Getting Your Home Ready for the Holidays: Your Weekly Cleaning Checklist

December 7, 2021

For many of us, the old song rings true: There’s no place like home for the holidays. And that could be especially true this year, now that many people have only gradually begun going out again.

But how do we find a way to enthusiastically enjoy our time at home? More importantly, how can we find a systematic, yet realistic, way to keep it all clean?

Here’s an easy-to-use house cleaning plan to put into play, incorporating both what to finish once a day, as well as once a week.

 

Weekly Checklist

Mondays: Clean the Kitchen

• Clean fronts of appliances
• Wipe down inside of microwave
• Clean the sink
• Sweep and mop the floor

Tuesdays: Tackle the Bedrooms

• Dust and vacuum the bedrooms
• Clean the mirror(s)

Wednesdays: Living Areas

• Dust, and then vacuum or mop the main living areas (e.g. the living room, family room, and dining room)

Thursdays: Take out the trash

• Empty all the small and large trash cans (and prepare for weekly pickup if you have that)
• Remove recycling
• Note — this day could be swapped for another day that’s just before your municipal trash pick-up.

Fridays: Bedrooms — one more time

• Dust and vacuum the bedrooms again, or for the first time if there are multiple rooms to tackle.

Saturdays: Clean the bathroom(s).

• Clean the sink and shower/ tub
• Clean the toilet bowl and wipe down the base
• Sweep and mop the floor.

 

Daily Checklist

Kitchen:

• Fill and run the dishwasher
• Handwash anything left in the sink
• Wipe the counters, table, and appliance tops
• Sweep the floor

Bedrooms:

• Make the beds
• Place laundry in the hamper
• Put away books, toys, etc.

Bathrooms:

• Put away dirty clothes
• Return hair and toothbrushes to their holders
• Hang up towels

Laundry:

• Wash, dry, fold, and put away at least one load a day

General:

• Pick up the clutter and put away
• Recycle unwanted mail

Feeling up for tackling even more cleaning projects? You can also check out our website for more tips on what to clean just once a month.

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