Holiday Cleaning can be hectic and time consuming if you don’t plan ahead! Our already busy schedule are in overdrive for the holidays s0 cleaning becomes more and more difficult to fit in. Divide your holiday cleaning tasks up into small segments that can be accomplished in a short amount of time and won’t overwhelm. The goal would be to have all the heavy lifting done before the day of your event and then the day before or the day of the event, you would just have a few items to touch up.

You are in your house everyday, so looking at your house differently will help you clean better. Walk through your home as if you were a guest at a holiday party to look for items that you’d like to clean or put away.

Instead of trying to accomplish your holiday cleaning yourself, get some help. If your children are old enough or you have another helping hand, assign them some tasks that fit their ability levels and you can concentrate on the more involved tasks.

Some common items you’ll want to attend to:

Wash Windows and Screens
Mop or Wipe Baseboards
Clean and Press Window and Shower Curtains
Iron and Clean Bedspreads
Deep Clean Bathrooms
Straighten and Clean out Coat Closets
Wash or steam clean rugs
Clean Stove Top or Range
Wipe Kitchen Cabinets
Wipe down Small Appliances
Clean out the Refrigerator
Dust All Surfaces
Clean the Kitchen Sink and disposal

Of course many of these items are included in our cleaning packages. But, if you are doing it yourself, hopefully this list will at least get you started.

Once you have all the large items done, keep them maintained until the event. The day of the event we have a 1 hour quick cleaning list to go through.