January is such a great time to hit the reset button and get your home in order, especially after the crazy year we all just had! Starting the process of getting your home cleaned and organized can be stressful, and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start, so I created this free 4 Week Cleaning and Organizing Checklist that you can print at home or download to your phone or tablet!
I have been sharing cleaning tips and homemade cleaning recipes for years, but I’ve always lacked a little organization, so I am teaming up with my long time blogging friend, Shannon from Fox Hollow Cottage to do this 4 week challenge and share it with you! We are going to be tag-teaming it and making our way through the printable checklist over 4 weeks to share our tips and ideas for getting your home clean and organized without breaking the bank! We recently had a long discussion about how sometimes social media can make people feel less than or stressed out with all of the perfection, especially when most people don’t have the money or time to make their homes look perfect like we see so often on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. While we both love all 3 of those platforms, we decided that it is really important for us to show the real side of things. Shannon and I both live in small homes and love sharing budget friendly ideas, so we have both decided to go back to the basics and share more real and budget minded ideas instead of just showing the pretty and perfectly staged. We are really excited to start here with the 4 Week Cleaning and Organizing Challenge. Our hope is to help others get motivated to get their homes clean and organized, then continue to help you keep your homes tidy and share more ways to make your home the best it can be without emptying your bank account!
How to Join the Cleaning and Organizing Challenge
Over the next 4 weeks, we will be taking turns posting on our blogs as we follow the checklist and we’d love for you to follow along! The best way to join and follow along is to start by printing or downloading the Weekly Cleaning and Organizing Checklist HERE. That way you can see what is coming up and follow along with us. The great thing is, you can do this at your own pace or pick and choose which items you want to do! You can even jump in and do this any time during the year!
The best way to make sure that you see our posts and receive the link to the day’s challenge is to subscribe to our email lists! You can subscribe to my (Mom 4 Real) emails HERE and Shannon’s (Fox Hollow Cottage) HERE. This is totally optional, but will always be the best way to ensure you don’t miss a thing!
4 Week Cleaning and Organizing Challenge Posts
Week 1
- How to Put Together an Organized Cleaning Caddy
- How to Clean and Organize Your Refrigerator
- How to Clean and Organize Kitchen Countertops
- How to Organize Under the Kitchen Sink
- How to Clean Your Kitchen Sink and Faucet
Week 2
- How to Organize Your Kitchen Pantry
- How to Clean Your Stovetop and Oven
- How to Organize Your Kitchen Utensils
- How to Clean Your Dishwasher and Small Appliances
- How to Organize Your Junk Drawers and Miscellaneous
Week 3
- How to Clean Your Shower and Bathtub
- How to Organize Under Your Bathroom Sink
- How to Clean Your Bathroom Sink, Faucet and Showerhead
- How to Organize Your Linen Closet
- How to Clean Your Toilets and Keep Them Clean
Week 4
- How to Organize Your Bedroom Closets
- How to Clean Your Mattress and Bed Pillows
- How to Organize Your Jewelry and Accessories
- How to Clean Your Washer and Dryer
- How to Organize Your Laundry Room
If you are on Facebook, you can join our Home Cleaning and Organizing Community HERE if you like! It has over 69,000 members and we will both be interacting with members, answering questions, sharing additional challenges, and so much more! It’s such an amazing community, full of helpful members, and it’s totally free to join!
You are also welcome to follow us on Instagram for behind the scenes stories and a little peek inside our personal lives if that’s your thing! You can find me HERE or look up @jess_mom4real and follow Shannon HERE or look up @foxhollowcottage
Printable Weekly Cleaning and Organizing Challenge Checklist
Click HERE to Download or Print the Checklist! I have one copy on my refrigerator and another downloaded to my iPad so I can keep track both places! If you don’t have a printer, you can download it to your phone or download the PDF and send it to Staples or another office supply store or printer to have it printed!
Shannon and I are so excited to start this challenge with you! Please feel free to reach out to either of us if you have any questions!
Happy cleaning!
xoxo,
Jess
So glad you are doing the cleaning tips, formulas and info on this one! Can’t wait to try some of smart solutions. Big hugs!! Shan
I couldn’t have found a better partner to handle the organization…let’s do this!
Thank you so much. I always look forward to your posts.
You are so welcome! Thank you for the kind words!
xoxo,
Jess
I love these ideas. Maybe my husband and son will start following your tips. You rock! Happy 2021
It is January 31st and although I haven’t done everything, I did do quite a bit. But more importantly the items I did do would NOT have gotten done if it weren’t for this list. So thank you for that!! It really was a great motivator. For February can you do it again??? Maybe do one with self care items such as read a book…take a bath… 5 positive affirmations…Just a thought but again thanks so much for putting this together. I will continue to do the cleaning in February until I have done everyon of the tasks!
I’m so glad we were able to help you get motivated…that’s what the challenge is all about! We still have 1 more week to go and are covering bedrooms and the laundry room this week if you’d like to join in! Don’t worry, we will be sharing some more challenges going forward, just not so many days in a row. I love the idea of a self care challenge!!! xoxo, Jess