How to Clean a Kitchen

Probably the second hardest room in a home to clean (the bathroom is the first) is the kitchen. 

If you have a couple of hours to spare, let’s clean your kitchen!  

1.         Remove the clutter.  Wash the dishes and utensils in the sink, dry, and put them away. 

Clear away any items that do not belong in the kitchen.  Put cooking books, the recipe box, and other stuff that is sitting on your kitchen counter in another room for now.  Unplug all appliances. 

2.         You will need a duster, mop, damp cloth, vacuum cleaner, oven cleaner, broom, and liquid soap. 

3.         Dust every nook and cranny in the kitchen.  This includes the walls, ceiling, fans, vents, window blinds, picture frames, tops of cabinets, and any place else where dust could gather.  Use the vacuum clean with attachments where necessary. 

4.         Check the walls to determine if they need to be cleaned with a damp cloth.  You know; those spots where grease or spaghetti sauce may have splattered. 

5.         Remove window curtains and wash them, open the windows, and start the oven cleaning process.  Remove the racks from inside the oven and broiler and soak them in soap and water. 

6.         Wash down the cabinets, drawers, pantry closet, microwave table, kitchen table and chairs.  If you are really ambitious, take all the items out from under the kitchen sink – clean and return only those items that are still usuable. 

7.         If you have already cleaned out your refrigerator, just go over the outer perimeter with a damp cloth. 

8.         Refill the sink with dish washer soap and place the oven burners and covers in there to soak. 

9.         Clean all appliances with a damp cloth.  Clean the microwave oven inside and out as well. 

10.        If you are up to it, you can remove everything from the kitchen cabinets and either clean and/or replace the inside lining.  Get rid of condiments and other products that have expired.  Clean the remaining items with a damp cloth before returning them to the cabinets. 

11.        Finish cleaning the oven.  Return the racks and clean the outside of the oven. 

12.        Sweep the floor, then mop and dry.   

13.        Treat yourself to a nice hot lavender bath.

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