Welcome to the third and final installment of our Small Spaces series. You could see
I'm sitting down, relaxing, but not for long because I am going to take you
through a weekly cleaning routine for a small space. I know this is exciting. This
has been a highly requested video and I'm so excited to share it with you. And at
the end of the video, I'm going to review some things that you can do on a daily
basis to keep your space in great shape. All right, let's get cleaning.
We'll start things off in the kitchen and if you're maintaining it on a daily basis, which I
will touch on again at the end of the video, you are not going to have a tough
time cleaning your kitchen. You just got to stay organized. So I always start with
a spray bottle filled with all-purpose cleaner and a microfiber cloth, and then I
work in a clockwise motion or counter-clockwise, it doesn't matter as
long as you're going in one direction, around the kitchen. I always like to start
at the top and look for any fingerprints or marks and give those a quick wipe on my
cupboard front. Then I'll come down and take everything off of my counters. I'll
give my backsplash and my countertop a quick wipe. I'll crouch down, pick
anything up that I put on the floor and give that a nice wipe and shine before
replacing it in an organized manner on the counter. Then, I'll bend down a little bit
and see if there are any spots or marks I need to clean on my cupboard front. When
we get to our appliances, we don't need to focus on the insides. That's more of a
long-term project that you can do. For a weekly routine, we just want to make sure
that the exterior is nice and clean. So again we'll remove anything that's on the
top, apply the appropriate product, whether it's a stainless steel cleaner or
something to clean your glass-ceramic cook top. Give it a quick wipe, make sure it's
nice and polished and move on to the next area. I want to touch on the sink really
quick because it's really important to clean but you always want to clean it last
because it is your source of water and you might go back there. When you are cleaning
your sink, you can scour it with a little bit of borax or baking soda and a soft
sponge. Give it a rinse, polish it up, and don't forget to shine up your chrome. Now
when you're all done, your kitchen, obviously the last thing to do is to empty
your garbage and to clean your floors. But because we are in a small space, why don't
we do all of that at the end? Maintaining your bathroom on a weekly basis is pretty
straightforward especially if you're taking care of it on a daily basis. So
I'll walk you through some things you want to do on a weekly basis. The whole trick
to cleaning a bathroom is to let the products do the work for you. So we're
going to start with pre-treating. We'll spray down our shower tiles and glass with
the proper cleaner so that that product can do the work. Then we'll treat our
toilet with some disinfectant on the outside and some toilet bowl cleaner on
the inside. While that's soaking, we'll clean the mirror with some glass cleaner
and a microfiber cloth. Then we'll come down and remove everything from the
countertop, give that a quick spray, make sure that we clean the sink and the faucet
as well. Give that a nice wipe and shine. Then we'll pick up all the items that we
removed from the countertop, give those a wipe and put those back in a neat and
organized fashion. While we're down there, we might as well give those cupboard
fronts a quick clean. Now that we've spent a few minutes doing that, we can move our
way back over to the shower area. I'll go back in with my tub and tile cleaner and a
soft sponge just to loosen things up a little bit. I'll start scrubbing using an
S pattern, working my way from the top to the bottom and then I'll rinse the shower
tiles clean. I'll make sure I clean the floors of the shower really quick, again
rinsing that clean. And then with the shower glass, I'll use a glass cleaner and
a microfiber cloth to clean it. And if there is any hard water, you can use
something a little bit stronger and we cover that in some of our other videos.
You might want to have a squeegee handy just to help deal with any of that excess
moisture on your shower walls. Now that that's done, we'll move onto the toilet.
Using a paper towel, we will again retreat the exterior areas and the seat. Give that
a quick wipe down, making sure we're covering all of our points of contact.
Then we'll use a toilet bowl brush to give the inside of the bowl a quick little
swish. Flush that, leave your toilet bowl brush under your toilet seat to sit and
drip dry. Now that we've finished the two hardest parts, all that's left is really
the floor and you don't have to worry about dragging out a mop, because we're
just going to do this by hand. Take a cleaning cloth or a couple of paper
towels. Use a spray bottle and just spray your floors. The reason I like doing this
on my hands and knees is because it's such a tiny space and this really allows you to
get into those little nooks and crannies in your bathroom. So start at one corner
and work your way out the door just using an S pattern to pick up any hair and
debris along the way. Don't forget to empty your garbage and, hey, your
bathroom's clean. Aside from putting your clothes away each day and making up your
bed, there are a few things you can do each week to make sure that your room
stays in tip-top, tranquil shape. As with any room, start with a microfiber cloth
and either a glass cleaner or all-purpose cleaner in your other hand, working your
way clockwise around your room. Starting at the top, working your way to the
bottom, you're just going to quickly clean and dust any accessories or picture frames
or mirrors. That way, you can keep things clean and dust and fingerprint free. This
should take you no more than a few minutes. As you're going around the room,
make sure that your'e removing anything from the furniture, giving your furniture
a quick wipe down, only the horizontal surfaces not the vertical ones. Put
everything back in a neat and organized fashion and move on to the next space. In
a small space, general living spaces aren't just used occasionally. They're
used every single day because, hey, we got to maximize every square foot we have.
Whether it's an office space or a little den or a dining room or a living room, you
got to clean it once a week. So here's a quick routine for all of those other
spaces in your small space. What you want to do anytime you're cleaning a space is
pick your starting point and then work clockwise around the room. That way, you
won't forget everything. I always like to start at the top and work my way to the
bottom. So I'll have a cloth and a spray bottle with me as I did in the other
spaces, and I'm just looking for anything that's dusty or that's a little bit
lackluster or something that has a mark or a fingerprint on it, and I'll just quickly
clean that as I go. Now if you want to cut down on time and you have a lot of
accessories, you can divide your space in half. So one week you can do one room. And
the next week, you can do the other room and then that'll sort of help you manage
your time. And we'll finish off of course with the floor. Now on a regular basis,
you'll want to vacuum and then use your flat-head mop. That way, you're removing
any debris and dust. And then of course, you're giving your floor a beautiful shine
if you have hard floor surfaces. Now something you might want to do as well
when you have that vacuum out, if you have the time, is use your crevice tool to
clean the baseboards and an upholstery brush to give any of your upholstery a
quick clean. If you can find a great podcast or playlist and give yourself
about 45-60 minutes a week, your space is going to be in amazing shape. And honestly
no pressure. Any maintenance is good maintenance. So whatever effort you can
put forward, honestly that's what makes the difference. I have so many more ideas
for little tips and tricks and routines that you can incorporate into your weekly
cleaning schedule and I'm going to remind you of a couple quick things you could do
on a daily basis to keep your space super clean. When you come in, take off your
shoes, hang up your coats and put your bags, purses and lunchboxes away. Trust me
it makes all the difference. The next thing you want to do with your kitchen is
make sure you're unloading and loading your dishwasher every day or handwashing,
drying and putting those dishes away, it does help. You can also empty your
kitchen garbage on a daily basis. That really helps keep that odor away, which
can really smell up a small space. Finally for your bathroom, you can keep a
container of disposable wipes and give your countertops, sink and toilet a quick
wipe down. It takes about 30 seconds and that will keep your bathroom in really
nice shape each day. I also really like the idea of keeping a squeegee in the
bathroom. That way, you can quickly remove any moisture after you've had a shower,
which keeps soap scum and hard water stains out of the picture. The other thing
that's really important to do on a daily basis in your bedroom is to put your
clothing away. So whether it's in the hamper or back in the closet or drawers,
that is what's going to keep your bedroom neat and tidy. Also, remember to make your
bed. There's a button down there that lets me know you care, so click it if you liked
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to a cleaner life. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you next time.
Good, dog. Good, good boy. This brings us to the end of the video where I get to
draw your attention to two other videos that I think you're going to love. The
first one is my bathroom cleaning routine. So if you want more details on the
techniques that I talked about, check that one out. The next one is a bedroom
cleaning routine. I know you're going to love it because I go through my three-wave
system, which is brilliant, if I may say so myself, so be sure to check that one
out as well. We've also got so much stuff up on cleanmyspace.com, which is our blog.
It is available at cleanmyspace.com. I thought that one was pretty obvious but
hey, an extra mention never hurt anybody. Anyway, guys, thanks for watching and
we'll see you next week.