A well-kept and organized home is an overlooked luxury. Walking into a clean house feels much more inviting and cozy than being greeted by a chaotic, cluttered mess. However, keeping up with household chores can feel overwhelming, intimidating, and let’s face it — boring.
While we don’t expect you to love scrubbing your shower grout or taking out the trash, we can confirm that these pesky to-dos don’t have to feel so tedious. The trick is to break these chores up into different categories, from a nitty-gritty daily and weekly checklist to a monthly and occasional task list. This will help you prioritize exactly what needs to be done, and when.
Whether spring cleaning has you motivated or you’re preparing to host guests, try to run with any inkling you have to clean your house. These simple checklists will ensure that your space is always spic and span so you can truly enjoy your time spent at home.
Rather than wait for a big mess to accumulate, try tackling little cleaning to-dos throughout the day so they don’t compromise the comfort of your space. You’ll feel more at ease when you look around your apartment and everything is tidy. Aim to get these tasks done daily:
You know the feeling: you’re looking for your favorite shirt or pair of jeans only to realize they’re buried in your laundry basket. Keeping up with laundry is a struggle but it’s crucial to keeping your space and life functioning properly. Household chores are no different. Stay on top of things with these weekly tasks, which are both impactful yet easy to incorporate into your routine.
A deep monthly reset is perhaps the most impactful way you can keep your home sparkling. You can split these tasks up throughout the month to make them less intimidating or you can dedicate an afternoon to knock all of them out and brush up on your cleaning hack knowledge to speed up the process. Either way, you’ll be glad you made the time commitment, which should be shorter than you might think.
We know that this house cleaning checklist already feels long, but there are still a handful of tasks that you need to consider when renting or owning your own place. These places are often forgotten, but cleaning them will help you maintain a healthy environment, so you and your friends can kick back in comfort.
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