10 Spring Cleaning Tips
by Janine, May 2022While spring is typically the season for cleaning, a ‘spring clean’ can be done at any time of the year – offering a much-needed home reset that can even boost our mental health. If you’re not sure where to start, we’ve put together a handy checklist of the top 10 spring cleaning tips to spur you into action.
Some may seem obvious, but we guarantee that there will be a couple on this list you would have missed.
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as returning to a home so clean it sparkles, and there’s no need to get overwhelmed when worrying about how to spring clean your house.
Instead, simply follow this easy checklist with our top 10 spring cleaning tips.
Top 10 spring cleaning tips: A checklist
Dust down your doormats
Having a doormat outside your front door and inside can help to trap more dirt and avoid it being tracked through your home. However, over the winter months, they can become clogged with dirt.
Hose down your outdoor mats and leave to air dry in the sunshine. Vacuum your indoor ones on both sides thoroughly.
Show your blinds some TLC
If you have blinds in your home, especially Venetians, then we’re betting there’s a thick layer of dust on top that you haven’t had the energy for in a while. It’s finally time to restore those blinds to their former glory!
Top Tip: Get a pair of kitchen tongs, attach microfibres to each side and voila – you have a quick and easy cleaning tool!
For more cleaning tips for all the different types of blinds, click here.
De-stink the sink
Does your sink have a whiff of old food and mouldy leftovers or an odour of off milk? You’re not alone – 7 in 10 people we spoke with said their sink smells funky. As always, baking soda and vinegar are your best friends here:
- Pour half a cup of baking soda down the plughole
- Pour 1 cup of vinegar down the plughole
- Let the solution foam up and leave it to stand for a few hours
- Pour some boiling water down the plughole to flush everything through
Deep clean the fridge
An essential for your spring cleaning checklist, the fridge is constantly in use, and easily builds up grime from a spilt yoghurt, a mouldy carrot or those leftovers you forgot about for a week…
One of our top 10 spring cleaning tips is to empty everything and give it a good going over. Our blog on how to stop your fridge smelling will be a big help!
Brighten up grout
White grout picks up, well… everything! Giving the grout a good going over is one of the top 10 spring cleaning tips with the biggest noticeable difference.
For this task, you will need a specialist product for cleaning grout (and an old toothbrush!) We love The Pink Stuff Miracle Cleaning Paste!
Spruce up curtains and cushions the speedy way
Put your dryer to work and toss drapes, curtains and even throw pillows in the dryer for 15 minutes on the ‘air-only’ cycle, then rehang immediately to avoid wrinkles.
This will freshen them up super quick!
Dust your ceilings
Another classic task for the spring cleaning checklist – old spiderwebs and dust!
Grab an extendable duster or your vacuum extension wand and attack ceiling fans, hanging and recessed lights, moldings and more.
Top Tip: Make sure to start your cleaning here, from top to bottom, so you don’t have to vacuum your floors twice.
Clean your dishwasher
The dishwasher is an appliance that’s so important in cleaning and yet often gets forgotten itself.
One of the top 10 spring cleaning tips that keeps on giving is ensuring yours gets a good deep clean, because this also means cleaner dishes for the foreseeable.
We have a brilliant article on how to deep clean your dishwasher in 5 easy steps.
Clean your outdoor furniture
Unless you have a handy garage or a pretty large shed – your outdoor furniture has probably sat outside during the colder months… gathering debris from the trees, excrement from the birds and yep, those dreaded spider webs and nests. That makes it an essential task for your spring cleaning checklist.
We would recommend hosing down first (ideally with a jet washer if you have one), followed by a bucket of soapy water and some elbow grease!
If you have rattan garden furniture, it can be helpful to start with your vacuum cleaner and use the extendable wand to get in between the gaps. If you’re not a fan of creepy crawlies, be sure to tip furniture upside down and clean beneath as well!
Scrub your bins
If you’re being honest, how often do you give your kitchen bin a good clean? We’ve all had an incident where the bin bag rips and you’re left with food juices in your bin…gross!
To wash the inside of your bin, hose it down and scrub with your favourite dish soap and a sponge. Rinse it well and allow it to air dry or dry with a microfiber cloth before returning to your kitchen. Regularly use a sanitising wipe or spray to keep the outside of the bin free of food bits and drips.
And there you have it! Those are our top 10 spring cleaning tips for your checklist this year.
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