Time For Fall Cleaning!

More and more through the years that I have spent homekeeping I’ve realized the need for good seasonal cleaning twice a year. Everyone is aware of Spring Cleaning, but I started having a Fall Cleaning about 20 years ago. It helps me tremendously. Not only does Fall Cleaning get my house ready for a change of seasons, it prepares my home for homeschool, helps me prepare my home for the winter months ahead by winterizing and by my getting out the winter clothing and freshening it up.

In the fall, we all start spending more time indoors, and organizing is essential for homeschoolers and other-schoolers alike. We begin to have more people over to our home, home school groups and others all start to visit in the fall, I want to be ready for their visits with a clean organized home and goodies in the freezer. When we start to get back into a routine of school its so handy to be able to get back into the routine of knowing where everything is. The best way to prepare for a year of homeschooling is Fall Cleaning. If we clean now, we will have more time to devote to other activities around Thanksgiving and we can have a head start on Christmas if we choose wisely the type of cleaning we do now.

This year at CHK, I will give you a choice of rooms and areas to clean and a choice of how deep your cleaning will be. Your job is to read the instructions, choose what you will do, do it, and then report back here to encourage others and to add ideas about cleaning and organizing. Do as much or as little as you like, you know what your home needs. And keep in mind: “Winterize as you go.” We will take 3 1/2 weeks to clean. Commit to cleaning a little every week and you will have a cleaned, organized house before the month has ended!

We will begin with a list of areas to Fall Clean:

House Interior – All rooms including laundry room

House Exterior – siding, windows, sidewalks, decks, etc

Entrance ( inside and out) porches, steps, foyers

Basement – organizing, decluttering

Yard – picking up, trimming, planting mums, etc.

Now the days on which we will clean these areas:
September 5-6 Tuesday and Wednesday Children’s Rooms
September 7-10 Bathrooms
September 12-13 Master Bedroom
September 14-16 Living Room
September 18-19Dining Room or Spare Room
September 20-23 Kitchen
September 25-26 Laundry Room/Closet

Check back here at the CHK site for help in each of these areas. Clean along with us for a cozy, organized home this Fall!

© 2006 Sylvia Britton