2023 Deep Clean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m seriously jealous. I tried taking down the Christmas decorations while my 15mo, 4 and 5 year olds screamed and made more mess in other rooms. I remember my child free days when I could clean and enjoy myself. It’s just so darn hard now. And the baby only napped 15 min today.

Omg, my kids are 10 & 13. You can’t get anything done for a few years, love. Hire it out our live with it. Hugs. 😘

[Anonymous]

I have such a bad hangover I only managed to help take the trees down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is cleaning today?

Share your plan and inspiration

I’m going to:

Completely empty bathroom, vacuum, deep scrub, wash everything, reset.

Horizontal surfaces of living/dining room.

Clean/purge coat closet.

Self clean cycle of washing machine.

Deeeeeep clean kitchen and get rid of some items I haven’t used in 2+ years.

In one day? I was thinking of taking a week off of work to deep clean (I have a lot of unused PTO and I love cleaning when the house is empty) and I'm still not sure I'd get through all of that, deep clean the whole kitchen? I'm super impressed.

I wouldn’t be impressed people have a window range now what they consider deep clean. When I deep clean my kitchen it is for a sure an entire day. I first remove everything from the cabinets. I then wipe them down inside and out, every square inch. I then wash the floor by hand, using a rag. When I got to put everything back in (pantry is a colossal job) I also wipe all of that down . The fridge gets emptied and bleached down and organized. The freezer too and that gets wiped down with bleach. Of course then we get the the oven which alone is a production, including restoring my cart iron to a mirror finish-that’s actually a 2 day affair. Of course and then there is the basic stuff like clean the counter and recaulking around the sink area and scrubbing down the backsplash. Last but not least I touch up all the kitchen paint.

Once I’m done with a deep clean of my entire house, it is so clean and organized and purged that I could Hire movers to pack me up and move the next day if needed. Each year my goal is to me ina condition that we could move without consideration.

[Anonymous]

This post inspired me to clean out my car today. Tomorrow will be closets / dresser drawers and a kitchen purge (lots of leftover Christmas treats and whatnot hanging around in there). I leave deep cleaning to the cleaners (we have them come once a month but we keep up with day to day maintenance).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question: The carpet is noticeably darker near the baseboards where the carpet cleaner doesn’t reach due to its design. Does anyone have suggestions? Will carpet spray foam work if the vacuum cleaner also doesn’t reach the area by the baseboard? Ore there extra small carpet cleaners out there? I’m fine with trying to clean it with a brush by hand — but worry that if I can’t follow with a power rinsing or power drying that it might create other problems if the carpet shampoo isn’t thoroughly removed.

I plan to do a major clean out throughout the month of January. Then I’ll follow up with clearing more things out and doing donations during Lent.
Purging my closets will take at least a day EACH.

It’s not your vacuum. It’s the way the air flows in your house. Time for new carpet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question: The carpet is noticeably darker near the baseboards where the carpet cleaner doesn’t reach due to its design. Does anyone have suggestions? Will carpet spray foam work if the vacuum cleaner also doesn’t reach the area by the baseboard? Ore there extra small carpet cleaners out there? I’m fine with trying to clean it with a brush by hand — but worry that if I can’t follow with a power rinsing or power drying that it might create other problems if the carpet shampoo isn’t thoroughly removed.

I plan to do a major clean out throughout the month of January. Then I’ll follow up with clearing more things out and doing donations during Lent.
Purging my closets will take at least a day EACH.

A little spot bot will get the corners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is cleaning today?

Share your plan and inspiration

I’m going to:

Completely empty bathroom, vacuum, deep scrub, wash everything, reset.

Horizontal surfaces of living/dining room.

Clean/purge coat closet.

Self clean cycle of washing machine.

Deeeeeep clean kitchen and get rid of some items I haven’t used in 2+ years.

In one day? I was thinking of taking a week off of work to deep clean (I have a lot of unused PTO and I love cleaning when the house is empty) and I'm still not sure I'd get through all of that, deep clean the whole kitchen? I'm super impressed.

I wouldn’t be impressed people have a window range now what they consider deep clean. When I deep clean my kitchen it is for a sure an entire day. I first remove everything from the cabinets. I then wipe them down inside and out, every square inch. I then wash the floor by hand, using a rag. When I got to put everything back in (pantry is a colossal job) I also wipe all of that down . The fridge gets emptied and bleached down and organized. The freezer too and that gets wiped down with bleach. Of course then we get the the oven which alone is a production, including restoring my cart iron to a mirror finish-that’s actually a 2 day affair. Of course and then there is the basic stuff like clean the counter and recaulking around the sink area and scrubbing down the backsplash. Last but not least I touch up all the kitchen paint.

Once I’m done with a deep clean of my entire house, it is so clean and organized and purged that I could Hire movers to pack me up and move the next day if needed. Each year my goal is to me ina condition that we could move without consideration.

Pp can you share how you deep clean other areas? I’m
Impressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is cleaning today?

Share your plan and inspiration

I’m going to:

Completely empty bathroom, vacuum, deep scrub, wash everything, reset.

Horizontal surfaces of living/dining room.

Clean/purge coat closet.

Self clean cycle of washing machine.

Deeeeeep clean kitchen and get rid of some items I haven’t used in 2+ years.

In one day? I was thinking of taking a week off of work to deep clean (I have a lot of unused PTO and I love cleaning when the house is empty) and I'm still not sure I'd get through all of that, deep clean the whole kitchen? I'm super impressed.

I wouldn’t be impressed people have a window range now what they consider deep clean. When I deep clean my kitchen it is for a sure an entire day. I first remove everything from the cabinets. I then wipe them down inside and out, every square inch. I then wash the floor by hand, using a rag. When I got to put everything back in (pantry is a colossal job) I also wipe all of that down . The fridge gets emptied and bleached down and organized. The freezer too and that gets wiped down with bleach. Of course then we get the the oven which alone is a production, including restoring my cart iron to a mirror finish-that’s actually a 2 day affair. Of course and then there is the basic stuff like clean the counter and recaulking around the sink area and scrubbing down the backsplash. Last but not least I touch up all the kitchen paint.

Once I’m done with a deep clean of my entire house, it is so clean and organized and purged that I could Hire movers to pack me up and move the next day if needed. Each year my goal is to me ina condition that we could move without consideration.

Can you please start a cleaning company that does just THIS to the whole house? There will certainly be demand!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is cleaning today?

Share your plan and inspiration

I’m going to:

Completely empty bathroom, vacuum, deep scrub, wash everything, reset.

Horizontal surfaces of living/dining room.

Clean/purge coat closet.

Self clean cycle of washing machine.

Deeeeeep clean kitchen and get rid of some items I haven’t used in 2+ years.

In one day? I was thinking of taking a week off of work to deep clean (I have a lot of unused PTO and I love cleaning when the house is empty) and I'm still not sure I'd get through all of that, deep clean the whole kitchen? I'm super impressed.

I wouldn’t be impressed people have a window range now what they consider deep clean. When I deep clean my kitchen it is for a sure an entire day. I first remove everything from the cabinets. I then wipe them down inside and out, every square inch. I then wash the floor by hand, using a rag. When I got to put everything back in (pantry is a colossal job) I also wipe all of that down . The fridge gets emptied and bleached down and organized. The freezer too and that gets wiped down with bleach. Of course then we get the the oven which alone is a production, including restoring my cart iron to a mirror finish-that’s actually a 2 day affair. Of course and then there is the basic stuff like clean the counter and recaulking around the sink area and scrubbing down the backsplash. Last but not least I touch up all the kitchen paint.

Once I’m done with a deep clean of my entire house, it is so clean and organized and purged that I could Hire movers to pack me up and move the next day if needed. Each year my goal is to me ina condition that we could move without consideration.

Can you please start a cleaning company that does just THIS to the whole house? There will certainly be demand!

People think there’s demand, but there’s not because people always underestimate the time needed for domestic labor. The cost would be prohibitive. For the people for whom the cost is not prohibitive, they have this in the form of a housekeeper/house manager paired with more frequent house cleaners (probably weekly).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is cleaning today?

Share your plan and inspiration

I’m going to:

Completely empty bathroom, vacuum, deep scrub, wash everything, reset.

Horizontal surfaces of living/dining room.

Clean/purge coat closet.

Self clean cycle of washing machine.

Deeeeeep clean kitchen and get rid of some items I haven’t used in 2+ years.

In one day? I was thinking of taking a week off of work to deep clean (I have a lot of unused PTO and I love cleaning when the house is empty) and I'm still not sure I'd get through all of that, deep clean the whole kitchen? I'm super impressed.

I wouldn’t be impressed people have a window range now what they consider deep clean. When I deep clean my kitchen it is for a sure an entire day. I first remove everything from the cabinets. I then wipe them down inside and out, every square inch. I then wash the floor by hand, using a rag. When I got to put everything back in (pantry is a colossal job) I also wipe all of that down . The fridge gets emptied and bleached down and organized. The freezer too and that gets wiped down with bleach. Of course then we get the the oven which alone is a production, including restoring my cart iron to a mirror finish-that’s actually a 2 day affair. Of course and then there is the basic stuff like clean the counter and recaulking around the sink area and scrubbing down the backsplash. Last but not least I touch up all the kitchen paint.

Once I’m done with a deep clean of my entire house, it is so clean and organized and purged that I could Hire movers to pack me up and move the next day if needed. Each year my goal is to me ina condition that we could move without consideration.

Pp can you share how you deep clean other areas? I’m
Impressed.

+1 Do you have a blog where you break down the specifics of how you clean each area? I'm feeling inspired but also overwhelmed by everything you listed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is cleaning today?

Share your plan and inspiration

I’m going to:

Completely empty bathroom, vacuum, deep scrub, wash everything, reset.

Horizontal surfaces of living/dining room.

Clean/purge coat closet.

Self clean cycle of washing machine.

Deeeeeep clean kitchen and get rid of some items I haven’t used in 2+ years.

In one day? I was thinking of taking a week off of work to deep clean (I have a lot of unused PTO and I love cleaning when the house is empty) and I'm still not sure I'd get through all of that, deep clean the whole kitchen? I'm super impressed.

I wouldn’t be impressed people have a window range now what they consider deep clean. When I deep clean my kitchen it is for a sure an entire day. I first remove everything from the cabinets. I then wipe them down inside and out, every square inch. I then wash the floor by hand, using a rag. When I got to put everything back in (pantry is a colossal job) I also wipe all of that down . The fridge gets emptied and bleached down and organized. The freezer too and that gets wiped down with bleach. Of course then we get the the oven which alone is a production, including restoring my cart iron to a mirror finish-that’s actually a 2 day affair. Of course and then there is the basic stuff like clean the counter and recaulking around the sink area and scrubbing down the backsplash. Last but not least I touch up all the kitchen paint.

Once I’m done with a deep clean of my entire house, it is so clean and organized and purged that I could Hire movers to pack me up and move the next day if needed. Each year my goal is to me ina condition that we could move without consideration.

Pp can you share how you deep clean other areas? I’m
Impressed.

+1 Do you have a blog where you break down the specifics of how you clean each area? I'm feeling inspired but also overwhelmed by everything you listed.

The list is just scrub/wipe everything and do repairs as needed.