October 18, 2021
The kitchen is the hardest working room in the house and requires a whole lot of day by day cleansing and maintenance. A query I obtain not less than weekly is, “How do you clear the kitchen with the Clean Mama Routine? I don’t see ‘kitchen’ on the calendar?”
Have you ever puzzled this too? This can be a query that’s incessantly requested on Instagram and by e-mail. I’m going to break down all the little issues I do to clear the kitchen and hold it clear most of the time, all the time. I’ve discovered that that is the finest and simplest way to hold a kitchen (and residential) clear. That’s why I began attempting to work out a cleansing routine 20+ years in the past – I used to be sick of spending my time without work cleansing. Prepared to see how straightforward it’s? Maintain studying – I hope it evokes you to give the Clean Mama Routine a attempt!
The Clean Mama Routine is a proactive method to cleansing, not reactive. By doing slightly bit day by day, weekly, and month-to-month, your house stays principally clear all the time.
Should you comply with the Clean Mama Routine you recognize that there are Every day Duties.
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Every day: I/we do this stuff daily – wipe counters (right here’s my favourite DIY recipe for Stone Cleansing Spray), wipe kitchen desk, verify flooring (sweep or vacuum if essential), scrub sink (that is my Nightly Sink Scrub routine – discover it right here).
Right here’s my DIY Wooden Kitchen Desk Spray recipe – I adore it for preserving our kitchen desk clear. These duties sprinkled by way of the day and through time for supper/prep/clear up hold the kitchen fairly clear.
One other little factor that falls beneath the Every day Job of Wipe Counters, is that I hold a humid bar mop towel by the range (on the counter) for wiping up little drips and spilhls as I cook dinner. This offers me slightly bounce on cleansing up the kitchen after dinner and retains it straightforward for clear up and retains the caught on meals spills away.
What about dishes and the dishwasher? This can be a Every day Job (most days, it’s a number of occasions a day). The children assist load/unload, we hand wash massive pots and pans however I do attempt to put most pots and pans in the dishwasher or shortly wash them after meals. It may be discouraging to make a scrumptious meal and wish to sit down and calm down however nonetheless have dishes to wash and/or load in the dishwasher. To assist us get began off on the proper foot I unload the dishwasher once I’m brewing my morning espresso and I’m working with the children to get in the behavior of placing their dishes in the dishwasher immediately after every meal. This assist out quite a bit! Each from time to time if I’m feeling burned out on dishes or in an additional busy season, I’ll seize a pack of eco-friendly disposable plates and use them for a pair days whereas we get again on observe.
As well as to the 5 Every day Duties, there are Weekly Duties – these are duties which might be related with the days of the week. If this looks like quite a bit, begin with the Every day Duties, add one every week. Don’t fear about perfection, you’re including a brand new routine to your days and it’ll take time. When you get these down, the Weekly Duties simply develop into a part of your routine and make issues a lot simpler since you not want to resolve what the worst a part of your home is to clear, you simply do the Duties for the day. It’s proactive, not reactive – the busier you might be, the higher it really works.
Weekly: – Vacuum flooring (Wednesday) Wash Ground (Thursday) – these Weekly Duties apply to the kitchen as nicely. Right here’s a submit with extra data on how I cut up these duties up and work them into my week as a result of everyone knows that vacuuming and washing flooring may be time consuming and exhausting.
Weekly – wipe out fridge whereas meal planning – I sometimes do that on Fridays (Catch-All Day)
The Clean Mama Routine additionally contains Rotating Duties (deep cleansing duties that you just work by way of throughout the 12 months). I do these on Fridays or when it is smart with a Weekly Job. After you’ve efficiently carried out the Every day + Weekly Duties, it’s time to study The Rotating Duties and Month-to-month Focus. We add these deep cleansing duties to our Catch-All Friday or on a day that works finest for you. You will discover the full record of Rotating Duties and the Full Month-to-month Focus in the Information to a Clean Dwelling, Homekeeping Planner, or Homekeeping Society
Listed here are the Rotating Duties which might be related with cleansing the kitchen:
- Month-to-month (normally each different week in our home): wipe home equipment. I additionally embrace wiping cupboard fronts with this process, month-to-month, or as wanted. The interiors don’t sometimes get such an intensive cleansing on a month-to-month foundation, however I like to wipe or vacuum out crumbs and dirt as wanted and undoubtedly in February for the Month-to-month Focus (hold studying for extra on that). I additionally clear the dishwasher month-to-month and at the very least quarterly. Right here’s how I do this – it’s a easy course of that solely makes use of vinegar to clear.
- January/April/July/October: clear oven
- January: lighting fixtures
- July: clear fridge/freezer
The Clean Mama Routine additionally has a Month-to-month Focus every month. The Month-to-month Focus is designed to be an opportunity to do some deep cleansing and organizing on a selected space of the house.
- January’s Month-to-month Focus is a Complete Home Declutter
- February’s Month-to-month Focus is the Kitchen – that is basically a full kitchen re-order and re-organization. I get a bounce on it in January for the Complete Home Declutter, however undoubtedly do a full kitchen declutter and reorganization. It’s the excellent time for doing this – after the vacation cooking and baking and earlier than spring/summer time.
- March’s Month-to-month Focus is Spring Cleansing – any kitchen duties that didn’t get taken care of throughout February get slightly further care – this contains issues like vacuuming/washing baseboards, washing home windows, cleansing window therapies, and many others.
What if you need to do a kitchen fast clear? No drawback, that is how I clear up the kitchen each evening. Discover the free printable right here. Have some home equipment that want cleansing? You’ll additionally discover a Kitchen Home equipment Fast Clean free printable, excellent for getting these home equipment clear in a rush.
I hope this submit helps to clear up how to deep clear the kitchen with the Clean Mama Routine, however higher but, it’s how to hold the kitchen clear all the time. It’s slightly bit daily, not all of sudden, however by maintaining with these day by day messes, it stays clear. On the lookout for some kitchen particulars? This submit particulars every part from the kitchen paint shade, and home equipment to the backsplash.
