Fall Cleaning Checklist: Get Your Home Ready For Cold Weather

Once the air gets a chill to it you know its time for your fall cleaning checklist, so you can get your home and your family ready for the cold weather.

Cleaning your home in the fall, just like for spring cleaning, is about renewal, and getting your family prepared for the upcoming seasons.

I generally recommend doing your bigger deep cleaning in the spring, after the long winter stuck indoors. However, you still need to do a smaller fall house cleaning.

Since this is a once a year event I suggest using a checklist so you don't forget anything. Below I have listed everything you need to do as part of your autumn cleaning.

To get the printable version of this list scroll to the bottom of this page.

To Do Throughout The House

• Clean window treatments (either at home or dry clean depending on their type)
• Replace light window coverings with heavier weight ones
• Clean and dust light fixtures
• Wipe down all handles, door knobs, etc.
• Dust and/or wash mini blinds and other blinds and shades
• Dust blades of ceiling fans and other hard to reach areas, such as tops of doors, etc.
• Oil door hinges
• Wash windows and window screens
• Wash mirrors
• Declutter and organize (join the free Declutter 365 missions! and 52 Week Organized Home Challenge)

Fall Cleaning Checklist In Various Rooms

Kitchen

• Vacuum refrigerator coils
• Clean the oven

Bathrooms

• Replace or wash shower curtain

Bedrooms

• Clean blankets and linens, including mattress covers and dust ruffles
• Wash pillows
• Flip mattresses
• Replace summer bedding with winter weight bedding
• Store warm-weather clothes and replace with cool-weather clothing

Laundry Room

• Clean out dryer vent thoroughly to remove lint from hose

Attic / Basement / Garage

• Clean the floors
• Replace filter in furnace and/or AC unit

Outdoors

• Put up storm windows
• Clean gutters
• Scrub exterior areas such as driveway, deck and patio
• Clean outdoor furniture, and then store it
• Drain and store garden hoses
• Close your pool, if applicable
• Pressure wash house exterior, and touch up paint, if necessary

Here Is Your Free Printable

Get your free version of the cleaning checklist here. Make sure you put it in your household notebook!

Click here to get your free printable checklist
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Would You Also Like To Declutter This Fall?

Would you also like to declutter this fall? If so, make sure to get a copy of the Fall Decluttering Checklist on the sister site, Home Storage Solutions 101.

Additional Free Printables & Checklists On The Site

• House cleaning checklist
• Daily household chores checklist
• Weekly checklist for house cleaning
• Kitchen cleaning checklist
• Bathroom cleaning checklist
• Housekeeping checklist to get ready for guests
• Spring cleaning checklist
• Cleaning supply checklist
• Basic sewing kit checklist

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