Spring Cleaning Checklist
Bedrooms
Living Room
Dust corners and light fixtures
Dust corners and light fixtures
Dust baseboards and vents
Dust baseboards and vents
Clean blinds or take down curtains to be washed or
Clean blinds or take down curtains to be washed or
dry-cleaned
dry-cleaned
Wash windows
Wash windows
Remove items from shelves, dressers and
Remove items from shelves and entertainment
nightstands to dust more thoroughly
center to dust more thoroughly
Evaluate items before replacing them on shelves
Clean area rugs (professional cleaning may be
(gather unwanted décor, books, etc)
required)
Clear out under the bed and clean for dust, again
Evaluate items before replacing them on shelves
gather unwanted items stored there
(gather unwanted décor, CDs, DVDs, books, etc)
Shampoo rug or clean floor
Clean couches and chairs
Carefully dust all electronics
Shampoo rug or clean floor
Library/Home Office
Dust corners and light fixtures
Dust baseboards and vents
Dining Room
Clean blinds or take down curtains to be washed or
Dust corners and light fixtures
dry-cleaned
Wash windows
Dust baseboards and vents
Clear shelves and desks to dust more thoroughly
Clean blinds or take down curtains to be washed or
dry-cleaned
Carefully dust all electronics - may use compressed
Wash windows
air on some items such as a computer keyboard
Consider items before replacing them on shelves
Remove items from shelves and hutches to dust
(gather unwanted décor, books, games, small
more thoroughly
electronics)
Extra care for you computer: remove unwanted or
Consider items before replacing them on shelves
unused programs, run disk cleanup and disk
(gather unwanted décor, dishes, etc)
defragmenter, back up documents (a good time to
create a archive CD/DVD of files and emails).
Clean area rugs (professional cleaning may be
Clean area rugs (professional cleaning may be
required)
required)
Shampoo rug or clean floor
Shampoo rug or clean floor