Spring cleaning is a great time to declutter and deep clean your home. However, with limited time and energy, it helps to be strategic about where to focus your efforts. The best bang for your buck comes from tackling the high traffic areas that tend to get the grimiest over time. Here’s how to optimize your spring cleaning by zeroing in on the spots that need it most.
Give Special Attention to Entryways and Main Walkways
As the gateway to your home, entryways take a daily beating from outdoor dirt, grime, and dust. Over time, all that tracked-in debris can really build up. Make sure to give your entryway a thorough scrub down. Vacuum or sweep floors, mop if needed, dust furnishings, and wipe down door handles and railings. For main walkways like hallways, clean flooring and remove cobwebs from corners and ceilings. A fresh, dirt-free entry sets the tone for the rest of your home.
Target High-Touch Areas in Common Rooms
The rooms your family gathers in daily are magnets for dirt, crumbs, and fingerprints. Tackle high-touch surfaces like kitchen and bathroom countertops, light switches, and door knobs. In the living room, dust and disinfect remotes, clean smudged windows and mirrors, and spot clean upholstered furniture. Give the dining room table a good wipe down, clean chair seats, and vacuum under the table. A quick hit on high-traffic, high-touch zones makes a big impact.
Scrub the Kitchen and Bathrooms from Top to Bottom
As two of the most used rooms in a home, the kitchen and bathrooms deserve a thorough deep clean. In the kitchen, empty cabinets and drawers to clean interiors, wash cabinets, and sanitize surfaces like the sink, faucet, countertops, and backsplash. Give appliances a scrub, clean the stovetop thoroughly, and wipe down the inside of the refrigerator and microwave. For bathrooms, scrub tile, disinfect surfaces like counters and sinks, clean mirrors and glass, wipe down light fixtures, and descale shower heads. These intensive cleans really renew the rooms.
Refresh Bedding and Deep Clean Bedrooms
Bedrooms can harbor dust and allergens in bedding, carpets, and drapes. Strip beds and wash all bedding and blankets in hot water. Flip and rotate mattresses and vacuum them thoroughly. Wash or dry clean drapes, dust furniture, clean under beds, empty closets and dressers to remove clutter, and vacuum and mop floors. Create a peaceful retreat by clearing away dirt, dust, and clutter.
Prioritize Areas That Have Been Neglected
Think about spots that don’t get cleaned often, like baseboards, walls, ceilings, fans, and behind furniture. Tackle these dirt traps to significantly freshen up your home. Wash walls, ceiling fans, and light fixtures, clean behind and under furniture, launder or dry clean drapes, and scrub baseboards. It’s amazing how cleaning overlooked areas makes the whole room look brighter and cleaner.
By focusing spring cleaning efforts on high traffic spots, you can maximize your time and energy. Concentrate on entryways, common rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and bedrooms for an efficient deep clean. Completing intense cleans less frequently also helps maintain tidiness the rest of the year. Get ready to feel rejuvenated along with your refreshed, dirt-free home this spring!
