Fall Cleaning Checklist

If you were unable to get the spring cleaning done last spring ..... It's okay.

You still can do it this fall. :-)       

Here is a "Fall Cleaning Checklist" from

REAL SIMPLE

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As leaves start to fly, revisit your spring cleaning list and add a few seasonal extras to prepare your house for winter.

FALL CLEANING CHECKLIST
Inside Your House

•      Wash all windows. Use glass cleaner, or one squirt of dish washing liquid on a spray bottle filled with water, and wipe down with a microfiber cloth, pick a cloudy day so you can better see any streaks.
•      Vacuum dusty canvas, cotton and treated fabric blinds. Use a low setting with a brush attachment. Vinyl shades can be wiped down with a dampened microfiber cloth if they need a little more attention.
•      Clean the walls. Dust, wash, rinse, and dry painted or wood paneled walls.
•      Clean ceiling-mounted light fixtures.
•      Vacuum and spot-clean upholstered furniture and cushions. Deep clean if necessary.
•      Wipe down the kitchen cupboards. Empty them, wash them down, replace liners (if you use them), declutter, and reorganize.
•      Dust off the refrigerator condenser coil. Use your vacuums brush attachment and gently vacuum it.
•      Do the carpets. Have carpets professionally cleaned if needed.
•      Evaluate any wooden floors. Have scratched or dull wood floors professionally scuff-sanded and re coated, or completely refinished.
•      Spruce up your computer. Dust the CPU, clean and wipe sown the keyboard and dust off the monitor with a microfiber cloth.
•      Straighten the closets. declutter and reorganize.
•      Test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Or install them, if you haven't yet.
•      Replace the furnace filter. If you haven't changed your furnace filter within the past three months, do so now.
•      Sweep the chimneys. Have the wood-burning fireplace and stove flues and chimneys professionally inspected and swept.
•      Declutter and clean out the attic.

OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE

•      Check weather stripping and caulking around doors and windows. Repair or replace as needed.
•      Check and clean the gutters. Do the downspouts, too.
•      Clean the patio furniture. Then store away.
•      Drain and store garden hoses.
•      Check the exterior paint. Touch up as needed.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CHECKLIST. 

BUT, I'D RATHER SEW!!

HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE YOUR SEWING SPACE?

Is it just a fact of life that

no matter how many times you organize your sewing space

it will only last a very short time?

I can only hope that someday, this picture could be my sewing room.

We are interested in tips that help to keep things in order

so everyone can spend more time sewing.

Share your ideas with all of us.

Let us know what has and hasn't worked for you.

Tell us what you have found to be helpful to you.

We love to hear your ideas.