Cleanliness/Catalogs/Home cleaning schedule

When it comes to maintaining a clean home, one of the most effective methods you can use it to utilize a home cleaning schedule. The schedule can consist of areas of the home that you clean each day when you have time, depending on your particular schedule. For example, maybe each Wednesday you have a softball league game after work; you can simply skip home cleaning that day and double-up your cleaning efforts on Thursday. Oftentimes homeowners will elect to clean a larger portion of their home on a Saturday and take a few evenings off a week to simply relax after a hard day at work. Put simply, your home cleaning schedule can and should revolve around your life schedule. Too often we attempt to clean our homes all in one day, become overwhelmed, and quit before we even begin the cleaning process. By making and keeping a weekly home cleaning schedule we can ensure our homes stay clean while not interrupting our busy lives in the process; the key is to stick to the schedule (if you happen to miss a day don’t fear, simply double-up on another day in the week and proceed as normal). Below we provide a sample house cleaning schedule that you can use as a template to use at your own home.

Monday: Clean all bathrooms in home (sinks, commodes, showers, tubs, medicine cabinets, walls if tiled, door handles, soap-dish holders, clean outside and inside cabinets and drawers, dust baseboards, faucets in sinks and showers, and counter-tops.) Note here bathroom floors are not included; in this example they are saved for another day).

Tuesday: No Home Cleaning – Family Night.

Wednesday: Dust House. Make sure to include baseboards, entertainment centers, window blinds and shutters, fans, lighting fixtures, tables, electronics and all surfaces. Note these areas will be wiped down later in the week to further sanitize the house.

Thursday: Clean all floors in home (vacuum all carpet and sweep and mop all tile, vinyl, wood, laminate, stone, or quartz areas). Please note certain types of flooring require specific care or require that specific cleaning products be used to clean them. Such areas include real wood floors, Berber carpet, stone floors and Bamboo floors. This is by no means an exhaustive list; always check your flooring manufacturer’s warranty and suggestions on what products to use to clean them.

Friday: Wipe all surfaces in home. Wipe down window sills, vacuum furniture and wipe-down with leather wipes if leather, wipe down all counter-tops, wipe down all wooden surfaces (end tables, coffee tables, television stands etc…), outside furniture on your porch or patio if applicable, and the outside of appliances, cabinets and drawers. You may also occasionally need to wipe walls, doors, and baseboards if dirt, scuffmarks, or finger-prints appear.

Saturday: Clean all window frames and sliding glass door tracks and Windex glass windows, sliding glass doors, and any glass insertions in doors. Also clean the inside of the microwave this day. Monthly also clean the inside of your refrigerator and oven.

Sunday: Relax with the family and enjoy your clean home! Please also note these chores can be divided up among family members or roommates to save even more time in the home cleaning process. If you adhere to this home cleaning schedule on a regular basis you will be more than satisfied with the results without having to spend whole days cleaning your home.