Welcome to Cleaning Class! For this week’s cleaning class I’m going to teach you about my DAILY and WEEKLY cleaning routines. You’ll find the information in two places – here on the blog and on Instagram. I’m so excited to be sharing my tips and tricks for keeping a home clean and company ready with you!
If you think you are too busy to do a cleaning routine, I will disagree and tell you that you’re too busy not to do a cleaning routine. Try it out this week with me and I think you’ll find that just starting with the daily tasks brings order and calm to your home. If you work outside the home and are still skeptical, read this post and come back here.
Why do I clean bathrooms on Mondays? After the weekend the bathrooms need a good cleaning, I’m not a fan of cleaning bathrooms so I get it out of the way right away, and it sets the tone for the week!
It doesn’t matter if you have 1 bathroom or 6, this method is the easiest and quickest way to get them all clean in a hurry. Even better? This isn’t fake cleaning or touching up – it’s complete and thorough cleaning.
What’s the trick? You’ll notice that I am not sweeping, vacuuming, or washing the floors. This is part of the time-saving magic of this approach. I vacuum all the floors on Wednesdays and wash all the floors on Thursday, so there’s no need to vacuum or wash them on Mondays. If this is your first time trying this routine and you want to have all your bathrooms cleaned at once, feel free to clean the floors but it will take longer than 10-15 minutes. Another key component to a quick and easy bathroom cleaning session is that I do a quick counter check every day as part of my cleaning routine and that keeps the cleaning time down on Mondays as well.
If you haven’t checked out my free printables yet, I have two that will help you keep track of my cleaning routine – look under ‘clean home’ for Cleaning Routine at a Glance and Cleaning Routine Calendar.
You’ll see this little list on my planner and calendar – it’s the WEEKLY task with the DAILY tasks:
BATHROOMS
make beds
check floors
wipe counters
clutter
laundry
Clear off your counters and sinks and get started.
Start with the mirrors – spray your cloth (not the mirror) and wipe. I use microfiber for lint and streak-free mirrors. Keep this cloth handy and reuse in each bathroom.
Next, move on to your sink, toilet, and bathtub or shower (if you don’t use a tub or shower regularly, you don’t need to clean it weekly) and quickly spray with your disinfecting cleaner.
Wipe the sink, wipe the toilet, and wipe the tub or shower – take care to use a separate cloth or paper towel for the each toilet, sink, and bathtub/shower to avoid cross-contamination. Don’t forget to get the base of your toilets too – I wipe these last.
Place dirty cloths in a container and move on to wiping down the next bathroom and the next until you have wiped down each bathroom.
Put out fresh, clean hand towels and that’s it!
Do your best, give it a whirl and if it takes longer than 15 minutes, I promise it gets quicker every week – how’s that for motivation?
I’m linking up the days as we go this week – click below on any day to catch up!
Thanks, Becky, my bathrooms are all CLEAN! I even took down the liners and threw them with the floor mats into the washer. It took me about 30 minutes for two bathrooms, but I think that’s because I wasted a bit of time hunting for supplies and taking down those shower curtains. But it’s so nice to know that it’s DONE and we have one less household chore to worry about over the weekend. Yay!
Clean Mama Says
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Yay for clean bathrooms!
Linda johnson Says
Cleaning out kitchen cupboards tonight. Found, mice poop, peanuts, junk in two. After, watching a 1 yr.old 6:20 a.m.-5 p.m. & 3 yr. Old 8:30-4 p.m. spent Sunday, visiting my mom in the hospital 9-5 p.m. in Ann arbor. Last nov., read your book. Maybe, next week- start following it! I, wish, I made the bath bombs. Could of used them.
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Janet Says
Thanks, Becky, my bathrooms are all CLEAN! I even took down the liners and threw them with the floor mats into the washer. It took me about 30 minutes for two bathrooms, but I think that’s because I wasted a bit of time hunting for supplies and taking down those shower curtains. But it’s so nice to know that it’s DONE and we have one less household chore to worry about over the weekend. Yay!
Clean Mama Says
Post authorYay for clean bathrooms!
Linda johnson Says
Cleaning out kitchen cupboards tonight. Found, mice poop, peanuts, junk in two. After, watching a 1 yr.old 6:20 a.m.-5 p.m. & 3 yr. Old 8:30-4 p.m. spent Sunday, visiting my mom in the hospital 9-5 p.m. in Ann arbor. Last nov., read your book. Maybe, next week- start following it! I, wish, I made the bath bombs. Could of used them.