Diwali is around the corner, and as much as we Indians love our festival, Diwali Deep cleaning, or as it’s fondly called, ‘Diwali ki Safai,’ is a daunting task and a big thing to accomplish.
Diwali Cleaning is deep cleaning every nook and cranny of the house to clean the vibes for the festival and the winter season ahead.
Understanding our pain about this festival cleaning spree, I have prepared this Diwali Cleaning checklist (don’t forget to save it) to help you go through all the mess step-by-step.
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Things To Know Before Starting Diwali Cleaning
1. Declutter First, Clean Second
If your cabinets overflow with unused clothes, old toys, unread books, expired food products, and unrequired papers, there is no point in cleaning just the outer area.
Decluttering is very important to clean the vibes of your home fully and let the energy flow unhindered.
Yes, I am a Marie Kondo fan and Yes You can judge me for this!
You can start by category or by place.
For example choosing to sort clothes, books or papers is defined as category cleaning. Choosing to clean the kitchen, bedroom or kids room first is known as area cleaning.
You can choose at your convenience. If you select the category cleaning, check out this Marie Kondo Guide to Declutter & Organize Everything in Your House.
If you choose to clean your house room-wise then read on, please.
2. Go From Highest to Lowest
Start by Cleaning the ceiling, then exhaust fans, fans, walls, windows, cabinets, curtains, gadgets, seating (beds, sofa, recliner etc), followed by carpet and the floor in the end.
3. Get All the Help You Can
Diwali Cleaning is not a one-day job, it’s cleaning your house from scratch and making everything look and feel pretty.
So ask everyone in the family to take part and if nobody is interested or available, then there is no shame in hiring any professional help.
I am a big advocate of hiring professional help and the fact that I am not a fan of spiders, fuels that thought.
So even if it’s for hard-to-reach areas like ceiling, fans or deep cleaning needs like sofa and carpet, always ask for help!
4. Safety First
My Mom always makes sure that when one of us is on the ladder, someone is standing beside that person.
That person can help in stabilising the wobbly ladder, hand over different cleaning supplies to the other or in the worst-case scenario, “Catch her!” LOL!
So whatever measures you can take for your safety, take them.
5. Work Smarter, Not Harder
If you know that you need to clean your clothes cabinet whenever you exchange summer and winter clothes in them, then keep them on the last number of your Diwali Cleaning spree.
They will eventually get cleaned.
6. Buy Only what’s needed
Buy only Useful things that you need, not because you liked that in an Instagram reel.
A magazine holder (if your magazines always clutter your table), a jewellery organizer (a trinket dish for the starters), a key holder (if you always spend a lot of time looking for your keys before heading out) or a fancy lazy Suzan to hold all those sauce & condiments on your dining table.
Buy something that makes your life easier, not something that will eventually become an additional burden on your cleaning list.
Diwali Cleaning Checklist You Need this Time to Do Everything Faster
Kitchen
- Clean the Ceiling with a cobweb cleaner
- Clean the walls with a dry Mop or a damp wall mop as per your paint
- Clean the Exhaust Fan and Ceiling Fan
- Change or Apply the shelf liner/newspapers on the top of the cabinets to catch all the dust until the next cleaning
- Clean the Windows
- Remove all unused and spoiled items from the cabinets
- Wipe the cabinet shelves with a microfiber cloth that has a dash of vinegar in it (to discourage the pests and spiders)
- Arrange all the utensils and storage jars neatly after labelling them
- Clean the wall Tiles & countertops
- Clean the Sink with baking soda, dish soap, vinegar and hot water
- Clean the steel taps with dish soap and scotch bright
- Call For an RO Service
- Wipe the utensil holder with a vinegar cloth after cleaning it thoroughly
- Clean the Pantry and label it if you have one, If not read this
- Your Kitchen devices like a microwave, mixer grinder, chopper etc can be cleaned at this point
- Send any unused devices to repair or give them to the raddiwala (to recycle)
- Wipe the floor squeaky clean with some detergent mixed in water
- Pat yourself on the Back for Doing all that!
Bedrooms & Living Rooms
- Clean the Ceiling, Walls, Ceiling Fans & Windows
- Wipe the Dirt off of Your Cabinets
- Remove the Curtains & Wash them
- Clean the adjoining Washrooms or dressing room ceiling too
- Make sure your cloth cabinets are already sorted and arranged well
- Donate or Recycle the clothes You don’t wear anymore
- Take out the mattress, and let it see some sun if possible
- Move Your Bed and Clean behind it’s headrest
- For Carpets and Sofas, Call a Professional Cleaner (at least once a year)
- Wipe all the paintings or wall hangings before hanging them again
- Sprinkle Baking Soda over Your Mattress and wipe it off after 10 minutes with a vacuum or a broom, I use my Dyson vacuum Cleaner for this. If Dyson seems too heavy on your budget (it was on mine too) then this Inalsa vacuum cleaner is good too. It also has a wet option that Dyson doesn’t have.
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Store / Linen Closet
- Take out all the Linens
- Sort them and toss the ones you don’t need
- Recycle or Donate the Extra
- Arrange them in Labelled Baskets or Just Like that
Bathrooms
- Clean Ceiling, Exhaust Fan, Fan & Windows
- Remove blinds or Curtains in the Process and Wash
- Clean The Tiles with detergent mixed with water with a wall cleaner
- Just above the floor tiles and the bathroom floor may need a hardy clean, try to use an environment-friendly cleaner like baking soda+ Vinegar + warm water + dish soap or call a professional
- Clean the commode and basin like never before!
- Wipe the shelves and arrange toiletries properly
Other Messy Areas
- Take out all the medicines and dispose of the expired ones, keep the others in labelled boxes away from children
- Designate an area for kids’ toys and encourage them to organise them with You if they are over 4 years
- Organize Your Jewellery with these ideas
- Buy Organizers if You can’t DIY them at this point for Your still messy areas
Maintain what you have cleaned
I call that ‘Golden 15 minutes’. The rule is to set the timer and clean what comes your way.
This will help tidy up your home daily without getting overwhelmed.
I use Dyson Vaccum Cleaner Once every two weeks on sofas, runners, carpets and footmats with different attachments. It saves me tons of time cleaning. I highly recommend buying a hand-held cordless vacuum cleaner because that is the only way to use it frequently.
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That was it Folks!
I really hope this Diwali Cleaning Checklist will be of some help to you during that cleaning spree. Do Let me know How it all went.
Do Check out these Easy Diwali Home Decor Ideas when you are done cleaning because decoration is very important.
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