19 Essential Spring Cleaning Tips

Ready to pump up your Spring Cleaning game? Here are 19 areas & items to tackle that will take your Spring Clean to a whole new level!

19 Essential Spring Cleaning Tips | Carpe Diem Cleaning

Living Room

Air Filter

  1. Move large furniture to clean behind and underneath it.
  2. Clean the windows and the inner seals of the windows.
  3. Change your air filters and clean your air vents.

Kitchen

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4. Defrost your freezer and wipe it out.
5. Clean out your cabinets. Throw away expired food.
6. Clean the oven, including the exhaust vents.

Bathroom

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7. Dust those light fixtures!
8. Go through your cabinets, throw away any expired makeup or beauty products.
9. Check the grout in your shower. (The grout in tile can wear out.) Re-grout areas that are weak or damaged. (You can DIY or hire a professional.)

Bedroom

10. Flip your mattress and check your pillows! Pillows can house bacteria and mold. If they are machine washable, wash them, if not either hand wash or just replace.
11. Clean out your drawers and closets.
12. Clean off your blinds and ceiling fans.

Laundry Room

washing machine13. Check the dryer’s lint trap and clean the vents and exhaust.
14. Clean out your washing machine. See instructions for top loading and front loading.

General Living Areas

15.  Check your porches for cobwebs and debris

16.  Clean your blinds and wash your curtains.

17.  Look for those hard to reach baseboards and areas that are hard to dust.

18.  Free up space by putting coats and heavy blankets into storage.

19.  Change the direction that your ceiling fans turn. In the summer, ceiling fans should rotate counterclockwise to push cool air down to the floor. Check out this detailed explanation from the professionals.

Need some help with the regular Spring Cleaning To Dos? Why not schedule a Deep Cleaning? Download our Deep Cleaning checklist to get started!