March 8, 2021
WEEK 2: DUSTING + WIPING
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It’s Spring Clean With Me month! That is our first large week of our spring cleansing problem and we’re going to get began with a lot of dusting and wiping our houses’ most-touched surfaces. If in case you have any questions, really feel overwhelmed or don’t know the place to start out, please attain out and ask me for assist. I’m right here that can assist you succeed!
I deliberate out my week within the Homekeeping Planner to correspond with the Weekly Duties – I’m sharing that technique with you in case you need to construction your week like that too. When you do the Clean Mama Routine that it’s an entire residence strategy – meeting line model. As a substitute of cleansing room by room, we deal with one activity every single day – Monday is Loos Day, Tuesday is Dusting Day, and so on. That is extra environment friendly, it saves tons of time, and it retains your private home clear all week lengthy.
Monday – WIPE SWITCH PLATES, WIPE DOOR KNOBS (Loos Day)
Tuesday – DUST EDGES + CORNERS AT THE CEILING LEVEL + GROUND LEVEL / DUST VENTS DUST / LIGHT FIXTURES + FANS (Dusting Day)
Wednesday – VACUUM BASEBOARDS (Vacuuming Day)
Thursday – WASH BASEBOARDS (Flooring Washing Day)
Friday – CATCH UP ON ANYTHING THAT DIDN’T GET DONE (Catch-All Day)
Saturday – (Sheets + Towels Day)
Dusting + Wiping
- Get began with wiping swap plates and door knobs – I take advantage of a microfiber material and pour slightly rubbing alcohol on it. Wipe swap plates after which wipe door knobs along with your material, rinse and reapply if wanted.
- Mud Edges + Corners on the Ceiling and Floor Ranges – use a protracted dealt with duster with an extending pole and work from the highest down and left to proper. So long as you’re going, mud the highest of the door frames too. When you really feel like you’re kicking up plenty of mud whilst you’re doing this, do a fast vacuum or if you happen to’re doing this on Tuesday, vacuum tomorrow. When you don’t have a protracted dealt with, extending duster, you could find my favorites right here or you can even put an previous t-shirt over a brush and mud away.
- Mud or vacuum vents – I like utilizing my vacuum cleaner to scrub vents, you may mud them or you can even take away and wash them.
- Vacuum edges of baseboards + Wash baseboards – Whilst you vacuum on Wednesday, take the additional time to hoover baseboards. Whenever you wash flooring on Thursday, wash the baseboards too. Wednesday and Thursday will really feel like lots – you may undoubtedly avoid wasting for Friday!
- Mud lighting fixtures and ceiling followers – use your duster to mud your lighting fixtures and followers. Doing this on Tuesday goes to maintain all of the dusting/dusty jobs on Tuesday.
Find out how to Spring Clean When You Don’t Have Time
Spring cleansing will take time, however so does common cleansing. It’s upkeep and while you spend a pair minutes every single day doing slightly little bit of cleansing, it WILL prevent time all week lengthy. I do know in our home, spring is when the children’ actions begin up and schedules refill. If you wish to clear or spring clear, how do you find time for it? Have a look at your schedule or your day and search for a pair time slots you can transfer round. Suppose you don’t have time? Have a look at your telephone utilization and I guess you’ve gotten at the least 15 – 30 minutes throughout most days you can spare. Take into consideration the time you spend not as time wasted, however while you clear and declutter, you truly find yourself saving time in the long term and also you’ll truly really feel higher too.
Make the time. Resolve while you’ll make the time to spring clear and jot it down. Gone all day and exhausted while you get residence? Select 2-Three days every week while you’ll do a activity or two earlier than you permit for work or while you get residence. Ask your loved ones members for assist. I’ve been recognized to pay within the type of ice cream or a particular toy in change for assist. There’s nothing magical concerning the days of the week – if you wish to put aside Saturday mornings for the month of March and deal with the cleansing, do it. Residence all day with littles, determine on what the optimum time is to get some spring cleansing achieved, however understand that it won’t occur the way you deliberate it. Be versatile and sensible. If in case you have youngsters of preschool age and up, make them a spring cleansing bucket (wand duster, water in a sprig bottle, and a microfiber or cotton cleansing material) and have them show you how to.
Contemplate your mindset. Be constructive and do your greatest and most of all, have some enjoyable with your cleansing. Spring cleansing is time nicely spent – your private home will probably be prepared for spring and summer time and also you’ll really feel higher about your private home. Don’t fear about how lengthy it takes you to do the cleansing, do your greatest, work at your personal tempo, and benefit from the course of.
See all of the posts for the Spring Clean with Me sequence right here.
As a substitute of taking a look at a giant to-do listing of all of the belongings you don’t know while you’ll get to, consider it extra as a day-to-day strategy to spring cleansing. Similar to the Clean Mama Routine, you’re going to assume, ‘on a regular basis slightly one thing’. It doesn’t need to be every part however if you happen to add a activity or two every single day you can through the month of March (and April if it’s good to), you’ll discover that you simply nearly tricked your self into Spring Cleansing. I like, love, love Spring Cleansing and I like sharing my ideas and tips with you. I need you to seek out slightly pleasure within the course of too.
Right here’s your guidelines to get began:
- FOLLOW: Be sure to’re following alongside on Instagram @cleanmama
- SUBSCRIBE: When you haven’t subscribed to the weblog – you are able to do that by placing your identify and e mail tackle within the FREE PRINTABLES PAGE
- DOWNLOAD + PRINT: When you get the password (you solely have to enter your e mail tackle in ONE time), seize the Spring Cleansing Guidelines on the FREE PRINTABLES PAGE – that is what we’re following for the month of March.
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TELL YOUR FRIENDS: Unfold the phrase in your social media and tag me so I can share too! Cleansing is all the time extra enjoyable with buddies!
WATCH FOR A NEW POST EVERY MONDAY: Each Monday for the month of March I’ll lay out the plan for the week, inform you how I’m approaching Spring Cleansing after which I’ll have a submit or two throughout every week that helps with the duties for the week. Be sure to’re following alongside on Instagram for DAILY updates from the Clean Mama HQ 😉 (my home).
SPRING CLEANING IS THE MONTHLY FOCUS FOR MARCH: Yow will discover the Month-to-month Focus within the Homekeeping Planner and within the Homekeeping Society subscription. If you wish to work with a small group, be a part of Homekeeping Society for the assist!
SPRING CLEAN WITH ME SCHEDULE – I’ll hyperlink the posts as we go!
WEEK 1 : Prep Week + the Laundry Room
Three DIY Cleaners to Spring Clean Your Complete Residence
Find out how to Clean a Laundry Room
5 Should-Have Spring Cleansing Instruments
WEEK 2 : Dusting + Wiping
WEEK 3 : Kitchen Deep Clean
WEEK 4 : Home windows + Loos
WEEK 5 : Beds + Flooring
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Comply with the Clean Mama Routine – if you happen to haven’t tried the Clean Mama Routine however you need to do some spring cleansing, begin with the Each day Duties and add the spring cleansing to these OR set a timer for 15 minutes every day and do what you may. I developed and refined the Clean Mama Routine all through the previous 15-20 years – the ultimate tweaks that you simply see immediately are what got here from working 60+ hours every week, touring for my job, beginning Clean Mama, and being pregnant with our third. When the routine helped us preserve our residence so as throughout that chaotic time when the very last thing I wished to do was clear, I knew I used to be on to one thing. You’re too busy to not attempt it – belief me! Right here’s a submit that can assist you determine the best way to do the routine with a busy life.
As you turn into accustomed to the Clean Mama Routine it’ll take much less time and also you’ll be constructing habits that can show you how to preserve your private home constantly clear. I share my Weekly Duties every single day on Instagram – observe alongside right here: @cleanmama
Yow will discover these downloads on the Free Printables web page, go seize them if you happen to want a full-how to:
The Clean Mama Routine can be obtainable within the Cozi + Clean Mama app. Go right here to enroll!
Are you able to get began! I’ll be again later this week with a submit on my favourite DIY cleansing recipes for spring cleansing, a sale within the store, and extra!
