vacuum cleaning a white carpet barefoot and in blue jeans to represent housekeeping checklist for private spaces

Guests don’t see every room in your house, but you certainly do. Because family members live in the home, you may be busier cleaning private areas than the rooms that guests see. Use this weekly housekeeping checklist for private spaces of your home to create a cleaning schedule for yourself and your family. The advantage of using a list is two-fold; you won’t forget anything, and you can divide tasks among family members.

Bathrooms

  • Empty garbage
  • Edit toiletries

Clean

  • Shower
  • Sink/counter
  • Toilet
  • Sweep/vacuum/mop

Bedroom

  • Change and launder sheets
  • Vacuum

Dust

  • Bedroom furniture
  • Light fixture, fan, lamp and  lampshade
  • Window treatments

Office

  • Shred sensitive documents
  • Empty garbage
  • Vacuum

Dust

  • Window treatments
  • Office furniture

Laundry Room

  • Empty garbage
  • Put away clean clothes
  • Wipe tops of washer/dryer
  • Clean lint filter
  • Sweep
  • Mop

When you complete the housekeeping checklist for private spaces every week, you’ll find they don’t take very long, and your home will be organized, clean, and easy to maintain, which is less stressful for you and your family. If you like this checklist, check out my weekly chore lists for public rooms in your home.


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