Things You'll Need:
- Rags
- Scrub brush
- Baking soda
- Ammonia
- Borax
- Olive oil
- Lemon
- Spray bottles
- Essential oils
- Bleach
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Step 1
Start with the kitchen. Mix a little vinegar and baking soda in warm water, and wash all the shelves, draws and doors. Wipe your food containers, too. Leave a little baking soda in a bowl in the back of the refrigerator. Pour a some of the house cleaning solution in a spray bottle and clean the outside of the refrigerator.
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Step 2
Continue with the spring cleaning of the kitchen. Clean your oven. Take a soapy rag and wipe the inside clean. Turn the oven on to 250-300 degrees, and then turn off. Mix 2 parts baking soda and 1 part vinegar and spread on the warm oven surfaces. Let sit and then scour away.
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Step 3
Next, finish spring cleaning your kitchen by cleaning all the appliances, countertops, and cabinet shelves. Mix into 8 cups of water: 1/4 cup ammonia, 1/4 cup white vinegar, and 1 cup baking soda. Dissolve, and then use in buckets and spray bottles to clean and refresh your kitchen from top to bottom. Throw all your kitchen curtains, towels and wash rags in the wash.
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Step 4
Spring cleaning the bathroom is all about cleaning away the germs, since bathrooms hold more moisture than other rooms of the house. Combine 1 cup baking soda, 3 tablespoons borax, and 7 cups of water. Add essential oils, such as Ylang Ylang and tea tree oil. Use this to wash the walls, doors, ceiling, shower and tub, toilet, sink and floor.
If the bathroom is really in need of a stronger house cleaning, then open the window for ventilation and use bleach to disinfect and brighten.
Fill a spray bottle with water and add 1 teaspoon of vinegar to clean the mirror and window. -
Step 5
Spring cleaning your dining room and living room is just a matter of washing the walls with the same kitchen mixture. Use a clean mop to wash the walls and ceilings from top to bottom.
Mix 1 part lemon into two parts olive oil to polish all of your wood surfaces.
Sprinkle baking soda infused with Ylang Ylang or another essential oil onto your carpets. Vacuum.
Spray and wipe down all seating surfaces.
Wash windows and clean curtains. -
Step 6
Spring cleaning the bedrooms means washing all comforters, sheets and pillows, opening the windows, vacuuming the mattress and rugs, washing the walls and ceilings, uncluttering closets, and polishing the surfaces.
Sprinkle the baking soda infused with essential oil onto the rug and vacuum.
Use the olive oil and lemon mixture to polish the wood.
Use the same non-bleach cleaners to clean the walls and wipe down the contents of the bedrooms. -
Step 7
Finish your home's spring cleaning by filling a spray bottle 3/4 with water and adding a mixture of complimentary essential oils. Add 1 teaspoon of vinegar and shake until well mixed. Spray your entire home with this house cleaning refreshener.
Comments
eclecticprof said
on 4/23/2009 Great ideas for getting a house ready for spring.
NaimaManal said
on 4/20/2009 Thanks!
NaimaManal said
on 4/20/2009 Thanks!
sunshine11219 said
on 4/20/2009 great tips on Springing your house into Spring