Would you like to bring in the Spring with a bang? In resetting your home through spring cleaning, you are putting in place actions that will upgrade your home’s appearance, reduce your stress levels, boost your energy levels, and improve your health!
I always notice that the day after Christmas, Mariah Carey’s Christmas songs that have received billions of streams over the holidays instantly stop and all things Christmas miraculously disappear from the stores and Boom……Spring items appear, sprinkled in with a mixture of Valentines’ Day items in stores.
Bombarded with Spring décor and Spring clothing when I visit my favorite stores, my mind races to Spring cleaning and Spring improvements that I plan to make in my home for the new year.
If you have the same mindset or want to start an annual spring cleaning routine, I know that these 5 Spring cleaning tips that have helped me will definitely help you.
With that being said, let’s jump into these 5 Spring Cleaning Tips!
Have A Plan
When tackling any project, it is vital to have a plan. According to Explicit Success, having a plan helps you reach your goals faster, builds your confidence as you tackle different projects, increases productivity, and gives you a purpose.
If you attempt to start any project to include Spring cleaning, if you don’t have a plan, chances are you will become frustrated and overwhelmed which may lead to your spring cleaning plan being derailed.
A plan doesn’t have to be super complicated and can be completed on a sheet of paper!
I would first recommend walking through each room in your home and collect “data.” Data is simply you collecting information that when interpreted will help guide your decision-making process.
As you walk through each room and space write down your data (what you notice and observe) and how you plan to address the data.
Next, based on the data come up with a plan to address anything that you would like to change.
For example, I recently took data on our home’s master bedroom closet. Based on the visual data I observed that we have shoes in shoe boxes, shoes not in shoe boxes, and shoe boxes of every size.
That data allowed me to decide that I would like to organize our closet to have a uniform look.
I plan to update our hangers to one unified color as well as purchase unified shoe containers.
After the items are purchased I am going to schedule a day to update our closet.
This leads to our next Spring cleaning tip!
Take One Day At A Time
When completing spring cleaning tasks do not attempt to do everything in one day!
You will become overwhelmed which will lead you to give up. Create a calendar in which you intentionally plan days to accomplish spring cleaning tasks. I like to complete 1-2 rooms a day depending on the task.
If you have help you will be able to complete more rooms in a shorter amount of time.
As an educator, I typically complete spring cleaning tasks during the first few days of my district’s designated Spring Break. However, you can schedule days on the weekend to complete the tasks.
Also, think of the phrase “Quality Over Quantity.”
We want to ensure that as you complete your spring cleaning projects, you are not focused on completing the tasks in one day, but really focusing on each space, ensuring that whatever goal that you have created for that space, you are striving to reach that goal in an excellent manner.
Move at a pace that you feel comfortable with!
Include Decluttering In Your Spring Cleaning Plans
Remember the phrase “Quality Over Quantity?”
No matter how much you clean and organize if you are not removing items from your spaces, you will not get the full satisfaction that you are looking for as you Spring clean.
Decluttering is one of the foundational principles in organization and simply means the discarding of items that are no longer needed and no longer meet our daily needs.
When decluttering your spaces collect “data” to determine which items may need a new home. A new home may be with a friend, or a potential buyer, in the garage, donation center, or another space in your room.
If you have items that you do not use regularly consider parting ways with the items.
If you have items that are broken and are no longer operational, part ways with the items!
I promise that you will feel so much better when you do!
Switch Out Seasonal Clothes
One of the easiest ways to clean and declutter your home is to switch out seasonal items, primarily seasonal clothes.
I like to use this question as a guide. “Do we keep our Christmas Trees up year-round, Easter Decor, or Thanksgiving Décor up year-round?”
For the majority of us, the answer is no as the visuals would be too overwhelming year-round and are generally only meant for seasonal purposes.
No judgment if you do!
Changing out seasonal clothes allows you to reduce clutter, free up space in your rooms, and find items more quicker. When making the switch bins are your best friend.
Place your seasonal items in a bin and store these items in a spare closet, your garage, attic, or storage.
Don’t forget to label the bins. This will help you locate the bins quickly when the season approaches the following year.
Lastly, Tackle Areas That Are Often Forgotten (Baseboards, Refrigerators, Freezers, Windows)
Often areas in our homes such as baseboards, refrigerators, freezers, and windows are often forgotten but these areas also need TLC.
Purposely plan out a specific day to tackle these items.
For example, when cleaning out the refrigerator and freezer, I prefer to complete this task the day before our trash is picked up as I like to throw out any old food and expired seasons.
Cleaning Vinegar with elbow grease often works when cleaning each of these spaces.
Now that discussed 5 tips to kick off your Spring cleaning journey, did you find the strategies listed in this article helpful? What are some of your favorite ways to complete spring cleaning projects?
I would love to hear your spring cleaning tips!
