Springtime! The smell of freshness is in the air. The days are getting warmer and longer. The birds are out singing. And it's time to start Spring Cleaning!
 
Spring cleaning is often associated with a full cleaning "blitz" of the house and provides a great time to take stock of the things you need and those you don’t.

While some of us LOVE Spring Cleaning, others of us DREAD it. It can be difficult to muster the motivation to do spring cleaning chores.

Let Habitat help motivate you to START YOUR SPRING CLEANING TODAY!!
 
The Spring Cleaning Checklist below is designed to help you break your Spring Cleaning into bite size chunks.

Completing each room before moving on to the next will give you a motivating sense of accomplishment at multiple stages during the cleaning process.

We’ve also provided a partial list of items for each room that are commonly accepted at the Habitat ReStore.

Declutter your home and do good for your community all at the same time!

Basic Spring Cleaning Tips
  1. Work from inside to outside. Bags of trash and donation piles will probably find their way to the garage. There’s no sense in cleaning out the garage only for these piles to bring disorder to the tidiness.
  2. Clean one room at a time. Progress is motivating. Once you see results in one room you’re more likely to move on to another room. On the flip side, the chaos of cleaning out an entire house at the same time is a big deterrent to ever wanting to do spring cleaning again.
  3. Clean from top to bottom, literally. Clean ceiling fan blades, door frames, top shelves, etc. first. Any dirt that breaks loose will fall on lower surfaces you’ll clean later. If you switch the order, you’ll end up cleaning some surfaces more than once.
 
Organizing The Mess
When you’re cleaning out closets, drawers, cabinets, garages, attics, and storage facilities sort your items into the following categories:
  • Keep
  • Trash
  • Recycle
  • Donate
 
Once all of the items are categorized, you only have to organize the items you plan to keep.
 
Benefits of donating to the Habitat ReStore
  • When those donated items to the Habitat ReStore are sold, someone in your community gets to continue enjoying your well-loved, but no-longer-needed items
  • Usable items are diverted from the landfill
  • All proceeds from ReStore sales support Habitat’s mission to provide families with a place to call home
  • Tax deductions
  • Free pick-ups: Click here to schedule online a pick up or call 608-785-2375 ext 102
  • Convenient drop-off: Wednesday -  Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm