Deep Clean Time!

I love cleaning and I thought it would be nice to put up a page about cleaning. Why do I love cleaning? What could possible bring someone joy to clean their house? It's easy.  There are a ton of cleaning products out there and I like seeing dirty stuff get clean.  I'm not going to name drop, but I have my favorites out there in the cleaning world.  What I will tell you, is what a deep clean should entail and why you should do a deep clean and the steps on how to do a deep clean by yourself in one weekend!

You need to create a plan and luckily, I have done that for you.

Start from the top and work your way to the bottom and go room by room.  Here is exactly what I did:

All Bedrooms

• Room by room take off all bed linens and drapes and start the laundry!
• Dust and vacuum the ceiling fan blades
• Dust and vacuum the blinds
• Dust any hard surfaces
• Clean the windows
• Vacuum or dust the top of the door frames, the doors, the doorframe by the hinges.
• Vacuum or dust the baseboard and follow up with a dryer sheet.  Dryer sheets help prevent dust from accumulating. Trust me, it works!
• Remake the bed
• Put up the curtains
• Vacuum the carpet
• Shampoo the carpet

DONE!

Hallways

• Dust and vacuum air registers
• Dust any picture frames or hard surfaces
• Dust and vacuum baseboards.  Follow with dryer sheets
• Vacuum carpet
• Shampoo the carpet

DONE!

Stairs

• Wipe the railings, top, sides and underneath.  It gets filthy underneath the railings.
• Dust the baseboards.  Follow up with a dryer sheet.
• Vacuum the carpet
• Shampoo the carpet

DONE!

Front Entrance

• Wipe walls
• Dust baseboards.  Follow with dryer sheet
• Mop

DONE!

Living Room

• Dust ceiling fan
• Dust and vacuum blinds
• Dust hard surfaces and picture frames
• Polish coffee table and other wood furniture
• Vacuum sofas, in between sofa cracks
• Dust and vacuum baseboards.  Follow up with a dryer sheet.
• Move any furniture
• Vacuum the carpet
• Shampoo the carpet

DONE!

• Dining Room
• Dust and polish table
• Dust and polish chairs
• Vacuum chair cushions
• Shampoo chair cushions
• Dust and vacuum blinds
• Vacuum any rugs
• Mop

DONE!

Kitchen

• Take out items from cabinets (one cabinet and drawer at a time) wipe down and put everything back in nicely and throw out anything unused, old or broken.  Wipe down the fronts of the cabinets and drawers
• Clean counters
• Clean the dishwasher (yes, clean the dishwasher.  At least clean the crack at the bottom where the door hinge is. That gets yucky.  Wipe down the front.
• Clean the sinks (they get yucky too)
• Wipe down any appliances
• Wipe down refrigerator surfaces shelf by shelf, drawer by drawer and throw out anything old. Wipe down the front.
• Rinse out trash cans outside
• Wipe oven and microwave. Follow up with car wax. Wax on and wax off. It makes black appliances gleaming and beautiful.
• Sweep/ Vacuum.
• Mop

DONE!

Laundry Room

• Vacuum behind appliances
• Vacuum the dryer filter
• Wipe outside of the appliances
• Fill up the wash tub with HOT water and bleach and scrub away. Get all of the crevices bright and shiny. Let it go through the wash cycle.  I like to actually do a load of anything that needs bleached at this time.
• Mop

DONE!

Bathrooms (I did this room by room, I didn't save it until the end)

• Wash all towels
• Scrub shower
• Wipe counters
• Wipe outside of toilet
• Scrub the bowl
• Dust baseboards. Follow with dryer sheet.
• Mop

DONE!

There you have it. An entire deep clean in one weekend.  Is it exhausting? Yes.  Is it worth it? Yes.  You will feel better sleeping in a clean house.  Just make sure you give yourself a nice reward after everything is done :)

Because a gleaming stove is what it's all about!