It’s here – 31 Days to a Clean House! I hope you’re excited and ready to clean your whole house this month – I’ve been working hard to find just the right mix of cleaning tasks to clean an entire house in only 10-15 minutes a day. Of course, you can work longer or shorter than that, but with a little determination and gumption, we can totally do it. And think about the clean start your holiday season will be off to – it’ll be great! And please don’t fret if you miss a day or two or come to the party a little late – I have some built in make-up time. Or you can just move to the day that we are on and catch up when you can.
Not into cleaning every day? No worries! I have giveaways, free printables and other fun posts planned this month too!
I made a printable for us to track our progress, you could just take it and run, but I think you’ll like the daily motivation and tips and tricks that this series will provide. So come back every day for the assignment and check off your progress as we go. You can go here to grab the free printable.
Start on your second floor (if you have one), dust all the edges and corners of your home. Work quickly, trying to keep your time under 15 minutes – I like to set a timer to keep me from veering off into other cleaning tasks.
That’s it! Pretty simple and if you keep moving and dusting, you should be able to make quick work of the dusting. Make sure you are shaking your duster out periodically to eliminate dusty streaks as you work.
I have more free printables here too! Are you excited to get your house clean this month? I’m so happy that you are here today and ready to jump in! Don’t forget to subscribe over to your right in the white box, follow me on Facebook for daily reminders and on Pinterest for all things clean and organized!
You can go here to see a list of all the 31 Days to a Clean House posts in this series!
And a BIG shout-out to The Nester for the idea of 31 Days in October – I’m so excited to see what everyone is posting about this year! New here? Check out my Etsy Shop – Clean Mama Printables for creative, printable ways to simplify your everyday life!
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I’ve already shared your link with a friend – we were having a discussion about how to tackle an overwhelming cleaning job. So excited to follow along with you this month!
Looking forward to following along this month. I’m doing 31 days of home organization which is along this same idea but I really need to so some falling cleaning, too. 🙂
I have been following your cleaning schedule, like crazy and my house is still not as clean as I would love it to be, with two kids and a new puppy no wonder right. I’m so committing to do this 31 days with you now too!!!
Before I found out you were doing this series I had already committed to cleaning my house this month…and blogging about it! I’m almost 6 months pregnant and need to get those hard to reach places clean while I’m still fairly mobile. Looking forward to following you this month and learning some tips along the way! Thanks for the free printable, too! I’m doing my cleaning M-F, so I’m doing a little more each day, but it will still be very manageable for me since I’m a stay at home wife. 🙂 Have a blessed day and thanks again for sharing! P.S. I love your blog!
Oh I am so excited! With canning season almost finished my poor neglected house needs some love! Looking forward to this month and the challenges to help stay focused!
I am so excited for you to start this! 10-15 minutes a day sounds so much easier than trying to fit it all into one day, especially with a mobile infant! Thanks for the printable!
What a great idea! I love the idea of breaking down the cleaning to 10 or so min a day! I run a Deep cleaning service so I have to do it all in one shot in my client’s homes. But I can go bit by bit in my own home. Thanks for the idea!
First of all, thanks for the great blog design. Typically in the cleaning mood and there lots of real cleaning tips. In your list of cleaning duties, you can add curtain cleaning London for example. Keep up the good work.
This is amazing motivation – especially because your lists are so darn cute! I might just have to do a 30 days of cleaning in November when I’m not too busy focusing on my own 31-day series :S Looking forward to your future posts!!
I am wondering if these are things you do with your daily routine every month or if you do them once every few months?
This is such a fantastic idea! Can’t wait to have a sparkly clean house : )
Becky Says...
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This is something I do if I need to whip the house into shape in a hurry and I do these tasks alongside my daily cleaning tasks 🙂
jeanna Says...
I am going to commit! Starting day one on October 1st!!
Clean Mama Says...
Hooray!
xo, Becky
claygirlsings Says...
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I’ve already shared your link with a friend – we were having a discussion about how to tackle an overwhelming cleaning job. So excited to follow along with you this month!
Clean Mama Says...
Welcome – it’ll be fun!
xo, Becky
Naomi Jackson Says...
I will do my very best to tag along! Love your blog! It always keeps me motivated!
Clean Mama Says...
Thanks Naomi!
xo, Becky
Emily Says...
Thank you!
Clean Mama Says...
My pleasure!
xo, Becky
Debra Says...
Looking forward to following along this month. I’m doing 31 days of home organization which is along this same idea but I really need to so some falling cleaning, too. 🙂
Debra Says...
Becky, thanks for the free printable!
Clean Mama Says...
Of course!
xo, Becky
Ali Says...
I have been following your cleaning schedule, like crazy and my house is still not as clean as I would love it to be, with two kids and a new puppy no wonder right. I’m so committing to do this 31 days with you now too!!!
Clean Mama Says...
Yay!
xo, Becky
Lauren Says...
Yay! Excited for this series! I need someone to tell me what to do every day so I get into better habits. Thanks for helping 🙂
Clean Mama Says...
Happy to help!
xo, Becky
Kelly Alley Says...
Yay! Ready to roll, let’s do this! 🙂
Clean Mama Says...
Yay!
xo, Becky
Jessica Says...
Before I found out you were doing this series I had already committed to cleaning my house this month…and blogging about it! I’m almost 6 months pregnant and need to get those hard to reach places clean while I’m still fairly mobile. Looking forward to following you this month and learning some tips along the way! Thanks for the free printable, too! I’m doing my cleaning M-F, so I’m doing a little more each day, but it will still be very manageable for me since I’m a stay at home wife. 🙂 Have a blessed day and thanks again for sharing! P.S. I love your blog!
Clean Mama Says...
Perfect timing and it’s great for nesting!
xo, Becky
Laura Says...
15 minutes? I can do that! I commit to the Challenge! If I get it done now, I don’t have to worry about it when the craziness of the holiday’s start.
Clean Mama Says...
Exactly!
xo, Becky
Shonda Says...
I’m excited! I’ll be cleaning things I NEVER clean! You do such a good job motivating us and giving us FUN stuff to do. I love to have a clean home!
Clean Mama Says...
Thanks for joining in Shonda – so happy to have you!
xo, Becky
Kris Says...
I want that dust mop with the purple duster on it!! Where did that come from or what brand is it??
Clean Mama Says...
It’s awesome! It’s BISSELL and I got it at Meijer, but you can see it on Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/BISSELL-Details-Microfiber-Duster-76N4A/dp/B002SG6HOW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349143876&sr=8-1&keywords=bissell+high+reach+duster
xo, Becky
Jessica @ This Blessed Life Says...
Love this! I just printed out the schedule and dusted all my corners (what a great idea to use a rag over a broom – thanks!). Super excited! 🙂
Clean Mama Says...
Yay – thanks for joining in!
xo, Becky
Bekki Says...
Oh I am so excited! With canning season almost finished my poor neglected house needs some love! Looking forward to this month and the challenges to help stay focused!
Clean Mama Says...
Definitely!
Bekki Says...
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SortaCrunchy Megan Says...
This is awesome and SO TIMELY, Becky. THANK YOU!
Clean Mama Says...
Happy to help the nesting mama out 🙂
xo, Becky
Bobbie Says...
Im following along too!!!
Clean Mama Says...
Yay!
Moe Says...
I am so excited for you to start this! 10-15 minutes a day sounds so much easier than trying to fit it all into one day, especially with a mobile infant!
Thanks for the printable!
Clean Mama Says...
Of course!
Carrie Says...
Gonna follow – looks good! – but 5 months pregnant and getting tired… I’ll do the best I can! 🙂 Such a good idea!
Clean Mama Says...
Thanks Carrie – lots of nesting mamas joining in – I’ll keep it ‘low impact’ 🙂
xo, Becky
T.J. Says...
Looking forward to joining you!
Clean Mama Says...
Thanks TJ!
Jeremy Yamaguchi Says...
What a great idea! I love the idea of breaking down the cleaning to 10 or so min a day! I run a Deep cleaning service so I have to do it all in one shot in my client’s homes. But I can go bit by bit in my own home. Thanks for the idea!
Aaron Carter Says...
First of all, thanks for the great blog design. Typically in the cleaning mood and there lots of real cleaning tips.
In your list of cleaning duties, you can add curtain cleaning London for example. Keep up the good work.
Regards,
thelearnerobserver Says...
This is amazing motivation – especially because your lists are so darn cute! I might just have to do a 30 days of cleaning in November when I’m not too busy focusing on my own 31-day series :S
Looking forward to your future posts!!
stacy jose Says...
The tips are more helpful and happy to say this is definitely solve my problems what i am face when do cleaning my home, thanks
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Kadie Says...
I am wondering if these are things you do with your daily routine every month or if you do them once every few months?
This is such a fantastic idea! Can’t wait to have a sparkly clean house : )
Becky Says...
Post authorThis is something I do if I need to whip the house into shape in a hurry and I do these tasks alongside my daily cleaning tasks 🙂