A Super Easy New Year’s Cleaning Checklist

Everyone rings in the new year with all sorts of resolutions and things they hope to achieve by the end of the year. People hope to start new, healthy, and productive habits to result in a happy and productive year. What better way to kick off this productivity than with a new year’s cleaning! Your room and house has probably been cluttered with all sorts of items from the holiday season, like old halloween costumes, thanksgiving table settings, and the remnants of christmas wrappings and bows. Cross off each item on this checklist to kick start your new year with a freshly clean home.  

YOUR CLOSET

One can only imagine the disaster your closet might be right now. From variations of trial run halloween costumes to dozens of black friday deals to ugly christmas sweaters and pajamas, it’s time to clean out the old closet. Start with any seasonal items like costumes or holiday clothes that you won’t rewear until the next holiday season. Move those into boxes like this one here to place under your bed or the top of your closet to keep your closet from getting too cluttered. It also helps to move out any summer clothes you don’t need at the moment for the upcoming winter months into these boxes, too. 

Your Fridge

Your fridge (and kitchen in general) is probably another spot in your house that is a disaster zone right now. Start with your fridge and throw away any old leftovers from Thanksgiving or Christmas. Trash any old holiday sweets and recipes you may have experimented with over the break, because it definitely isn’t safe to eat those anymore. Move to your pantry and other parts of your kitchen to throw away old Halloween candy or other old snacks laying around. Find a storage bin to store the fancy plates you set out for Thanksgiving and a box to store your holiday themed cookie cutters until the next holiday season to avoid too much clutter in your kitchen, as well. Follow this guide to maximize your time and minimize the junk in your fridge.

Living Room

It’s finally time to take down your old Christmas tree and put your ornaments and seasonal decorations back into storage. Vacuum, sweep, and mop up the floors after putting all of your decorations away and dust off the rest of the furniture. If you’re able to, unzip your couch cushions and throw pillows to throw those into the wash. Chances are, after a long holiday season of hosting event after event, your furniture might seem a little gross and needs to be cleaned. 

How to Maintain this Cleaning

Now remember, cleaning and decluttering all of the spaces in your house once is not enough. It’s important to know that you have to maintain cleanliness as well. Try to keep up with a good closet clean at the end of every season, if not more frequently. Switching out the clothes and items in your closet not only prolongs the life of the items in your closet but also helps to keep it less crowded. Cleaning your kitchen and living room often are also must-dos. Since these are two areas in your home that will be frequently visited and used, it’s important to keep it clean often by wiping down counters, dusting the furniture, and mopping the floors. Keep your new year’s resolutions and add “keeping my house in tip-top shape” to the list!