Bedroom cleaning checklist

Let’s start with the more challenging set of tasks for those who need to turn their bedroom around.

☐ Step 1: Prepare your tools and cleaning supplies

Gather the essentials first, like the ones listed below. Later on, you can get your favorite essential oil or scented candle to freshen up the room’s atmosphere.

Cleaning tools you need: 

☐ Trash bags

☐ Microfibre cloths

☐ Mop, broom, or vacuum

☐ Cleaning formula of choice

☐ Boxes for decluttering

☐ Step 2: Put things back where they belong

One of the most effective cleaning tips for the bedroom is to give your things a ‘home.’ If you’ve missed out on putting things back where they belong over time, this is your chance to do that. 

• Clean clothes → Closet/drawers
• Dirty clothes → Hamper
• Shoes → Shoe drawers
• Paper clutter → Document box
• Garbage → Trash bag

☐ Step 3: Declutter what you don’t need anymore

Deep cleaning your bedroom is a way to go through everything you own. This is your chance to assess your possessions and decide what to do with them. For this step, have boxes ready to sort items into three: for selling, donation, or disposal.

For selling:

• Clothes that no longer fit but are still in good condition
• Spare items – sunglasses, sealed notebooks, etc.
• Tech gadgets you no longer use
• Books you’ve read and no longer want to keep

For donation:

• Old but functional toys
• Clothes in good condition
• Spare items such as throw pillows and bedding (e.g., patchy comforters and duvets)

Note: Donate only usable items in decent condition. Otherwise, they should be discarded.

For disposal:

• Tattered or damaged clothing
• Dead batteries and gadgets
• Paper documents you’ve already digitized
  
  

☐ Step 4: Clean the mattress and bedding

Do not start with the actual cleaning until you’ve stripped your bed and loaded used linens in the washer. This way, your bedding and room are simultaneously cleaned.

• Load thin blankets and pillowcases in the washer.
• Clean stains on pillows with a spot cleaner.
• Load bedding and other linen in the washer.
• Clean the mattress with baking soda and essential oils, then flip it if necessary. (Hack to try: Sprinkle some straight vodka over the mattress and leave it to dry to disinfect.)

If your mattress needs professional deep cleaning, you can always hire a mattress cleaning service.

☐ Step 5: Get to dusting, washing, and cleaning!

Bust out your cleaning tools ’cause it’s time to get down to business!

Cleaning checklist: 

☐ Ceiling – Dust with a microfibre mop.

☐ Walls, windows, mirrors – Wash with your chosen cleaning formula and microfibre cloth.

☐ Door – Dust and/or wash using a microfibre cloth.

☐ Doorknobs and light switches – Wash with a damp cloth.

☐ Light fixtures – Carefully dust with a microfibre cloth.

☐ Side table, cabinets, bed frames, vanity, and other surfaces - Dust.

☐ Streaky glass – Clean up with hydrogen peroxide.

☐ Floor rugs – Shake out dust or change with fresh rugs.

☐ Floors – Sweep, vacuum, and mop.

☐ Step 6: Perform final touches

Wrap up your routine deep cleaning with tasks that will make your room feel like your room once again.

• Fix the bed with your newly-cleaned bedding and pillows.
• Move out tools and boxes you’ve used during the cleaning.
• Brighten the atmosphere of the room with a scented candle or essential oil.

Too busy to tick all the boxes? A house cleaning service can save you lots of time and effort.

Clean room maintenance checklist

Now that the foundation has been set, it’s only a matter of maintaining cleanliness in your room by accomplishing daily and weekly tasks.

Daily bedroom cleaning checklist

☐ Make the bed upon waking; Fix pillows and fold blankets.

☐ Place used clothes in a hamper or your designated area.

☐ Put things you’ve used recently back in their homes.

☐ Empty the wastebasket.

Weekly bedroom cleaning checklist

☐ Sweep and mop the floor.

☐ Disinfect high-touch surfaces like door handles.

☐ Dust surfaces, furniture, and decor.

☐ Wash bedsheets and pillowcases.

☐ Make the bed with clean linens.