Spring Cleaning

Alot of people as the weather starts to warm start purging closets, rooms of clutter, and clean everything. I know I started this about a month ago purging 1 tote of clothes (this is alot for me) and ridding myself of TONS of clutter. Well since then I have maintained a for the most part cleaning schedule to help in keeping the clutter gone. Some people have asked how I do it without having to clean all day or all weekend. Well here it is below, its very similar to some you may have seen on pinterest, facebook, or other social media sites. Here are some key points to making your own personalized cleaning schedule:

• Whatever room seems to be your biggest time consumer save it for a day your least busy, this way you have more time to focus on the harder work while also still having time to relax for instance wednesdays are toughest for us, so I wouldn't clean the bathroom day cause it takes the longest for me to clean the bathroom. 
• If your a larger family of people who can help clean, keep in mind their schedules to, plan larger room days on days you can have the hands on deck to help
• Put the rooms you use the most at higher priority as your in them more than the others for instance our living room is our busiest room so I keep that maintained at ALL times because its a room we are in most of the time. 

Now Here is a sample of a cleaning schedule its my cleaning schedule, keep in mind mine might not work for yours, we have a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment, with a small alcove side office. 

• Monday: Kitchen day: Clean counters, organize tupperware, organize any pans that may have gotten out of order, clean the stove, wipe the shelves in the fridge, go over grocery supplies and see what all needs refilled or purchased condiment and seasoning wise.
• Tuesday: Bathroom day: Sterilize and clean shower/tub, clean the toilet, the floor, wipe down counter tops, go over all cleaning supplies and toiletries and see if there is anything we are running low on. 
• Wednesday: Living Room: Vacuum, dust the tv stands, dvd stand, change out the dog's blankets in her crate (her crate is in the living room so we don't want to leave the same blanket in all week as it could start to make your living room smell like a dog kennel)
• Thursday: Laundry and Spare Bedroom Day: Wash Towels, clothes, and bedding, vacuum spare bedroom, dust furniture in the spare bedroom (by cleaning the bedroom even though we don't use it as much it keeps from a ton of dust collecting and keeps the musty smell out for when guests come to stay) 
• Friday: Hallway and Office Day: vacuum the office and hallway, dust the picture frames, declutter mail pile, desk, file any paperwork that needs filed, update family calendar if needed
• Saturday: Master Bedroom: Vacuum, dust the furniture, take care of any shoes, coats, jewelry that may not have made it back to where they belong
• Sunday: RELAX, the only cleaning we do on sundays is dishes as they are dirtied and if we spill or make a mess, but other wise there is no cleaning that happens in this household.