February House Cleaning Checklist

February house cleaning checklist: Some tasks only need to be done once or twice a year. The problem is that we forget to do them once or twice a year.

Or else we save it all for spring cleaning, which makes spring cleaning such a daunting chore that it doesn't occur, either.

I've found the best plan is to break down annual and seasonal chores by month and tackle them daily or weekly. Nothing gets too backed up, and things eventually get done.

I've also found that concentrating on one room or area each month is more rewarding as you can see the results.

Here's the February house cleaning checklist schedule that works best for me, for you to try in your home this month.

Embrace the nesting instinct: Clean all bed linens: including comforters, duvets, bed skirts, pillows, etc. Launder what you can; dry-clean the rest.

Clean bookshelves. Take everything down from bookshelves and dust. Now consider very carefully what you return to the shelves.

Does it deserve to be there? Or would it be happier in a second-hand bookstore? 

The clean air act: replace the filter in your heating unit or furnace. It's essential to maintaining fresh, clean air inside your home.

Check walls for nail holes, blemishes, and scuffs, and fix an inexpensive wall hole yourself with an inexpensive repair kit as needed. (Read up on How to Fix a Wall Hole here.)