Spring Cleaning Checklist -- Part II

Dear TEAMS, 

Here is the continuation of our Spring Cleaning checklists:


Music Room

• Windows and screens, inside and out.  (It’s best to remove screens and hose off outside and let dry.)
• Wipe down trim around window (include top horizontal surface) and windowsill
• Pull all furniture to middle of room and vacuum baseboards.
• Wash all baseboards with vinegar/lemon water.  Be sure to scrub marks.
• Wipe under furniture/what sits on the floor to remove all cobwebs, dustbunnies, and accumulated dust.
• Wash floor around perimeter of room, all the way up to the rug’s border.  When dry, replace furniture.
• Remove all wall hangings and dry damp wipe front and back; replace
• Check room for visible dirt on walls (particularly around door) and spot clean.  If something needs spot repainting, note it on black board.
• Wipe all light switch plates.  If necessary, remove and use cotton swab or toothpick for any cracks.
• Wipe down door, especially around knob and the top of the 6 panels, which tend to collect dust.
• Wipe down crown moulding
• Vacuum every inch of ceiling fan, including hard-to-reach places.  Remove glass shades and wash.  Wipe down light bulbs and dry damp fan blades and fixture.
• Remove all cushions from sofa and vacuum front and back of cushions and sofa.  Replace cushions.
• Place all thrown pillows in dryer on high heat for 20 minutes and replace neatly.
• Remove all items from end table and dry damp dust all surfaces, including underneath of top.  Evaluate what is on end table and remove unnecessary items and either find new homes or recycle.  Dust what you are replacing and then replace neatly.
• Damp wipe all guitar cases and dry.
• Remove all items from piano table and dry damp dust all surfaces, including underneath of top.  Evaluate what is on table shelf and remove unnecessary items and either find new homes or recycle.  Dust what you are replacing and then replace neatly.
• Remove all items from coffee table and dry damp dust all surfaces, including underneath of top.  Evaluate what is on end table and remove unnecessary items and either find new homes or recycle.  Dust what you are replacing and then replace neatly.
• Wipe down all surfaces of drum kit and dry.  This includes wires, etc.  Remove from red carpet and vacuum carpet.
• Vacuum rug.  Roll up without pad.  Vacuum pad.  Roll up.  Vacuum floor where rug sits.  Flip over rug pad and unroll, so bottom surface area is now showing and vacuum.  (If floor gets anything on it, vacuum up.)  Flip pad back over and vacuum.  Unroll rug and vacuum again (rolling can bring deep down dirt to the surface).

Big Room 

• Windows and screens, inside and out.  (It’s best to remove screens and hose off outside and let dry.)
• Wipe down trim around window (include top horizontal surface) and windowsill
• Pull all furniture to middle of room and vacuum baseboards.
• If any of the walls are dusty at top, be sure to wipe down with damp cloth and rinse.
• Perimeter of ceiling should be vacuumed, even the peaks.
• Wash all baseboards with vinegar/lemon water.  Be sure to scrub marks.
• Wipe under furniture/what sits on the floor to remove all cobwebs, dust bunnies, and accumulated dust.
• Wash floor around perimeter of room.  When dry, replace furniture.
• Remove all wall hangings and dry damp wipe front and back; replace
• Check room for visible dirt on walls (particularly around doors) and spot clean.  If something needs spot repainting, note it on black board.
• Wipe all light switch plates.  If necessary, remove and use cotton swab or toothpick for any cracks.
• Vacuum every inch of ceiling fans, including hard-to-reach places.  Remove glass shades and wash.  Wipe down light bulbs and dry damp fan blades and fixtures.
• French doors into homeschool room should be scrubbed around knobs and visible dirt removed.  Panes should be vacuumed, focusing on the horizontal bottom surface of each pane’s trim.
• French door windows should be cleaned.
• Catwalk door should be scrubbed around knobs and visible dirt removed.  Windows should be washed, inside and out.
• All door trims should be wiped down, even the very tops.
• Top of antique armoire should be vacuumed and wiped down.
• Everything removed from coffee service and all wood wiped down.  All items on top of service are wiped down and dried and returned neatly to the top.
• Bookshelf is vacuumed with brush attachment, including tops of books and spines of books.  This seriously should take a while!
• Everything removed from Entertainment Center and all wood and plastic protector is wiped down.  All items on top of Center are wiped down and dried and returned neatly to the top.  Rectangles in front of Center are wiped well, particularly the bottom horizontal line.  Same with the bottom trim.
• Remove all cushions from sofa, loveseat, and chair-and-a-half and vacuum front and back of cushions and sofa.  Replace cushions.  Be sure “pillows” are vacuumed.
• Waterhog mat in front of catwalk door is vacuumed well, then taken outside and hosed off.
• Recessed lighting is wiped out and light bulbs are dusted.

 
 
Love,