Hey there, busy bees! Dreading Spring Cleaning? You’re not alone, girl! It’s totally normal to feel COMPLETELY overwhelmed and stressed at the prospect of tackling a year’s worth of deep cleaning in just a few short weeks. Like who thought of that idea, and why do they hate us? ;P But seriously, the dust that’s been accumulating behind the furniture, the grime in those hard-to-reach corners, the clutter that’s taken over your storage spaces – it feels like an insurmountable task. It’s exhausting and takes away from the joy of creating a clean safe haven for your family. But I’ve got your back, darling! I’m sharing a game changing solution-the Zone Cleaning System – a super simple way to keep your home sparkling without the stress.
Just spend 30 minutes a week on deep cleaning or decluttering in each zone, and say goodbye to Spring Cleaning woes forever! This system has put an end to the need for extensive Spring Cleaning and keeps my home clean year-round. Let’s get into it.
What is the Zone Cleaning System and how does it make sure I never have to spend weeks Spring Cleaning?
Maybe you’ve heard of the zone system before from FlyLady or before that, the Sidetracked Home Executive system. I even found it featured in vintage homemaking books from the late ’60s!
Here’s the low-down. Instead of having assigned spring cleaning tasks that you have to do over a two-week period, you’re doing a bit of deep cleaning in a zone each week of the month. Personally, I use audio cleaning routines that help me stay on track because they rotate automatically for me and tell me which zone I’m in that week as I work my way through, so I don’t have to track it or keep a calendar. (You can get your free episodes of those here!)
All I do is spend 15 minutes on Mondays and Saturdays as part of my morning cleaning routine, deep cleaning the zone of the week. (You can check out my post on my morning cleaning routine tasks here, or my weekly tasks here.) But what are these zones? And what do we even do when we’re deep cleaning or decluttering in these zones? Don’t worry, I’ve got all the tea on that below.
Zone 1: Kitchen & Dining Room
My first zone in the rotation is the kitchen and dining room. I use my “Five Minute Miracle” checklist (get yours here) that I laminated and keep in my homemaking clipboard for both rooms, ticking off as many tasks as I can fit into a 15-minute period until they’re all checked off over time. Once they are, I simply erase them and start again. Here are some of my favorite deep cleaning tasks you can do in the kitchen and the dining room (in 5 minutes or less) from my checklist.
Kitchen Miracles:
- Cleaning your air fryer
- Scrubbing the sink
- Cleaning the coffeemaker
- Decluttering cookbooks
Dining Room Miracles:
- Wipe the table surface and legs
- Clean chairs
- Wipe coasters
- Wash a window
- Wash vases or centerpieces
Zone 2: Entrance & Living Room
Next up is the entrance and living room. My 5 Minute Miracles printable has checklists for every single zone area, so I use that again here. Here’s some of the deep cleaning tasks you can do in this zone.
- Finding 10-20 items to donate
- Wiping cell phones or landlines
- Dusting lampshades
- Cleaning mirrors
- Decluttering the coffee table
- Fluffing and rotating sofa cushions
Zone 3: Guest Bathroom & One Bedroom
In zone 3 I tackle the guest bathroom and one other bedroom. I like to tack the bedroom on Mondays, and the bathroom on Saturdays because I’ll have cleaned the bathroom on Tuesday for my weekly cleaning task as part of my morning cleaning routine. Here’s some tasks you can do in these zones!
Bedroom Miracles:
- Wash mattress pad
- Change the pillow cases
- Wash sheets
- Air your comforter in the sun
- Clean pillows
- Clean off nightstand
- Wash a window
Bathroom Miracles (Saturday)
- Clean toilet-down to the floor
- Declutter under the sink
- Empty & wipe out a drawer
- Declutter makeup
- Wash shower liner
- Wash shower curtain
- Clean mirrors
Zone 4: Master Bedroom & Bathroom
The master bedroom and bathroom follow the same Five Minute Miracle checklist as Zone 3. So just mentally copy and paste what I wrote above, 😉
Zone 5: Yard & Laundry Room
Finally, the last week in the rotation the yard and laundry room! Once I hit this point, I start over with Zone 1 and just keep chunking away throughout the year! Now let’s get into some tasks you can do in the yard and the laundry room.
Yard miracles
- Sweep the porch
- Wipe outdoor furniture
- Clean the mailbox
- Hose down garden statues/ornaments
- Prune back dead flower stems
Laundry Room Miracles
- Wipe washing machine exterior
- Wipe dryer exterior
- Clean lint trap
- Wash detergent dispenser
- Wipe laundry baskets
- Wipe counter surfaces
The best part of this entire system, is that I’m able to do all of it while listening to old 1950s radio shows like Dragnet! while it guides me through the my daily, weekly, and these zone tasks! And I have some free episodes for you if you’d like to check those out. Bust basically here’s the tea.
📻With my Domestic Daydreams Audio Morning Cleaning Routine I’ve combined the nostalgic 1950s Dragnet! True Crime Radio Show and transformed it into an audio guided daily morning cleaning routine that will guide you through
- ✅daily,
- ✅weekly, (like cleaning the bathroom on Tuesdays!)
- ✅monthly cleaning tasks in just
- ✅30 minutes a day.
I needed something that all I had to do was JUST PRESS PLAY every morning to get me started , and by the end of it I had a clean house. THIS is it!
And it means…
- ❌NO having to drag around & keep track of a timer
- ❌NO having to decide what your next cleaning task is- I guide you through it!
- ❌NO decision fatigue over what load of laundry to put in the washer, I tell you what’s assigned for the day AND EVEN what the proper settings are for your machine!
- ❌NO getting side tracked and frustrated! Our audio brings you right back to your task at hand.
🚨I’m giving EVERYONE who wants one a FREE mp3 download of the routine! Just click here to get yours!
And that’s the zone cleaning system that’ll put an end to your Spring Cleaning Woes!
And there it is! By dedicating just 15 minutes on Mondays and Saturdays to deep cleaning these zones, your home will sparkle without the stress of a massive spring clean. So, why not give it a try? You might just find that zone cleaning is the game-changing solution you’ve been looking for!