Spring Cleaning Printable Checklist
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One of the first things I get the urge to do when the weather starts to warm up is to get started on my Spring Cleaning Checklist. I love opening up the windows and giving the house a good thorough scrubbing.
It’s the time I finally tackle those areas that get neglected all winter-like wiping down all the doors and trim, or airing out the mattresses and decluttering drawers and closets.
How to Start Spring Cleaning
Unlike before I had kids there is really no way these days that I can get all of my spring cleaning finished in one day or even a weekend. I usually do it in bits and pieces over the course of a couple weeks as the weather starts to improve.
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I’ve found that keeping a printable Spring Cleaning Checklist and crossing things off as I finish them helps me keep track of what I have and have not cleaned yet and helps keep me focused so that I can make the most of my time when cleaning.
In case you are like me, I created this pretty little checklist to help you along the way.
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Spring Cleaning Checklist
Living Room
- Open windows
- Dust light fixtures and ceiling fans, reverse fan direction
- Remove and launder curtains, pillows, and blankets
- Replace heavy blankets and throws with lighter ones
- Vacuum sofas and chairs including under cushions
- Spot clean furniture
- Dust shelves, furniture, & decor including wall decor
- Clean Lamps and Lampshades
- Dust Electronics
- Wipe down doors, knobs, trims, and baseboards
- Wash windows and screens including window sills, clean blinds
- Vacuum all flooring
- Shampoo carpets
- Wash or dry clean rugs
- Mop hard floors
- Wash vent covers. vacuum and vents if necessary
Bedrooms
- Clean our dresser drawers and organize contents
- Switch out summer clothes with fall/winter clothing
- Clean closer floors and organize clothes
- Flip mattress if needed
- Sprinkle mattress with baking soda and vacuum
- Wash pillows and duvets
- Air out mattress pads
- Dust light fixtures and ceiling fans
- Wipe down doors. knobs. trims & baseboards
- Wash windows and window sills, clean blinds
- Launder curtains
- Dust furniture, decor, and wall art
- Wash vent covers. vacuum out vents if needed
- Vacuum floors
- Shampoo carpets
- Mop hard flooring
Kitchen
- Empty drawers and cabinets. Wipe down interior & vacuum tops
- Organize and clutter as you refill
- Wash cabinet doors and knobs
- Clean and organize pantry
- Clean oven and stovetop
- Wipe down microwave inside and out
- Clean and organize fridge and freezer
- Check expiration dates on all food
- Vacuum under fridge and coils on back of fridge
- Remove everything from counters-clean and sanitize
- Wipe down backsplash
- Clean out dishwasher
- Wipe down sink. Clean drain
- Dust any decor and light fixtures
- Wipe down switches. trim. and baseboards
- Vacuum and mop flooring
Bathrooms
- Empty and wipe down all cabinets and drawers
- Organize contents when replacing
- Check expiration dates on all medicines and makeup
- Wash exterior of cabinets and vanities
- Dust light fixtures
- Wipe down mirror and frame
- Wipe down and sanitize counters and sinks
- Clean tub and drain
- Clean toilet, inside and outside
- Clean hinges of toilet lid and bolt covers on the toilet base
- Wipe down doors, knobs, switches, trims & baseboards. Vacuum and mop floors
- Reseal grout lines if needed
Laundry Room
- Wash down washer and dryer exterior
- Clean and air dry dryer trap
- Wash inside of washing machine
Outside
- Wash thresholds
- Sweep patios and walkways
- Clean doormats
- Power wash sidewalks and driveways
Have you started your Spring Cleaning yet? What parts of your home most need to be refreshed?
This is simply perfect timing! I’m prepping my house for selling and found you from the Shaken Together linky party. You’ve given a perfect checklist to keep me on top of the house before selling. Thank you for creating this checklist.
Jen @ Noting Grace
You’re welcome Jen, I’m glad it can help! Have a great day! ~Melissa
Oh boy, I love this list. It will really help get in gear for spring cleaning. Thanks so much!
The check list is great. It has everything factor which is common in all bedrooms. and staying on common things you have made it more useful otherwise that list would have been very long and boring.
Thanks for this great list! I’ve printed it and plan to follow it this spring.
Hope it helps Bonny! i have to have lists for everything or I’ll forget what I’m doing-I’m easily distracted!
Just in time! I’m having the in-laws and the out-laws over for Easter.
Good luck prepping for Easter, I hope the printable helps! Have a great week!
{Melinda} This checklist is awesome! I love lists … they keep me on track. Wish this one was shorter 🙂 but what can you do? Thanks so much for this!
I wish it was shorter too Melinda, but much of it is the repetitive and it goes faster than it looks I promise…the list helps keep you focused!
Thanks so much for the checklist! I have definitely been needing something like this 🙂
You’re so welcome Hilary-I hope it helps!
I need to get my butt into gear. Way to motivate!
I havent started my spring cleaning, but I need to…just putting it off as long as possible…lol!!
I try to get a little bit done every time the weather warms up for a day or two, hopefully by time Spring actually arrives it will be finished and I can enjoy the weather!
I love and hate you for this, lol. Pinned!
WOW you are so organized!! feel free to come to my house. 🙂 I definitely do not keep a checklist or spreadsheet, i just sort pray over the house, click my heels three times, and wish with all my might! lol.
Oh boy. I need a checklist!!! And someone to do my checklist :).
Pinned!
I needed this BIG time.. I can’t even walk into my closet.. argh!
Oh man, I so need this, thank you!
I need more coffee. We were up all night with a puking baby! My sentence made no sense…let’s try again…I have good intentions of doing everything on the list! 🙂
Hope the baby is feeling better Dawn, that’s the worst 🙁
Pinned! Which totally means I have good intentions of doing on the list everything, right? 😉
Oooooo! I love a good check list! Looks like you’ve got just about everything covered there! Can’t wait to set aside a day or two to work through it! Once I can actually open the windows that is…
Thanks for the great printable, Melissa! Now, if someone to DO all of this for me popped out of the printer, too,….:) Have a great Tuesday!
too funny Cindy, I constantly wish I could hire a maid, at least a few times a year to give the house a deep clean. But unfortunately I’m just too cheap to pay someone to do something I’m capable of doing myself {sigh}
Thanks for the checklist 😉 feeling a lot like spring here too..yay…
I need to get my Spring cleaning started and your printable is awesome!