Christmas is almost here! It`s that
time of the year again, full of family and friends gatherings,
hosting a party and celebration at home. So it`s a good idea to start
prepare your home for Christmas by cleaning and tidying the different
areas of your home. Sure, the Christmas holidays are a wonderful
season, but it`s also the most stressfull and busiest time of the
year for most families, if you may feel overwhelmed trying to prepare
your home to receive guests, you are not alone. EcoBlue Cleaners
Calgary is here to help you with this seasonal task. Our deep
cleaning checklist is designed to prepare your home for the Christmas
season with a top to bottom clean, while it will be prepared for the
easier cleans during the holidays.
To help you with Christmas cleaning
tips see here our prepared deep cleaning checklist with the tasks
divided up into different areas to make it easy for you and to get
your home cheerfully clean for the holidays!
Kitchen and Dining Room:
If you are hosting a big family
Christmas dinner this year, the kitchen will be the heart of your
home. However, the kitchen isn`t just about cooking and storing food
and dinnerware, so here are some kitchen cleaning tasks need to be
done during a deep cleaning.
- Clean in and outside of microwave, wash the plate
- Empty out fridge and freezer to wash all the shelves, drawers, and clean inside of the fridge
- Pull out and clean behind and underneath, if possible
- Clean on top of the refridgerator
- Clean the exterior of dishwasher
- Detail inside oven
Clean oven racks- Clean inside and under oven drawer
- Clean stove tops, scrub drip pans
- Remove and wash knobs and underneath
- Clean the exterior of the stove
- Degrease hood fan
- Wipe backsplash
- Clean and deatail exterior of cabinets
- Wash and shine up countertops
- Polish all chrome and stainless steel
- Clean and polish sink and faucet
- Wipe tables, chairs and bar stools
- Empty trash and change garbage bags
- Clean all doors, door frames and door knobs
- Dust light fixtures, blinds, baseboards and remove cobwebs
- Wash baseboards
- Clean windowsills, window tracks and window frames
- Spot clean walls
- Vacuum and sweep floors
- Scrub and wash tiles
- Remove any out of date food from fridge and cabinets and get plenty of room for things.
- Try to reach the bottom of the sink or end of dishwasher cycles. There is nothing worse than getting ready for the Christmas dinner and finding that the glassware, cutlery, pots and pans still stuffed in the sink or sitting on the countertop waiting for the wash.
- If you plan to use any special glassware and dishes, be sure to clean, rinse and dry these before guests arrive.
- Pull out your oven to clean both sides and the cabinets beside, as well as vacuum, sweep and mop the floor underneath.
- Clean grout between tiles.
- Wash interior windows, if the weather is not extremely cold.
- Empty, clean, sort and organize inside of the cabinets, drawers and shelves
Bathrooms:
Throughout the festive period your
bathroom will be used more as you invite family, friends, neighbors
and other guests over. So one of the most important things to do
during the before Christmas deep clean is to get your bathrooms
cleaned and sanitized, and just try to maintain this level of
cleanliness to prevent the spread of germs by doing a quick 10
minutes bathroom tidy up every day.
- Dust vents, light fixtures, baseboards and blinds
- Empty trash and change garbage bags
- Vacuum Rugs and Floors
- Vacuum and wipe clean all window sills and window tracks, clean window frames
- Clean and disinfect bathtubs, showers and basins
- Wash tiles and between the tiles
- Clean glass shower doors remove limescale
- Polish all faucets and chrome
Wipe down the mirrors- Clean countertops
- Clean exterior of cabinets
- Tidy and straighten towels and bathroom accessories
- Clean and disinfect toilet seats, toilet bowls inside and outside
- Wash floor, baseboard behind toilet and clean walls and cabinets beside
- Wash doors, door frames and door knobs
- Clean light switches
- Wash baseboards
- Spot clean walls
- Mop up and sanitize floors
Here are some additional tasks you may
want to get done in your bathroom during the pre- Christmas clean up.
These are not included in our deep cleaning checklist, but can be
added as an extra service at the booking.
- Through away any trash or empty shampoo and soap dispenser
- Get rid of any dirty laundry still stuffed in the laundry basket waiting for the wash before the family arrive.
- If you have any special holiday outfits or linens and towels, that you plan to use wash, iron and fold all in advance, don`t spend the last days of shopping folding laundry.
- Put out fresh towels, ensure there is plenty of toilet paper and clean towels,
- Empty, remove trash, clean and organize inside of cabinets
- Clean or change shower curtains
Living Room and Other Common Areas
Prior to the big
day, it`s also very important to tidy up your living room, because
this is the area where your family and guests will sit opening up
gifts. Vacuuming your living room is important before your kids sit
on the floor opening and playing with their presents.
- Dust all furniture and surfaces, light fixtures, ceiling fans, lamp shades, and blinds
- Remove cobwebs
- Vacuum and clean all winow sills and winow tacks, wipe winow frames
- Vacuum tiles and wood floors, carpets and rugs
Clean blinds- Wash all baseboards
- Wipe or spot clean exterior of furnitures
- Clean all tabletops
- Wipe down mirror and glass surfaces
- Tidy up the room apperance
- Arrange and fluff pillows
- Vacuum upholstery
- Clean all doors, door frames and door knobs
- Clean light switches
- Spot clean walls
- Wash and mop wood and tile floors
Bedrooms and Guest Rooms
Whether you are
expecting family or friends over the festive period, or someone pops
over unannounced and is unable to drive home. You should always
expect the unexpected at Christmas, and make sure that your guest
bedrooms are ready to receive guests, because you may end up with
more guests than you bargained for. So see our checklist how to
freshen it up your bedrooms and guest bedrooms for the holiday
season.
- Make beds and change linens
- Arrange and fluff pillows
- Tidy up room appearance
- Dust all furniture and all surfaces
- Dust lamp shades, ceiling fans, light fixtures
- Dust and clean blinds blinds
- Remove cobwebs
- Wipe/spot clean exterior of furnitures
- Clean tabletops, dressers
- Clean all mirrors and glass surfaces
- Clean doors, door frames and door knobs
- Clean light switches
- Clean windowsills, window tracks and window frames
- Wash all baseboards
- Empty trash and change garbage bags
- Vacuum carpets and rugs
- Vacuum tiles and floors
- Sweep and dust mop wood floors
- Wash tiles and mop wood floors
Here`s some other useful ideas for
your bedrooms and guest bedrooms you may want to do during the
festive period
- Wash and change the bedding – sheets and duvet covers - so that they`re clean and fresh
- Clean and organize in the wardrobe, closets or in the dressers, and make a space for your guests in a drawer, that they can use
When you do the big Christmas deep cleaning
is entirely up to you, but if you would like to spend the holidays
relaxing, and drinking wine, without having to worry about chores
make sure to book your professional cleaning in early!
Hope you found our holiday deep home
cleaning blog useful and we wishing you all a lovely Christmas and
happy New Year from everyone at EcoBlue Cleaners Calgary!
www.ecobluecleaners.com
