As the center of your home life and the place where both literal and figurative nourishment takes place, your kitchen is the heart of your home. While tidying your kitchen daily is imperative for maintaining a space that always looks and feels its best, a regular deep cleaning is always a good idea. In fact, even if you aren’t able to often achieve that idyllic state of whole-house cleanliness, cleaning your kitchen goes a long way in making it feel like you have.

Here’s a guide to what to clean, how to clean it, and in what order. But first, we have some helpful things to keep in mind if you want to keep your kitchen cleaning brief and focused.

1. Don’t get too deep in this type of cleaning

2. Use the right tools

Kitchen Cleaning: A Step-by-Step Guide

 

1. Clear clutter off your counters

Start in one corner of the kitchen, or one section of counter, and remove everything that doesn’t belong on your counters. You can put things where they go after all the counters are clear or after the kitchen is completely clean.

2. Deep clean your sink

Deep cleaning your sink is easier than it might sound. First, rinse it out. Use a scrubbing cleanser like Bon Ami or Bar Keeper’s Friend, being sure to address nooks and crannies with a detail cleaning brush. Scrub your faucet and any sponge holders or soap dishes as well. Rinse everything. Finish by filling your sink with hot water and adding bleach to the water. Let it sit for ten minutes and drain.



If you have a garbage disposal and want to keep it smelling good, you can add lemons (or lemon peel) or any other citrus to the drain and run the disposal (with water running).

3. Clean anything else that stays out on your counters

In addition to some small appliances that get regular use, you may have a tray of cooking oils, a rack of mugs, or an urn holding cooking utensils out on your counters. Make sure these items are clean.

4. Empty and wipe down your garbage can

Now may not be the time to completely wash your garbage can, but make it as clean as you can inside the kitchen by taking out the trash if it’s full, vacuuming out any crumbs in the bottom of the can, and wiping it inside and out with a disinfecting wipe. Do the same with your recycling and compost bins.

5. Sweep, vacuum, and mop the floor

Sweep with a broom to pick up all the larger crumbs and debris that end up on the kitchen floor, especially near your cabinet toe kicks. Nudge your broom under the fridge and oven, too. After sweeping, use a vacuum cleaner to get the fine dust and dirt. Follow it up with a thorough mopping to get at dirt and grime.

 

As the center of your home life and the place where both literal and figurative nourishment takes place, your kitchen is the heart of your home. While tidying your kitchen daily is imperative for maintaining a space that always looks and feels its best, a regular deep cleaning is always a good idea. In fact, even if you aren’t able to often achieve that idyllic state of whole-house cleanliness, cleaning your kitchen goes a long way in making it feel like you have.

Here’s a guide to what to clean, how to clean it, and in what order. But first, we have some helpful things to keep in mind if you want to keep your kitchen cleaning brief and focused.

1. Don’t get too deep in this type of cleaning

2. Use the right tools

Kitchen Cleaning: A Step-by-Step Guide

 

1. Clear clutter off your counters

Start in one corner of the kitchen, or one section of counter, and remove everything that doesn’t belong on your counters. You can put things where they go after all the counters are clear or after the kitchen is completely clean.

2. Deep clean your sink

Deep cleaning your sink is easier than it might sound. First, rinse it out. Use a scrubbing cleanser like Bon Ami or Bar Keeper’s Friend, being sure to address nooks and crannies with a detail cleaning brush. Scrub your faucet and any sponge holders or soap dishes as well. Rinse everything. Finish by filling your sink with hot water and adding bleach to the water. Let it sit for ten minutes and drain.



If you have a garbage disposal and want to keep it smelling good, you can add lemons (or lemon peel) or any other citrus to the drain and run the disposal (with water running).

3. Clean anything else that stays out on your counters

In addition to some small appliances that get regular use, you may have a tray of cooking oils, a rack of mugs, or an urn holding cooking utensils out on your counters. Make sure these items are clean.

4. Empty and wipe down your garbage can

Now may not be the time to completely wash your garbage can, but make it as clean as you can inside the kitchen by taking out the trash if it’s full, vacuuming out any crumbs in the bottom of the can, and wiping it inside and out with a disinfecting wipe. Do the same with your recycling and compost bins.

5. Sweep, vacuum, and mop the floor

Sweep with a broom to pick up all the larger crumbs and debris that end up on the kitchen floor, especially near your cabinet toe kicks. Nudge your broom under the fridge and oven, too. After sweeping, use a vacuum cleaner to get the fine dust and dirt. Follow it up with a thorough mopping to get at dirt and grime.

 

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