Here we are, just three short weeks away from Thanksgiving
and I haven’t finished half my fall cleaning chores found on my checklists here
and here. Being a homemaker at heart,
it’s tough for me to admit my home isn’t in “company ready” condition and I could
share with you a handful of excuses, but instead- I’m going to swing into
action and share my Holiday Hostess cleaning checklist that will help you and I
be ready to greet family and friends in no time.
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I have been making headway on my fall cleaning checklists and hope you have too. If you aren't as far along as you'd like to be, I've got you covered! Start with Week One Checklist then come back here. This week to expedite our Fall cleaning efforts I’ve
compiled a roundup of some of my favorite Fall Cleaning Checklists to share
with you. Let's keep going through the mild days of October and get our homes sparkling clean!
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To me, nothing says welcome to my home and my kitchen like a sparkling clean kitchen sink. Scrub yours today and see how awesome you feel! |
Fall Cleaning Checklists:
From RealSimple.com. The great thing about the RS checklist is you can save your
progress online, or just print it out and check the boxes as you go.
To use this checklist visit Real Simple here.
From MarthaStewart.com:
Homemakers everywhere love Martha and I'm no exception. She makes everything seem
do-able.
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MarthaStewart.com has an endless supply of homemaking checklists, so
be warned: you may need to pry your fingers from your mouse when you visit this
site.
To use this checklist visit MarthaStewart.com here.
Now let’s take our cleaning efforts outside with these two
handy checklists.
From ThisOldHouse.com:
I enjoy watching This Old House with my husband
on weekends when we have the time. I’ve come to enjoy their website as well. If
you haven’t visited This Old House.com let me be the first to share this site with
you starting off with their Fall Landscaping Checklist.
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Each of the 11 tasks on the list are broken down in quick,
easy to follow directions and the why behind doing it, so you get so much
more than a cleaning check list here, you get easy to digest tutorials as well.
To use this checklist visit ThisOldHouse.com here.
From BHG.com:
Next, we head over to BHG.com for their Fall Cleaning
Checklist that covers everything from cleaning your gutters to inspecting your
driveway for wear and tear.
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The thing I love about this checklist is Better
Homes and Gardens has added a link to a step by step guide on how to do each
task.
To use this checklist visit BHG.com here.
That’s it for our Fall Cleaning Checklists. I hope you find them helpful. The weather is
supposed to be perfect in my area for getting lots of these chores done this
weekend. I can’t wait to open up our windows and air out the house one last
time before we hunker down for cold weather.
I hope you are enjoying great fall weather
too and please stay tuned for my organizing tips next week as I start
working on closets and pantries. Plus, I’ll be adding a Giveaway for some amazing Eco
friendly cleaning clothes soon!
Please share in comments: What one Fall Cleaning chores do
you want to tackle this weekend?
I have been a busy little bee around the home office this week, but now it's time for me to turn my focus back to domestic pursuits, cause folks, you just can't decorate an unclean home anymore than you can entertain in one.
I've looked at several Fall Cleaning Checklists, but found them to be to generalized, so I decided to make a weekly checklist of what I'm doing and share it here with you. I hope you find this list helpful. If you do, please feel free to print out a copy for yourself and pin it for others to use. Now, let's roll up our sleeves and get some fall cleaning done.
Inside: Bedrooms:
- Clean ceilings, walls, ceiling fans and light fixtures
- Flip mattresses
- Wash mattress and pillow covers
- Bring cold weather linens out of storage, wash if needed
- Vacuum baseboards
- Vacuum behind beds and dressers
- Clean window treatments as needed (don’t wash windows yet!)
- De-clutter nightstands, recycle reading material as needed
- Hang/put away all clothing
- Find proper home for anything out of place
Helpful Tips:
- Wrap your broom with an old tee shirt and secure with a rubber band to clean ceilings and walls.
- Always clean from top to bottom going clockwise around the room.
- Put a laundry basket at the door to place “found* items in to take to their proper home later.
- Turn on your favorite upbeat music and go!
Be sure to check back next Friday for week two's Fall Cleaning Checklist where we will tackle the living room and other common area's of your home and start working on some outdoor fall cleaning projects.
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Helpful Homemaking – Checklist Tips
in checklist, help, homemaking, January, organizing, tips, by Linda A Kinsman, Friday, January 10, 2014
Ah January, the month of “new” the month of “I will” the
month of resolutions and goals and promises. Helpful organizing tips abound in
January, they even made January National Organizing month, which hammers home
the message that we all should be cleaning and organizing during every free
minute.
But- I’m not.
Nope. I refuse to get myself all worked up this year.
It’s the 10th and I simply refuse to feel behind
as I “heart” the many free printable’s showing up in my Pinterest feed. Everything from chores, menu planning to home organizing
binders can be found and printed. I’m tempted- I mean really tempted to waste
my printer ink on these prettily designed pieces of paper that in theory should
make short work of my organizing dilemma’s.
I don’t print them because I know I won’t use them. I have
seen myself not use them in the past. So- here is what I use instead.
A legal size pad of plain white paper, a colorful pen and a
clipboard.
That’s it.
Now the organizing magic can begin.
I walk from room to room with an Eagle eye, channeling my
Moms white glove, everything neat and tidy approach to homemaking and I make my
list for each room.
- Put away lotions- check.
- Revamp pantry- check.
- Unmuck back hallway for the bazillionth time. Check.
- If it is dirty, cluttered, unfiled, on the list it goes.
Only put chores on this list. No jotting down “buy new hand
towels” when you are in the guest bathroom. There will be a list for that
later.
Stick to what you want to get done- your chores.
Do feel free to put a family members name by certain chores.
If they drug it out, they should find its home again (says every Mom on the
planet).
Then- once you’ve gone through every room in your house and
feel like your head is going to pop because you must be the worst housekeeper
on the planet- stop! Take a breath, and choose the easiest task first.
And. Do. It.
Then check it off. Done!
I use this checklist method for any project that is
multi-step, like planning a party, or revamping my flower beds. This style of organizing my thoughts to organize
my life works for me and it may very well work for you too. If you give it a
try, please stop back by and let me know your thoughts.
And if you really want to get a feel for How clean (or not)
your house is, go take this easy quiz on HGTV. I answered mostly B’s- with a couple of A’s I blame completely on my Mother! You’ll
understand that statement once you take the quiz.
Share with me in comments, what’s your dragon- what is the
one place you wish you never had to organize again?
For me- it’s the Foyer closet! Ugh.
And let me know the outcome of the quiz too- no judging here!
Here's wishing you a happy, productive weekend. Now I'm off to buy some much needed hangers for that foyer closet of mine.