I’ve started my spring cleaning today by dusting some of my window blinds.  We have 2 inch faux wood blinds everywhere in our house and some of our windows are quite large.  So, after 4 of the window and several of the Swiffer dusters later I thought to myself…there must be a better way of doing this!!  So I started to look online for better ways to clean your blinds and i honestly didn’t find much out there.  There was one idea of using a sock on your hand and another idea of using the vacuum cleaning and I found that the Swiffer duster worked better for me.  The downfall of this method is the amount of those dusters you go through is insane!  Anyway…I gave up after 2 more windows only because I ran out of the refills!  I will continue the blinds when I get more of them in the next couple of days.

While I was looking online I came across a handy Spring Cleaning checklist, which of course was done up by none other than the “Queen of Clean” Martha Stewart. It is a fairly thorough list and I am going to do most of what she has on this list plus a couple of other things that aren’t on here that I like to have done at my house.  Below is a condensed version of her list as well as the link to the full version.  Enjoy with a dose of lithium and a full glass of wine!

Throughout the house

• Wipe walls and ceilings
• Reseal grout lines (using a grout sealer)
• Vacuum and shampoo rugs
• Dust books and shelves
• Clean upholstered furnishings
• Polish metal door and window hardware
• Dust your home thoroughly
• Wax wooden furniture
• Ensure fire safety
• Wash window screens
• Clean window treatments
• Wax non-wood floors

Room by room

Kitchen

• Dust refrigerator coils
• Defrost the freezer

Living room

• Swap heavy curtains, rugs and throws for lightweight ones (um…do people really do this??)

Bedrooms

• Rotate bed and change blankets
• Clean pillows

Bathrooms

• Discard expired cosmetics and beauty products
• Update first-aid kit

Home Office

• Organize files
• Clean computers (and she doesn’t mean erasing the hard drives…LOL)

Closets

• Replace cool-weather clothing with warm-weather clothing
• Donate apparel you no longer use

Utility Spaces

• Clean attic and basement, giving away or discarding unwanted items

Outdoor Spaces

• Clean porch ceilings and walls
• Scrub decks, patios, driveways and walkways
• Wash outdoor furniture
• Inspect light fixtures

Martha Stewart Spring Cleaning List

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