The Ultimate Holiday Cleaning Checklist to Get your Home Ready

As a Mom of five, pet owner and an avid project do-er, you can bet that we face our fair share of messes around here. In fact, crumbs, stains, and messes are a part of our every day life and can quickly overwhelm without the right tools. I’m sharing today my Holiday Cleaning Checklist and the essentials to getting your home ready to host, or just ready to sit back and enjoy the holidays! 

This post is sponsored by Hoover, however, all opinions are my own.

Holiday Cleaning Checklist: How to Clean for the Holidays

I’ve added a new system to my home that I now question how I lived without. I have wood, tile, and carpet surfaces throughout my home and I now have the right tools to manage both every day care and deep cleaning and preparing for special occasions like the holidays.

We host a lot during the holidays, from Thanksgiving, to my daughters’ birthdays, to holiday-themed play dates, to hosting at Christmas, there are an abundance of guests in our home. I’m so glad I now have the Hoover ONEPWR System that operates off of rechargeable lithium ion batteries. I don’t have to think about cords, and I have the tools I need to quickly and effectively clean the various surfaces in my home.

The Hoover ONEPWR system currently offers nine different products that operate off the same battery, so I can be vacuuming down stairs and have a back-up battery in the charger waiting for when I am ready to move on to the next chore whether it be vacuuming upstairs or switching out to another product like the Floormate Jet Hard Floor Cleaner.

The Hoover ONEPWR suite of products offers a variety of useful home keeping tools for both indoor use and out. They include leaf blowers, flashlights and shop vacs but the three I know I will get the most use out of are the Blade + Cordless Vacuum, the Floormate Jet Hard Floor Cleaner and the Spotless GO Cordless Portable Carpet Cleaner.

In fact, these products have been getting quite the workout as we have entered the holiday season. As you have seen in recent posts, we have been busy elves getting our home decorated for the festive season and it has been so handy to have these cordless appliances on hand. Especially to clean up quickly before guests arrive.

As much as I love fresh garland, it can leave a daily mess so I especially love the Cordless Vacuum because it is so easy to grab up the debris and move on with my day! It is super flexible in that is breaks down to be a handheld mini vacuum (great for the stairs) and comes with additional attachments for crevices, upholstery and dust too. The dirt cup is easy to empty right into the household trash. I love that I don’t have to deal with a heavy  vacuum and this is so easy that the kids love to help too. 

Cleaning Hardwood and Tile Floors

Since we have wood and tile floors throughout our home the Hard Floor Cleaner is a life saver! This is like a wet jet mop on steroids! It is safe for use on sealed hard floors and you can even use it to refresh area rugs which is awesome when you have pets! The roller part pops out really easily to clean and the holding tank is also a cinch to remove and rinse. Those of you who have young kids know that barely a day goes by without some sort of dribble or spill so this product is great to have on hand for a quick clean up.

Spot Cleaning Rugs and Carpet

When stains get deeper on the rugs, our carpets, or the furniture the Spotless GO Portable Cleaner is amazing. This little unit is a whiz at cleaning up stains and messes especially in tight spots like stairs, upholstery or smaller areas. With winter here, I know it will be much easier to tackle muddy footprints, juice spills and life’s little accidents that happen in a busy household. 

While I love the white painted walls and neutral decor in my home, it obviously shows dirt easily. In fact, I won’t tell you how many months I have had blue crayon on my white carpet or milk stain at the top of the stairs but I’m so glad I now have their Spotless GO Cordless Portable Carpet Cleaner to help clean any problem areas quickly. 

Top 10 holiday cleaning checklist to get your home ready for the holidays:

1. Spot Clean Carpet: in areas where needed.
2. Clean all tile and hardwood floors
3. Deep Clean Bathrooms: leave cleaning wipes in each bathroom for easy clean up before guests arrive.
4. Dust all light fixtures and bulbs
5. Dust blinds and baseboards
6. Clean all windows including exterior windows where needed
7. Deep clean stairs (I’m always surprised just how dirty this area is!)
8. Wipe down walls of busy areas
9. Clean baseboards, doors and cabinets
10. Deep clean kitchen and organize drawers

I hope this holiday cleaning checklist was helpful. If you haven’t sent Santa your Christmas List yet, may I suggest you add the Hoover ONEPWR System to it? All my family members who have used my system have all added it to their list! Having access to so many CORDLESS products that work from one type of power supply is a game changer for me. They save time, space and money and that equals a win in my book.

After you’ve finished cleaning your dining room, you might like these Christmas Table Setting Ideas, and iff you haven’t finished decorating yet, you can find lots of inspiration in these 35+ Holiday Decorating Ideas. 

As you are getting ready for celebrating all the holidays, I’m sure you will be looking for some easy holiday recipes. You’ll love my Christmas Brunch Menu and my Best Holiday Appetizers. Also, check out my Holiday Drink Recipe Ideas for 16 delicious options.

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