Holiday Clean - Up Week 7 - Guest Room

I have to say this is the easiest room of the house to clean. My guest bedroom is barely ever used. There is not to much going on in there, but still needs to be done. We have finally stopped making it a collect all room, you never know when someone is gonna stop by and need a place to crash. The office has turned into the collect all room.
Heres the cleaning list:
- wash inside and outside of windows
- wipe down window seal and ledges
- wipe down walls
- wipe down base board heat
- wipe down base board
- wipe down tv
- dust figurines and shot glasses
- wipe down top of dressers
- change sheets
- make bed
- vacuum carpet
- rub scrub

Next week is the last week of the holiday clean-up. Then my house will be all ready for Christmas Eve gathering and the plan is to keep it clean for the New Years Eve party.

Holiday Clean - Up Week 6- Office

Christmas is almost here and my house is just about ready for the holiday's. Decorations and tree are up. Now just to decorate the tree and finish the cleaning and shopping and I will be all ready. This week in the Holiday Clean-up is the office. My office becomes a catch all, storage place... I had recipes, mail, newspaper, magazines, etc piled up on both desks that I have in there, plus stuff all over the floor. The first part of me cleaning the office was putting stuff away, taking stuff out that wasn't suppose to be in there, and filing paperwork.Here is the other cleaning:
- clean windows inside and out
- wipe down mini blinds
- dust walls and artwork
- dust fan
- wipe down desks, and shelves
- wipe down baseboard heat
- wipe down baseboards
- wipe down light switches and power outlets
- vacuum around edges
- vacuum carpet
- wash carpets

Hows your house cleaning coming along for the holiday season?

Holiday Clean - Up Week 5- Laundry Room

Thanksgivings is over. Time for Week 5 of the Holiday Clean-up. This week is the laundry room. As I have said before I am not a big fan of my laundry room.
Cleaning List-
- wash window
- dust corners and ceiling
- wipe off top of washer and dryer
- clean out fridge
- organize shelves
- clean cat box
- sweep
- mop

Holiday Clean - up Week 4- Living room

It's week 4 already of the holiday clean-up. Can you believe that Christmas is only a month away. This week is the living room. My living room is in the basement but the most used room in the house.
Here's the cleaning list:
- wash inside and outside of windows
- wipe down window seals and ledges
- wipe down blinds
- wipe down walls
- wipe down middle base board
- wipe down base board
- wipe down book shelves
- dust wall art
- wipe down top of fireplace
- wipe down tv stand
- wipe down cd's and dvd racks
- dust tv trays
- dust tv
- vacuum couches
- vacuum around edges
- vacuum carpet
- scrub carpet

Holiday Clean - Up Week 3 Bathroom

When a guest comes over, how they perceive your bathroom could make or break you in a sense. They could decide how comfortable they are in your house, if they will eat there, if they will come back... all because of your bathroom. (it goes the same for a food establishment)
Random order of cleaning:
- wipe dwn shower walsl
- clean shower faucet and noel
- clean shower head
- scrub shower doors (scrubbing bubbles)
- scrub bathtub (comet)
- wipe walls
- dust light fixtures
- dust top of cabinets
- wipe down fan
- windex mirrow
- remove finger prints from light switch, door, and walls
- wipe down towel holders
- scrub toothbrush holder
- clean sink
- clean outside of toilet
- scrub inside of toilet
- clean magazine rack
- clean sink drains
- sweep floor
- mop floor
- vacuum rugs

Holiday Clean - Up Week 2 - Master Bedroom

I love my master bedroom. It is large an spacious to my liking. That also means more of it to clean. I clean the bedroom quite often. I don't like going to bed looking at a mess or waking up and looking at one. Here are the cleaning jobs I did in my master bedroom.
- wipe down outside of cedar chest
- polish outside of cedar chest
- wash inside of side windows
- wash inside and outside of back windows
- wipe down blinds
- dust wall art
- wipe down baseboards
- wipe down baseboard heat
- wipe down light switches and power outlets
- wipe down fan
- wash mirror
- dust top of stairs
- wipe down night stands
- organize night stands
- wipe down garbage can
- wipe down coin holder
- dust tv
- wipe down jewerly box
- vacuum around edges
- vacuum carpet
- change sheets
- scrub carpet

Cleaning Products and Tips:
- when I say "wipe down" I used a bucket of water with spic and span and an old towel.

- the windows where washed with dollar store window cleaner

- to polish the cedar chest I used Pledge wood polish

Sorry no photos from me. My camera died and I keep forgetting to charge it.



Holiday Clean - Up Week 1- Kitchen

The kitchen in my house seems to need the most cleaning the most frequently. It seems to be the collect all, drop off, leave a mess room. It is the most traveled room in my house too.  Is it the same way in your house too?

I may have a small kitchen but still it needs a lot of cleaning when I do my "major deep cleaning". Here is all the cleaning jobs I did in the kitchen, somewhat in the order I did it.
- empty and fill dishwasher

- take down curtains, wash, dry and hang back up

- wipe down mini blinds

- clean with windex inside and out of windows

- wipe down top of cupboards and fridge

- dry dust walls

- wipe down all decor

- wipe down light fixture

- empty, wipe down, put back and organize inside of cupboards and drawers
- wipe down outside of cupboards
- wipe down outside of dishwasher
- wipe down and organize inside of fridge and freezer
- clean fridge with stainless steel cleaner
- scrub microwave
- scrub stove
- scrub sink
- clean and disinfect counters
- wipe down baseboards
- wipe down base board heat
- wipe down outside of garbage
- sweep and mop floor

That seems like a lot but once I got started it didn't take to long at all. It feels refreshing now to also have a clean kitchen.

Cleaning Products and Tips used:

- "wipe down" I use a bucket of water with Spic and Span and an old rag

- to clean the windows I use the dollar store brand of windex. It works so well without any streaks.

- stainless steel cleaner, I love Weiman stainless steel cleaner and polish. after trying so many other things this is the best I found. It removes dirt, fingerprints and doesn't leave any streaks but leave a nice shine.

- "scrub" the sink and stove I use comet on a scrubby pad

- to scrub the inside of the microwave: place a small bowl of water and vinegar mixture in microwave, heat for 3 to 5 minutes. this will loosen anything stuck on the sides. remove bowl (warning water and bowl will be hot). with a sponge scrub inside of microwave.

- to disinfect I use Lysol all purpose cleaner and disinfectant

Holiday Clean - Up

Christmas is just around the corner. It is less than 2 months away, about 8 weeks. It will be here in a blink of an eye. This year being the first year we have a house of our own, we are having Christmas Eve. Normally Christmas Eve isn't a big deal in my family, or on my husbands side. I have decided to change it up a bit, but more on that later.
With Christmas Eve being 58 days away I need to get my house into tip top shape. I have been slacking on the cleaning department. My goal is to do a major deep cleaning of one room/area a week. Then just have to do cosmetic cleaning on that room weekly to keep it up to par.
Each week on Wednesday I will post the "major deep cleaning" I did in that room/area in detail. I will also show what cleaning products I used, what I recommend and don't recommend, etc. I am also going to post what the "cosmetic cleaning" is that I will do weekly after doing the "major deep clean". I am starting next Wenesday November 3, starting with the Kitchen. Here is a list of what rooms/area I will be doing what week. If you would like to follow along and participate you may have to switch things up for rooms that are suitable in your house.

Week 1 November 3- Kitchen
Week 2 November 10- Master Bedroom
Week 3 November 17- Bathroom(s)
Week 4 November 24- Living Room
Week 5 December 1- Laundry Room
Week 6 December 8- Office
Week 7 Decmeber 15- Guest Room
Week 8 December 22- Dining Room

Who's with me? If your interested in joining in on the cleaning fun I will post a link party every week. You can also post this cute little button if you would like.