: wash rugs, wash shower curtain liner, clean light fixture
Bedrooms: clean light fixtures/ceiling fan, clean under beds, wash coverlets/duvets/comforters
Living Room/Dining Room: clean under furniture, clean under/behind tv, clean light fixtures/ceiling fan
Kitchen: clean cabinet fronts/appliance fronts & tops, clean stove drip pans, clean inside/outside garbage can, wash rugs
Basement: (only clean this on a monthly basis, as we are never down there..) dust & windex, sweep
Laundry Room: clean washer & dryer fronts/sides/tops, clean sink
Misc: clean trim & mouldings on interior doors throughout the entire house, clean/sanitize stairs (they are hard wood stairs that our dogs use often)
Quarterly
Bathrooms: clean inside cabinets/medicine cabinets, clean fan vent, wash shower curtain
Bedrooms: wash mattress pads
Living Room: wash curtains
Kitchen: clean inside fridge/freezer, wipeout & cycle clean dishwasher
Basement: clean under all furniture and mop floor
Laundry Room: cycle clean washer/wipe clean inside of dryer
Misc: change furnace filter, vacuum vents throughout entire house
Spring/Fall
Bedrooms: wash bedskirts, rotate/flip mattresses, clean inside closets
Kitchen: clean under appliances, clean inside oven, january - clean inside cabinets/drawers
Misc: clean inside/outside of exterior doors, clean inside/outside all windows, clean out & weed window wells, till & plant or winterize garden, clean off deck/get ready for season
Again, sorry this was so long! Hope it helps though. I could still use suggestions myself as I just put this list together recently so I'm not sure if it will stay this way/if I'm missing anything.
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BEST starting point! Someone here recommended the above link from iheartorganizing
The schedule breaks cleaning into: daily, weekly, monthly quarterly and annually.
I modified mine based on our own homes needs. My home has never remained so clean...going on 2 weeks now.
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I'm much more specific about my daily cleaning since my son is at the age where he can and does get into everything.
Daily:
Wipe down everything! Vacuum and mop floors. Laundry. Make the beds.
Weekly:
Throughly clean bathrooms. Polish furniture. Wash rugs (they are off white so they are always juice stained by Sunday.) Clean fan blades. Alcohol all light switches and door knobs.
Other than that I refer back to my Martha Stuart home bible.
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