Household cleaning and organization chores can add up quickly. When kitchen countertops are crowded with dishes, the bathroom floors need scrubbing, and living room clutter is piling up, it can be difficult to know where to start. To help make cleaning more manageable, try following a printable checklist that breaks tasks down into simple steps. By sticking to a clear-cut list, you can streamline your cleaning routine and ensure you hit all the important spots you might otherwise have missed. Plus, crossing off items on an attractively designed cleaning checklist helps reinforce a sense of accomplishment and makes tidying up feel less like a chore and more like an achievement.
After printing out your favorite cleaning checklist, be sure to keep it handy in a visible, accessible spot. Try framing the printed sheet and hanging it in the laundry room, or laminate the list and stick it on the fridge. That way, you can use a dry-erase marker to tick off your progress, then easily wipe the checklist clean when it's time to restart the process. These printable cleaning checklists from some of our favorite bloggers provide pretty templates that simplify household chores and help you cross off your to-do list in style.
Get in a Cleaning Routine Checklist
If you're looking for a simple weekly cleaning routine, you'll love this printable from the blog Clean Mama. Print it out and put it on the refrigerator, in your planner, or on a memo board. The free cleaning checklist is complete with instructions on how to implement a routine.
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Chores Checklist for Whole Family
Jen from the blog IHeart Organizing is an expert at getting the family involved in cleaning. This pretty printable checklist is perfect for assigning specific tasks to family members. Print the checklist and pin it up where everyone can see it and refer to it as necessary. The daily template is part of a group of time-management printables that are all available for free.
Print the Family Chore Checklist
Mique from the blog Thirty Handmade Days applies her bright and cheerful style to these colorful printable checklists. Use one for yourself or print one for kids to use to clean their rooms [Mique suggests laminating the checklist to make it reusable]. Simply head to her blog, download the cleaning packet, and print your favorite version.
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Incorporate Marie Kondo's KonMari method into your cleaning efforts with this printable decluttering checklist from the Making Lemonade blog. Download and print your checklist [there are two versions to choose from] and follow it precisely to clear out anything that doesn't spark joy. Decluttering and cleaning go hand in hand, and this checklist is helpful for sticking to those much-needed decluttering sessions.
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speed cleaning color chart
Here's a fun printable checklist that will guide you through a speed-cleaning session from start to finish. We love how Stephanie of the blog Somewhat Simple has broken down the tasks necessary to speed-clean your entire house or just part of it, depending on how much time and energy you have. Click on the button below to see more checklists for quick cleaning and download the PDF.
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Looking for printable cleaning checklists for every room in your house? You’ve found them! Here you’ll find daily, weekly, monthly, and even Spring Cleaning routines to incorporate into your house cleaning schedule. Have you ever spent a few hours or even an entire day cleaning the house, only to look around and feel like you didn’t get anything done? Try adding these to your house cleaning schedule. You’ll clean more in less time, and you’ll know nothing got overlooked. The great thing about using a checklist is that you don’t forget any steps. If you get interrupted while cleaning — and, if you’re a parent, you know interruptions are almost guaranteed — you can easily pick up right where you were without skipping a thing.
How to Use House Cleaning Checklists
Make them reusable. Print the checklists you want to use in your house cleaning schedule, then slip them into plastic page covers. As you work, cross items off with a dry-erase pen or crayon, then wipe the page when you’re done.
Stash your pages where you can easily find them. Stash your cleaning checklists in a household binder if you use one or in the room where you’ll use them. I keep a copy of the nightly kitchen cleaning checklist taped inside a cabinet door to make it easy for family members to help tidy up at the end of the night.
Get your family involved! Using cleaning checklists makes it easy for everyone in the family to help. For example, with older kids, give them a specific room’s checklist, and they’ll know what and how to clean it. Or, to make cleaning day a family project, work together on a checklist. Each one contains multiple boxes, so you can go step by step or assign each family member a box.
What to use?
Wondering what cleaning products and tools to use? Check out my page of Recommended Products for the tools and products I use in my own home.
The daily cleaning routine is about tidying your home to keep it looking nice, even when you haven’t had time to clean. Then use the nightly kitchen routine to “close the kitchen” for the night and help avoid household pests. Your mornings will go more smoothly when you don’t start them looking at a mess.
People who keep a clean home all share the same secret: they use a daily cleaning routine like this one to get everything tidy in minutes.
Having a nightly kitchen cleaning routine is a great way to “close” the kitchen for the night. It’s also a great way to give yourself a good start the next…
Weekly House Cleaning Checklists
It’s important to clean your home’s main rooms every week, even if they don’t look filthy. When you clean before things look messy, it goes much faster. Weekly cleaning also allows you to notice problems like pests, mold, or mildew before they become serious issues.
So, use these weekly house cleaning checklists as part of your routine, whether you prefer doing one room a day or doing them all on the weekend. You’ll work faster, clean more thoroughly, and know you didn’t overlook a thing.
Use this weekly kitchen cleaning checklist to get a professional-level cleaning that never misses a spot.
Cleaning professionals use bathroom cleaning checklists to get the job done faster without missing anything. Now you can, too.
Use this free printable weekly living room cleaning checklist to get your gathering space spotless without wasting time. Here’s a printable weekly living room cleaning checklist for those of you…
A clean bedroom leads to a better night’s sleep and a better mood in the morning. Use this checklist to get yours spotless every week.
Spring Cleaning Checklists
Spring Cleaning is an enormous task, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But you know what they say about tackling any big task: you do it one small bit at a time. That’s also true when it comes to Spring Cleaning — or Deep Cleaning — your home.
The printable Spring Cleaning Checklists below help you break it down into manageable steps. But don’t feel like you need to wait until Spring — there’s no reason you can’t use these for Fall Cleaning, too!
Use this Bedroom Spring Cleaning checklist any time your room needs a thorough deep cleaning. You’ll declutter, clean, and freshen your entire room.
Use this living room Spring Cleaning checklist to clean every surface, even a few areas you’d never think to clean.
Give your kitchen a thorough deep-cleaning any time of year with this printable Kitchen Spring Cleaning Checklist.
Use this bathroom spring cleaning checklist to get your bathroom cleaner than ever without wasting your time.
Use this Garage Spring Cleaning Checklist to create functional, clutter-free storage for your tools and cars.
More House Cleaning Checklists
These checklists cover everything from quick chores you can do in minutes to occasional tasks that you want to know you’ve done right.
This speed cleaning checklist gets your home looking clean even when it’s not. Sometimes, despite our best intentions, life throws us a curveball and the housework just doesn’t get done….
Hand your kids this printable cleaning checklist for kids’ rooms. They’ll stay on task while getting the job done, so you can be proud of their work. Does this sound…
Here’s a printable closet cleaning checklist — actually, two. I’ve already shared printable cleaning checklists for most of the other rooms in the house, but not the closet. There’s a…
Are you feeling overwhelmed by hosting Thanksgiving Dinner this year? Use this checklist as a game plan to get ready a little each day, and you’ll have time to enjoy the holiday, too.
Use this pantry cleaning checklist to get your pantry clean, organized, and more efficient than ever before.
Hang this list of quick chores on your fridge. They’re a great way to clean house in your spare time. Plus, your kids can help.
A dry afternoon and a few basic cleaning supplies are all you need to detail and clean your car’s interior like a pro.
This weekly cleaning schedule lets you keep your weekends free. This room-by-room checklist gets your whole house clean plus monthly maintenance tasks, too.
Ever wonder how often you should clean the things in your home? Use this chart to stay on track and keep your home tidy year-round.