The new year is right around the corner, and it’s time to clean out the clutter, grime, and dust bunnies that have been breeding in our homes throughout the year and clean our homes for the spring and summer that is coming all too quickly.

Spring cleaning your home can be overwhelming, but these checklists will help you go room-by-room so you wouldn’t overlook any important step.

Here is the spring cleaning checklist:

Take care of every room in your house – from the entryway, bedrooms, kitchen, bathrooms, to the living room and the laundry room.

Entryway 

Your front entryway is the first thing visitors see when they arrive at your home.It might also be the main entrance for your whole family. Imagine coming home every day to an uncluttered, beautiful home. Besides, you want your guests to feel welcomed, not overwhelmed, so cleaning the entryway is essential! When cleaning your entryway, you should perform the following tasks:

• Empty the entryway
• Remove mud or excessive dirt from shoes.
• Don’t forget to straighten your shoes, and if you don’t have a shoe rack, get one!
• Clean up the dust and dirt from shelves, hooks
• Mop the floor
• Wash windows and doors
• Kill the germs

Kitchen 

Kitchens get messy, then cleaned up multiple times a day, but spring cleaning is an excellent excuse to deep clean clogged drains, grease-covered range hoods, the insides of major appliances, and the outsides of small ones. Here we explain how to clean and disinfect the kitchen and offer many quick cleaning methods. Start with a usual everyday cleaning and then do a deeper dive to clean the kitchen thoroughly. Here are some of the tasks you should do when cleaning your kitchen:

• Spot-clean the kitchen walls
• Clean the kitchen floor
• Clean stove hood and replace the filter
• Wipe down the cabinets and dust underside of upper cabinets
• Empty the cabinets and kitchen drawers, then wipe down the insides of them
• Clean anything that sits on your countertops, like baskets and fruit bowls, thoroughly 
• Clean the oven, empty its drawer and wipe down the inside
• Wipe down outside of the refrigerator
• Clean small appliances – coffee maker, Keurig, stand mixer, blender, etc
• Empty everything in your refrigerator and freezer
• Spray the faucet and basin with cleaner
• Use vinegar to clean the sink, drain, and garbage disposal
• Clean and disinfect trash can and recycling bin

Living Room 

We tend to spend most of our time together in this room. We relax here, as it has the most comfortable furniture and a television. It’s also the room we use to entertain our guests. We clean the living room frequently, but how often do we deep clean?

Don’t forget these important tasks when cleaning your living room:

• Dust and polish wood furniture
• Empty shelves and cabinets; wipe down interiors and what’s inside.
• Dust flat surfaces and décor
• Remove couch and chair cushions, and vacuum if possible.
• Clean the fireplace
• Vacuum the chairs and sofa
• Sanitize remote controllers
• Vacuum the carpets to remove dust and dirt, don’t forget underneath the furniture

Bathroom 

Cleaning the bathroom is probably one of the least glamorous tasks one can perform. No one can say that it’s one of their favorite activities. While most would say that the kitchen is the most used room in the house, the john is definitely the most abused room in the house. When cleaning your bathroom, make sure to attend to the following tasks:

• Remove all items from the bathroom counter and shelves
• Clean gaps between wall, backsplash, counter
• Sanitize sink, drain, and faucet
• Wipe down outside of the toilet
• Clean inside of toilet bowl (Don’t forget to scrub under the rim)
• Clean behind toilet
• Sanitize the bathtub/shower
• Disinfect and descale shower head and tub faucet
• Clean floor, don’t forget the gaps between shower/tub and floor, vanity and floor, and deep corners
• Disinfect the trash can
• Clean the mirror

Bedroom 

Having a messy bedroom can add to daily stress, cause anxiety, and even affect your sleep. On the other hand, a clean, organized sleeping space can encourage relaxation and restfulness while you’re lying in bed at night. You and your family spend many hours each day in your bedrooms, so you should not rush through the cleaning process. When cleaning your bedroom, make sure to do the following tasks:

• Remove and wash all bed linens.
• Vacuum the mattress
• Remove stains and freshen the mattress
• Wash or vacuum the curtains
• Wipe down ceiling fan blades and light fixtures
• Remove unwanted clothes and other items
• Dust/vacuum/cleanout under bed
• Wipe down outside of furniture (dressers, nightstands, etc.)
• Wipe down closet shelves
• Vacuum in closet

Office 

The home office can sometimes feel like a second home, which is probably why it’s a common residence for dust and germs. With all those long hours and all-nighters, keyboards, file cabinets, and printers can get extremely dirty. To spring clean up your home office, make sure to complete the following tasks:

• Sort your paperwork and decide what to keep, what to toss
• Sanitize your phone, laptop, earbuds, headphones, and mouse
• Dust all the screens
• Remove objects from your desk, spray and wipe it down
• Dust any lamps, shelves, framed art, or other decorative objects
• Spray windows with cleaner and wipe 
• Clean curtains and blinds
• Clean light switches and plates
• Vacuum or sweep hardwood floors
• Vacuum carpets

Laundry Room 

Considering that the laundry room is the center for cleaning, it’s no wonder it gets filthy over time. There is a lot of dirt left behind when dirty clothes, sports jerseys, and cleaning rags arrive for their makeover. Most people don’t clean this room as often as they clean other parts of their homes, but springtime cleaning is when you can give your laundry room your full attention. You can do spring clean the laundry room by performing the following tasks:

• Wipe down washer and dryer
• Clean soap and fabric softener dispensers
• Wash sink and countertops
• Disinfect knobs, dials, and buttons
• Clear the lint filter
• Vacuum lint trap
• Mop the floor, and don’t forget under the washer and drier
• Empty the trash.

These checklists can help you and your family enjoy a more sanitary, organized, and hospitable environment in the months ahead. But keep in mind that you may need more than one weekend to thoroughly deep clean your home. So asking for a professional cleaning service to do the job would not be a bad idea and could save you time and money.

At Universal Maids, we provide high-quality spring cleaning services in Melville, NY, for homes and offices. So if you want your home to be spotless, contact Universal Maids, trusted throughout Nassau County, Suffolk County, and nearby Long Island, New York communities.