Some dread it, some look forward to it as the end of a long, dreary winter, but no one can avoid it: Spring Cleaning.
March has long been known as month for spring cleaning because the weather is warm enough to open the doors and windows to let the dust out, but it’s still cold enough to keep the insects away. With that logic, the March spring cleaning tradition was born!
Not just a physical purging, spring cleaning is a mental and emotional new start; a way to start anew in a cleaner, more organized space.
Make spring cleaning a group activity
Taking on the task of scrubbing a living space from top to bottom can be daunting, unless of course you can enlist some help.
If you’re spring cleaning at home, get the family in on the fun. If you’re using spring cleaning as a time to organize the office, encourage your employees to join together and tackle the job.
Hint: music, rewards, and a sense of fun will entice others into lending a hand!
What you’ll need to get started
There’s no getting around it, spring cleaning involves some elbow grease and the right mindset. But, a few powerful cleaning items can help as well. We recommend sticking to eco-friendly, non-toxic cleaning products. You’ll be spraying, scrubbing, and breathing in long forgotten dust and grime; your cleaning products shouldn’t add to the toxic overload. Keep the windows open if you can, even though your eco-friendly cleaning products won’t cause health problems, the fresh air is rejuvenating to your mental and physical well being.
Spring Cleaning Checklist
Discover the how, what, and why behind each of these common spring cleaning areas. If you work with a regular cleaning service, you have permission to skip the heavy cleaning in areas that regularly receive attention and focus on organizing closets, storage spaces, and even medicine cabinets instead.
- Kitchen Spring Cleaning
- Bathroom Spring Cleaning
- Living Areas Spring Cleaning
- Bedroom Spring Cleaning
- Dining Room Spring Cleaning
How to organize a medicine cabinet
The medicine cabinet is rarely the first place to get organized, but it is one of the most important areas to keep clean and stocked. After all, that’s the place you turn in an emergency.
Warm weather means sun and outdoor activities, which translates to sunblock (check the SPF), band-aids, and insect repellent. Make sure you switch out the winter cough medicines for these spring and summer standbys.
Are items outdated, old, or smelly? They need to be thrown out, even if they’re not empty. Expired items just don’t work anymore, and they may even be hazardous to your health. Do you have three of each item crowding your cabinet? Move the extra items to another area: a storage closet or pantry.
Check for a well-stocked first aid kit. Your at-home emergency kit should include band-aids, sterile wash for cleansing wounds, ointment, gauze, and burn relief. It’s always better to take the time to make sure you’re prepared before an emergency.
Don’t forget to clean outside items
Spring and summer mean that you can rediscover your grill, patio furniture, and open your windows. But, first they need to be cleaned. Deep breath; jump in!
- Clean Patio Furniture
- Clean a Grill
- Wash Windows
What to do with all the stuff you don’t want
- Sort and recycle items such as paper, plastics, cardboard, aluminum, and glass
- Repurpose items that can be used to fill a need in another part of your space
- Donate items that can be used by someone else: clothes, furniture, books, toys, household items, appliances.
- Throw away items that should not be reused or recycled: old medicine, expired food, and other genuine garbage.
Keep your environment clean
There’s nothing like the feeling of a clean living and work space. Keeping it that way is a different story, which is why I always recommend maintaining a clean space is easy if you work on it every day or even every week. If you’d like a partner in your cleaning goals, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Your spring cleaning challenge
To inspire you to get started on a deep cleaning, I challenge you to look around your space and find an area that you haven’t tackled in awhile. Is it a storage closet? A medicine cabinet?
Find the one area you’d like to see clean and organized and make it your goal to accomplish it this month. We’ll make it worth your while with a FREE box of EcoSpirit all natural cleaning products awarded to the most outstanding spring cleaning transformation!
To enter for your chance to win a box of EcoSpirit cleaning products remember to take before and after photos or video and post them on our Facebook page. We’d love to celebrate your spring cleaning challenge this year!
