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30-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge: Declutter and Refresh Your Entire Home

30-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge: Declutter and Refresh Your Entire Home

A thorough spring clean helps you reset your home from top to bottom—without the overwhelm.

What's even better? You'll tackle it in bite-sized steps over 30 days, so it never feels endless.

I've been there: loving a tidy space but watching it descend into chaos. When we moved here two years ago, everything was perfectly organized, and I cherished that sense of calm.

30-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge: Declutter and Refresh Your Entire Home

Contents
  • 30 days to do spring cleaning
  • Result

A year later, the TV cabinet overflowed with scratched DVDs, kitchen drawers hid useless items, and my bedroom piled up with forgotten things.

It's time to reclaim that peace. This 30-day challenge, drawn from my own successful resets, makes it achievable.

30-Day Spring Cleaning Challenge: Declutter and Refresh Your Entire Home

To easily print this calendar in PDF, click here.

30 days to do spring cleaning

1. Empty and organize a cluttered drawer.

2. Clear your closet of items unused for over a year.

3. Sort through your DVDs and CDs.

4. Organize the TV cabinet and its drawers.

5. Sort and file your papers and letters.

6. Deep clean your kitchen table.

7. Empty and organize two kitchen cupboards.

8. Declutter old books.

9. Organize your portfolio.

10. Empty and tidy the inside of your handbag.

11. Clean and sort your makeup drawer.

12. Discard nearly empty tubes in the bathroom.

13. Sort through your bathroom drawers.

14. Sort family shoes and donate unworn pairs.

15. Empty and organize two more kitchen cupboards.

16. Organize your bed linen closet.

17. Empty and tidy your medicine cabinet.

18. Sort the freezer and discard spoiled items.

19. Tidy all kitchen worktops.

20. Empty and organize a second cluttered drawer.

21. Empty the fridge and discard expired items.

22. Declutter your basement (or storage room).

23. Discard unused accessories (jewelry, hats, scarves, etc.).

24. Deep clean your car.

25. Sort toys and donate unused ones.

26. Organize remaining toys.

27. Sort board games and video games; donate unused ones.

28. Organize and dispose of toxic cleaning products safely.

29. Declutter your garage.

30. Clean the whole house in 1 hour with this trick.

Result

Congratulations! You've completed a full home spring clean. It wasn't so daunting, right?

Whenever decluttering, prioritize donating over discarding.

To maintain your organized home, use this cleaning checklist for effortless upkeep.

You worked hard for this—keep it clutter-free. For tips on letting go of items, try these 6 proven strategies.