Check out the Happy Home Cleaning Schedule, a simple daily cleaning schedule that allows you to enjoy your clean house without feeling like you are a slave to it every single weekend or for one VERY long day once a week.
The best part? It also includes time for decluttering each week! It really is the perfect cleaning routine.
This free cleaning schedule PDF breaks down all the rooms throughout the week, so you don’t have to feel overwhelmed by cleaning your home.
It doesn’t matter if you are a stay-at-home mom, working mom, or anything else! You are busy, and you don’t have time to spend all your days desperately trying to keep up with cleaning and keeping the clutter at bay in your home.
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Enjoy your home again!
I want you to enjoy your home again!
Remember that feeling when you first moved in? There was sooooo much space, and you had big dreams.
I don’t want the weight of cleaning and decluttering your home to keep overwhelming you.
I used to be incredibly overwhelmed by my home. It was a disaster, there was clutter everywhere, and no matter how hard I tried, I could not keep up with it all, let alone the daily tasks.
Dump the clutter first
First, before I could even begin to feel like I could keep up with the daily tasks required to manage my home, I knew I had to get rid of the clutter. It was a process, and it took me nearly a full year to finally get my home to exactly where we wanted it.
After the clutter was gone, cleaning my home was a breeze. In less than an hour a day, I was doing all the tasks required, there was no more clutter, and I had most of my weekends back so I could spend more time with my family.
Now, I spend a little less than 30 minutes a day doing required daily tasks (handling the dirty dishes, wiping down kitchen counters, a single load of laundry, and general pick-up). For the other 30 minutes, I focus on one area of my home. It is my divide-and-conquer method.
By focusing on different areas of the home on different days, I was eliminating the overwhelm of trying to do it all at once. The best part, my family started to learn what tasks needed to be done on specific days, and they started pitching in a lot more often! (A mama’s dream come true!)
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Here’s how the Happy Home Free Daily Cleaning Schedule works:
Daily Cleaning Schedule Chores
There are daily tasks to complete. These tasks take anywhere between 15-30 minutes per day.
Chances are, you are aiming for these daily habits anyway, and adding in another block of time to do your weekly tasks (below) won’t be that big of a deal.
If you get behind one day, it’s not the end of the world. Tomorrow is another day. You are establishing tiny, tidy habits with this new cleaning process.
Besides, this schedule intends to help you, not stress you out! Some days, mama doesn’t feel like doing the dishes. I get it. This is me at least one dinner every week. I simply do them the following morning after taking my much-earned TV break. 😊
AM
- Unload/load dishwasher
- Start a load of laundry
- Make beds
PM
- Unload/load dishwasher
- Dry and fold clothes
- Have a quick family pick-up time of the main areas
- Do a kitchen reset (dishes; wipe counters; sweep, if needed; plan tomorrow’s dinner)
Weekly Cleaning Schedule
The weekly chores include different daily tasks for different rooms or tasks. For these tasks, give yourself 30 minutes. That’s all.
When first starting out, chances are you won’t fully clean a room or finish the task in 30 minutes. That’s OK! You don’t have to add in extra time.
You will be back to the space next week, so don’t stress about it. Eventually, week over week, you will start seeing BIG changes in the tidiness of the individual rooms.
- Monday: Dust all surfaces
- Tuesday: Wipe bathroom counters, scrub shower/tub, clean toilets, mop bathroom floors
- Wednesday: Clean kitchen with a full kitchen reset / mop kitchen floors
- Thursday: Bedroom pick-up and vacuum carpets
- Friday: Weekly rotation task
- Saturday: Wash the sheets; Catch up day; Make sure to spend time doing what you love!
- Sunday: Planning day; Wash towels; Remember to rest!
Friday Weekly Rotation!
The Friday weekly rotation is a rotating schedule of tasks you can complete every week.
For three of the Friday weekly rotations, you can name a room/small space of your choice to clean and declutter. It’s only 30 minutes, but remember, your momentum builds quickly week over week!
For the final Friday weekly rotation, do your yearly chore. This is a specified chore that focuses on one area of the home. While you can still stick to 30 minutes, I usually spend a little longer on this one, as it is my mini-purge or deep cleaning for a specific area. (Thanks to my Grandmother for this system!)
- 1st Friday of the month: Clean and declutter room of choice
- 2nd Friday of the month: Clean and declutter room of choice
- 3rd Friday of the month: Clean and declutter room of choice
- 4th Friday of the month: Yearly chore (Rotating Monthly Task)
Yearly Chores (AKA Monthly Tasks)
Yearly chores are the stuff we really don’t want to do, and you usually see it on a Spring Cleaning checklist. It’s more like a monthly cleaning schedule, with rotating tasks, allowing for deeper cleaning for those areas you don’t have time to address on a regular basis.
Spring Cleaning is great and all, but I don’t want to spend an entire month deep-cleaning my house. I’m all about the divide-and-conquer method!
Do these monthly tasks by taking a deep dive into just one area of your home, as outlined below. Then, you will never have to worry about spring cleaning, as the tasks are completed according to an annual schedule.
- January: Clean and organize paper files
- February: Declutter closets (current season)
- March: Wash curtains – (Here’s a tutorial on how to wash your curtains.)
- April: Clean carpets and furniture
- May: Clean and organize the pantry
- June: Clean windows
- July: Clean and organize garage
- August: Declutter closets (current season)
- September: Wash walls/touch-up paint, as needed
- October: Clean behind appliances
- November: Clear out toy clutter
- December: Declutter seasonal
Pro Tip: Make your free cleaning schedule printable super easy to use
Print out the free cleaning schedule and laminate it! You can keep the cleaning schedule safe from spills and cleaning products while also getting the satisfaction of checking off each task every day without having to print new copies.
Looking for a cheap at-home option (that can be used for LOTS of things, especially with kids)? Check this laminator out.
Happy Home Cleaning Schedule (Free PDF Printable)
Stop spending your weekends cleaning! Use this Happy Home Cleaning Schedule to divide up the work, and make the tasks seem way more manageable.
If you miss a task, please don’t stress out. Life isn’t meant to be so stressful.
This daily cleaning schedule is simply a guide, or a process, to try and make your life easier. Besides, if you are working on your house a little bit at a time, nearly every day, you will see big changes fairly quickly.
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I loved this! New Year means new cleaning schedule to me! I also like to make sure my carpets are professionally cleaned once a year. My home is so much cleaner and healthier.
Thank you so much for these tips! I am trying to get into a better cleaning routine. I scheduled a professional carpet cleaning this week so that is a start haha! Thanks again for sharing!!!
I had a friend over this week. She is very honest. She let me know I could do have a better cleaning schedule and suggested your blog. While her comment stung, I appreciate her guidance. I am excited to try your cleaning schedule.
I’m so glad you found the blog! How’s it been going? Let me know if I can offer any insight.
I love this printable! My partner and I have decided that for the new year, we need to have a cleaning plan. WE even shared this with our carpet cleaner and made a plan for him to come about 2 times a year.. maybe even 3. We have pets and 2 kids so our home gets messy FAST. Thanks for the help!
I love this daily cleaning schedule! The printable PDF is super handy and makes it so much easier to keep track of tasks. Thanks for sharing such a practical resource!