When do you do it? Do you do it in addition to regular cleaning or so other things wait until you get to that room and spring clean? I'm having a aged time staying on top of general cleaning and laundry these days never mind deep cleaning and organization. So tell me about spring cleaning at your house.
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Re: Spring cleaning
I pick a week once its nice enough to open windows and let some fresh air in and just deep clean the whole house, top to bottom. I do my regular cleaning routine plus wash walls and base boards, clean ceiling fan blades and move furniture around. In the boys bedrooms its hardwood flooring so I move all their furniture and sweep and mop in there, go through toys and clothes for donate and toss piles. Same as in mine and DH closets. Its also my favorite time to really organize everything.
This year I am really going to focus on our basement and get that all in order, since it has gotten completely out of control. I need a new organization system down there for the laundry room and my household stockpile. That will more than likely happen next weekend after the rest of the house is done.
I don't do a real deep clean. I do wash all windows and clean the carpets about 3-4 times a year. So far, I've done the windows.
After the new year I do purge what we aren't or won't be using, especially toys and clothes. I donated a ton of stuffed animals and toys so far. I also sold a pub table and chairs and donated some bath stuff and bedding we no longer need. That's pretty much the extent of my spring cleaning.
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We realized that we're probably not going to have another child so I've been emptying all of the NB-9m bins (he's in 9-12) and donating/selling it.
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1. the garage last month (organized, downsized, donated, garage sale, swept it out) and
2. the backyard last weekend (mowing, edging, trimming all hedges/vines, power-washing outdoor furniture, tilling garden/weeding to prep for next week's planting), and
3. this weekend we finally got around to shredding and filing all the built up papers, magazines, correspondance
4. next weekend we change the air filter for the HVAC, test all the smoke detector batteries, replace all the burnt out lights (so many!), rent a carpet cleaner for the playroom, and will lay out fresh compost and top soil for the garden and pots we plan to fill.
I try to clean the ceiling fan blades, wipe down baseboards, and move all the furniture to sweep/mop as well.
Good luck!
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