Well it has been nagging at me to finish it. So, we are going to finish today, and Friday I promise to have for you a cute printable for you to use.
Let's back track for a moment and figure out where we are.
Monday: Kitchen
Tuesday: Bedrooms
Wednesday: Bathrooms
Thursday: Living/Family Rooms
Friday: Dining Room
Saturday: Tidy Day
We haven't talked about cleaning living rooms or family rooms. But first, lets define these rooms. We always had a living room and a family room growing up and I never understood why we needed two sitting rooms...
According to Wikipedia a Living Room is a room in a house that is set aside for relaxing and socializing. It is can be to a front room, when located near the front of the house. The term Living Room was coined around the 18th century.
And a Family Room is a room in a house that is where the family gathers for entertainment or recreation. It usually adjacent to the kitchen and has doors leading outside or to a garden. When a house has both a living room and a family room, the living room is the more formal sitting area.
There is also a Great Room, which is the combination of the two, living and family rooms, into one large unified room. In my home we have a great room, I just learned this...
Here is the Thursday List:
We haven't talked about cleaning living rooms or family rooms. But first, lets define these rooms. We always had a living room and a family room growing up and I never understood why we needed two sitting rooms...
According to Wikipedia a Living Room is a room in a house that is set aside for relaxing and socializing. It is can be to a front room, when located near the front of the house. The term Living Room was coined around the 18th century.
And a Family Room is a room in a house that is where the family gathers for entertainment or recreation. It usually adjacent to the kitchen and has doors leading outside or to a garden. When a house has both a living room and a family room, the living room is the more formal sitting area.
There is also a Great Room, which is the combination of the two, living and family rooms, into one large unified room. In my home we have a great room, I just learned this...
Here is the Thursday List:
Thursday: Large Sitting Rooms Day!
Things to be done EVERY THURSDAY:
Pick up and take care of out of place items
Vacuum
Dust
Vacuum or wipe off couches
Fold and put away blankets
Everyday:
Fold and put away blankets
Replace pillows
Take dishes back to kitchen
Put remotes in their home
Monthly (or as needed):
Clean out under the couches
Check Bookshelves and reshelve* anything
Wipe down walls
Pretty simple, but for some reason I hate cleaning this room. Maybe it is because we only have the giant Dinning/Living/Family/Entry Room...
Friday's cleaning list is the Dinning Room, and I chose this room for Friday because it is the start of the weekend, and who wants to be cleaning the the weekend. Also for Saturday, it is a just a tidy day. That is because weekends should be spent with family and friends, not cleaning your house.
Friday: Dinning Room Day!
Things to be done EVERY FRIDAY:
Dust
Change table cloth
Vacuum or mop
Wipe down chairs
Everyday:
Wipe off table
Sweep (or vacuum, if needed)
Monthly (or as needed):
Polish table
There is our Week to Clean cleaning list. Friday, I will have a cute printable for you, I hope. I have a huge quilting project I am working on. And cutting 1.5 inch strips is more time consuming than one would think!
*Reshelve-Is that right? I looked it up and got confused. Anyone?
I really need to get into that habit, but it is hard for me after a long day at work, all I want to do is sit down. I know once I make a schedule and stick to it it'll work, I just need to get doing that!
ReplyDeleteYes! Get a schedule! It will take a couple weeks to get everything running smoothly, but after that it could take less than an hour to tidy your house!!
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