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Spring Cleaning

Basic Housekeeping - Spring Home Chorelist

By Tara Aronson

Categories: Organizing, Motivation, Carpets & Flooring, Furnishings & Dusting, Kitchens, Windows, Walls & Ceilings
Tagged: Appliances, Carpet, Carpet Cleaning, Chores, Cleaning Tips, Closet, Clothes, Filing, Flooring, House Cleaning Tips, Housekeeping, Housekeeping Tips, Kitchen, Lighting, Paper Clutter, Paper Records, Professional Carpet Cleaning, Seasonal, Spring Cleaning

While winter melts, keep on top of your home's seasonal and other less-frequent needs. Here are 10 items for your spring checklist:

 

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1. A clean, well-lighted place ... begins with clean light fixtures. Clean ceiling fixtures, lamps, sconces, anything that has a bulb.

2. And while you're up there: Clean the fan blades.

3. Floorshow: Clean hardwood, tile, linoleum and other floor surfaces and seal (maybe hire a professional for this).

4. And while you're at it: Call the pros in to clean your carpets, too.

5. Think small: Think small appliance. Think "clean the small appliance." Tackle the toaster, the toaster oven, the microwave and show them who's boss.

6. Office help: Get a jump on the taxman (or woman). Use this month to clean out your office drawers and files and surprise your accountant with all your receipts for a change.

7. Does not compute? Maybe it needs cleaning. Clean your computer, keyboard and mouse. And while you're at it, tackle your fax machine, too.

8. Paper chase: Clean out all extra books, magazines, papers, etc. Recycle, resell or donate.

9. Goodbye till next year: Put away winter clothes, ski clothes, sweaters, etc....
 
10. De-cloak: And the 'coat closet' becomes the 'sweater closet'. Clean out the entry closet to make room for the new season's outerwear.

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Basic Housekeeping - Spring Home Chorelist:  Created on March 7th, 2006.  Last Modified on March 25th, 2010

 

About Tara Aronson

Tara Aronson

Tara Aronson is author of Housekeeping With Kids. Her San Francisco Chronicle column entitled "Coming Clean" — focusing on household cleaning and maintenance — reaches 1.5 million readers. Aronson is an expert in home cleaning and organizing. Her advice has appeared in numerous national and regional publications, including Ladies' Home Journal, The Washington Post and Woman's World. Visit Tara's Web site.

Aronson is fast becoming a familiar face on national television (Living It Up with Ali & Jack, Soap Talk, The Other Half, CNNfn, etc.) and is also a much sought-after lifestyle expert for local television news and radio programs nationwide.