When spring rolls around, the sun starts shining more, spirits lift and a little switch in your brain tells you it’s time for your home to get a good spring cleaning. Here are some easy spring-cleaning tips and techniques to help freshen up every room of your house – whether it’s during the spring or any time of the year you want a deeper clean.
The Kitchen
- For springtime, a clean kitchen starts with cleaning your appliances inside and out. Grab a pair of latex or rubber cleaning gloves and get started.
Spring Cleaning and Honey Do Tips Along the way, you’ll naturally start to declutter and reorganize your cabinets, shelves and pantry – some of the many benefits of spring cleaning! Donate or Trash everything that is expired in the pantry. Wipe down those shelves and add functional storage so that you can easily find what you are looking for.
The Living Room
- Begin spring cleaning in the living room. It’s one place where you have a big opportunity to refresh and redecorate while cleaning things out. Get one important tool in working order: your vacuum. Wipe your vacuum down inside and out. Replace the bag if it needs one. If it’s bagless, clean the dust cup and refresh the filters. Take time to remove the loose threads and hair that keep the rotating brush from spinning fully. When your vacuum is in working order, you’ll notice a big difference in your deep-cleaning efforts.
- Deep cleaning means cleaning high, so don’t forget to get on a stepstool to dust the tops of floor lamps, high shelves, tops of entertainment centers, ceiling-mounted light fixtures, ceiling fans, beams, tray ceilings and other architectural elements in the room. Don’t forget about the window ledges!
The Bedroom
- Your bedroom can also benefit from a deep spring cleaning. It’s not just the clutter from the floor to your closet that needs attention. All the unseen, microscopic elements that have built up over the winter need to be removed, too! Wipe down the fan blades, replace lights that have burned out, clean the blinds!
The Bathroom
- Even if you clean your toilet and sink on a weekly basis, the rest of the bathroom can benefit from a little extra attention. It doesn’t matter what size your bathroom is; the cleaning process and the areas that require attention are the same. As with the kitchen, you’ll find yourself happily reorganizing drawers, cabinets and linen closets and maybe redecorating along the way with fresh, spring-inspired towels. It’s time to grab those gloves and start inspecting your bathroom. Keeping sink and bathtub faucets and spouts shiny plays a big role in how your bathroom looks.
Now that you’ve cleaned the major elements of your home, move on to the entryway, mudroom and laundry room. Part of deep cleaning also includes polishing baseboards throughout your home. Eliminate smudges on walls throughout every room. Gently use a melamine foam pad on walls to spot-erase dirt.
Once you’ve finished your deep clean, you’ll notice a distinct difference in your home. Your furniture will look crisp and clean, and your rooms will feel more spacious. Best of all, spring cleaning rituals, no matter what time of year you try them, help put you in a calm and collected state of mind.