Here We Are! First Round Focus Cleaning, 2026

[Kittykatt]

All done!
Kitchen deep cleaning / decluttering project:

Clean ceiling
Clean light fitting
Clean walls
Wash/ wipe paintwork and radiator
Clean clock
Clean string holder
Wipe light switch
Polish door
Declutter items hanging on back of door
Clean tops of cupboards
Oil chopping board, cheese board and bread board
Oil coasters
Polish knife block, lazy Susan and hand coffee grinder
Declutter /clean wall cupboards: #1#2#3#4#5#6#7
Declutter / clean under worktop cupboards : #1#2#3#4#5
Clean /declutter drawers: #1#2#3#4#5
Clean/declutter shelves: #1#2#3
Clean oven
Clean /declutter storage compartment under oven
Polish strips of wood with hooks that hold mugs and utensils
Clean/declutter shelves of tall cupboard: #1#2#3#4#5#6
Pull out freezer and clean behind/ underneath
Defrost freezer
Declutter / clean trays stored next to freezer
Clean fridge
Clean bin area
Declutter / clean cubby with my gardening trug, spare cat food and???
Clean/declutter notice board
Wax floor
Declutter tea towels
Declutter tablecloths

My rewards:
Buy new tea towels
Decide which fabric for new tablecloths. (I have several in my basket! ) and purchase
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[Harriet]

Congratulations, KittyKatt! Hurray for a great job. Also a great job of staying on top of your progress as you went along. Thanks for letting us in on the project.

lol, lucylee. By holder, do you mean the floor holders gripping them, or the handheld fluffy-duster holder?
For the dusting wand fluffies, I did purchase a completely unknown name that said it would fit (Ariver - actually I sort of felt like I was tricked somewhat because the photo seemed to show the brand name). But so far, so good on those. They do indeed fit my brand-name "wand" and go on and off it normally. I have some very low-to-the-floor furniture that the wand type can squeeze under fast without a problem, rather than needing to move furniture so much, to get even a regular swiffer broom under there. So, after using for delicate dusting, they are used for that purpose before being tossed.

This house doesn't have ceiling fans, but the fluffies on a wand really helped for those in the other house.

[Kittykatt]

Thank you, Harriet! I found the accountability and encouragement of these threads really helped, and also tracking my progress.

[lucylee]

Yes, Harriet, the handheld wand. The two little prongs go through and tear the fluffy stuff. It’s doable, but not as good as the name brand.

[blessedw2]

I may not post all the time here but like everyone the post is so important for our home!