Domestic Diva: Cleaning Schedules

Mr. Man's brother and sister-in-law are coming to stay for the rest of the week. They are celebrating their fifth anniversary by going to a water park which is very close to the apartment and are saving money by staying with us.

Mr. Man is a no clutter sort of person, but not a clean sort of person. When he says the apartment is filthy, what he means is that every thing isn't in its place. When I say something is filthy, I mean it is physically dirty. Don't get me wrong, he wipes down the kitchen counters with a Chlorox wipe every so often and the Roomba runs every night. But things like dusting and sweeping? He can't remember the last time he did one of those things. Heck, when I met him, he didn't own a mop!


Even though I am a clean sort of person, I am also very, very lazy. But guests are coming! My Southern debutante kicks in and perishes at the thought of them seeing a dusty baseboard. Pinterest (and other bloggers) to the rescue! Some people out there have come up with daily cleaning schedules that make things seem a little less crazy. You clean a bit every day and always have a clean house. It is a habit I am attempting to get into... starting today. House guests give me gumption.

I am combing two cleaning schedules. The first gives you rooms to clean on a daily basis.

From a and w

The second gives you tasks to do everyday.

From tips and pix

Different cleaning styles for different people. I will be taking the tasks from the second list and doing them along with the rooms from the first.

I read once (but don't remember where) that guests judge cleanliness based on two rooms: the bathroom and the kitchen. Of those two rooms, the kitchen is the one that is both dirty and cluttered, so I'm starting with that (even though it is Tuesday). Basically, I follow cleaning schedule two and throw in the Kitchen cleaning list as the "Chore of the day." I'll let you know how it goes!

(P.S. I told Mr. Man about the cleaning one room a day so your house is always clean and he thought it was a "great" idea.)