How To: Speed Clean Your Kitchen
4Mar2009 Filed under: How To Author: Tasha
The best timesaving tips, techniques, and to-do lists for polishing off the kitchen, according to Real Simple.
Kitchen Cleaning To-Do List
When cleaning the kitchen always start with the sink. “Keep it empty and shining,” says Marla Cilley, author of Sink Reflections (Bantam, $15) and creator of a housekeeping website.
A sparkling sink becomes your kitchen’s benchmark for hygiene and tidiness, inspiring you to load the dishwasher immediately and keep counters, refrigerator doors, and the stove top spick-and-span, too.
Every Day
* Wipe down the sink after doing the dishes or loading the dishwasher (30 seconds).
* Wipe down the stove top (one minute).
* Wipe down the counters (one minute).
* Sweep, Swiffer, or vacuum the floor (two minutes).
Every Week
* Mop the floor (five minutes).
* Wipe the cabinets, backsplashes, and appliances (10 minutes).
* Wash the dish rack (four minutes).
* Wipe the switch plates and phone (one minute).
* Wipe the inside of the garbage can (one minute).
Every Season
* Empty and scrub down the inside of the refrigerator (30 minutes).
* Empty and clean the insides of the utensil drawers (15 minutes).
* Scrub down the cupboard exteriors (30 minutes).
* Clean the stove-hood filter (10 minutes).
* Perform “Shiny Sink 101“
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