Spring Clean Your Bedroom Like a Pro

It’s springtime! The wintertime freeze is thawing, the birds are chirping, and you may have the urge to open up your windows and let in some fresh air. Something about the season makes everything feel new, and it spurs on a frenzy of spring cleaning, especially the moment that ray of sunlight hits the room to reveal the layer of dust that has accumulated over the winter. Pace yourself. There is no need to take on the whole house for a spring-cleaning overhaul all in one fell swoop. Tackle one room at a time. A good place to make a clean start is in the room where you sleep. You will be able to venture outside to soak up the outdoor freshness in no time after you spring clean your bedroom like a pro with these helpful tips:

Make your bed an inviting, cozy, and clean place to spend the night – Before you begin to clean up the entire bedroom, get started by making sure the bedding is clean. Better yet, freshen up your bed with brand new bedding, a fluffy new comforter, a fresh set of sheets, and don’t forget to buy a new pillow. Even if you refresh your bed with new bedding, you may want to run them through the wash before you cozy up for the night. While you’re waiting for the wash to finish, move onto other corners of the room. Follow the instructions of the labels, and toss in some tennis balls into the dryer when you go to dry the pillows to fluff them up a bit.

Yes, we do windows – But, maybe just in the spring – While your bedding is being cleaned, begin cleaning the frame of your room with the walls and windows, and then move to the furnishings. Start dusting top to bottom so as not to knock dust on an already cleaned area. Remove curtains for cleaning. Dust the corners, and slip an old pillowcase over the ceiling fan blades to catch excess falling dust before it hits the bed below and then wipe the blades down with a damp cloth. If the lights have glass covers, remove them and soak them in the sink while you go about wiping down the walls and cleaning the windows with a water and vinegar mixture or your choice of glass cleaners. Don’t forget the window sills, light switches, and door knobs. Vacuum the outside cover and inside heating and air conditioning vents. For hard-to-reach spots, use vacuum extensions or a cotton mop with a long handle. Once you’re done with the frame of the room, move in to dust the furniture, doors, lamps and other bedroom accessories, and remove everything from dresser or nightstand tops to clean the surfaces before neatly returning knick-knacks to their decorative places. When all of the dusting is complete, finish off by vacuuming the mattress using special attachments to get into the seams and crevices, dust with baking soda to keep it fresh and then flip the mattress. Pillow top mattresses may do better to be flipped from head to toe rather than upside down. If you flip the downside up, repeat the vacuuming process for the underside that is now the top.

Closet and Storage Clean Out – Springtime is also a great time to go through your wardrobe and make sure it’s season ready and up to date in terms of fashion and size. If you haven’t worn something for months, or it no longer fits, it may be time to donate it to charity or sell it at a resell shop or online. Go through your closet, and create a box of items to get rid of and a pile of items to keep. Before you put the keep pile back onto hangars or tucked away in drawers, vaccum the entire closet and get into the crevices of the drawers. Wipe down closet shelves before returning the wanted clothing neatly back in place.

Bottom Line – Now it’s time to get to the bottom of things by cleaning the floors. Vacuum the closet floor thoroughly, and move around the bed and furnishings in the room. For wood floors, use any special attachments for your vacuum or sweep well and mop. Be sure to get into the corners well, and use a vacuum extension to get under the bed. For area rugs, vacuum or enjoy some fresh outside air by taking the rug outside to beat it. Sprinkle a little baking soda on the carpet to fresh it up, let it sit for a few minutes before vacuuming it up. Don’t forget the baseboards.

Now, your bedroom is tidy and clean from top to bottom and your bed is made with fresh, clean linens and a new fluffy pillow which will feel good after a hard day’s work of spring cleaning. What more could you hope for to start your spring off refreshed and ready to soak up some springtime air after a good night’s rest in a clean bedroom.

100 Replies to “Spring Clean Your Bedroom Like a Pro”

  1. You had me at clean linens lol !!!! All of this is so true!! Having a good night’s sleep in a clean room really does make going out the next day so refreshing 🙂

  2. I never hit the snooze button more than once most of the time not even once lol …. Yeah my bed room is in desperate need of a deep deep clean…..OUT lol

  3. Spring is time for spring cleaning and new linens for my bed. A big comfy pillow would be the greatest gift ever.

  4. I agree that you need to make your bedroom very comfortable and make it is fresh as possible so you can have a good night sleep. Some clean linen and removal of dust bunnies as well as a great pill I can make a big difference in your quality of sleep .

  5. I like the idea of buying new bed sheets and pillows, maybe sunny lemon sheets will brighten up the room after a very long cold and snowy winter ❄️❄️❄️

  6. I am ready to start fresh now that spring is here and a new body pillow would definitely be an awesome start!

  7. Love body pillows. I’m glad I came across your page. And now know about your site, I need to shop for some pillows. I will definitely follow & share your page

  8. Oh wow!! After reading this I am starting my spring cleaning now!! Time to open the windows up and start cleaning

  9. You have inspired me to get started with spring cleaning. Going to get my husband to help me flip the mattress this weekend ! <3

  10. Cleaning in the spring time it always gets me in the mood to change out my pillows and bedding great info!!

  11. Mother nature decided to dump a ton of snow on us on yesterday and today. She is playing a cruel joke on us.

  12. its that time of year again, clean out my closet and change summer clothes with the winter clothes.ug

  13. After reading about all the work I have ahead I think not only do I need that body pillow I will deserve it. Yikes! Guess I better get cracking.

  14. I have to admit, I do sleep better after a good cleaning and fresh sheets. Course doing a big cleaning wears me out…but getting into fresh sheets…nothing better than that

  15. Need a new pillow and this looks comfy and I love purple! I love clean linens and wash them all the time. Nothing better then getting in bed to clean sheets and blankets! Can’t wait to open the windows and do a good cleaning! Winters been too long here.

  16. I am totally ready for spring cleaning, I’ve already started but we’re having a really bad nor’easter at the moment 🙁

  17. It’s SPRING! The rebirth of everything. Reawakening of life. The flowers. Newness. Freshness to see. A restart.

  18. Thanks so much for sharing this article! I need to do ALL of these, and just reading this has me itching to clean my bedroom. It’s all so true! For me, the part that is especially true is cleaning out from under the bed and going through my closet and getting rid of things I don’t need. What I do is go through all the items, and if I haven’t worn it in a year or it doesn’t fit, I toss it in the donation bin. It helps me stay motivated to continue to work out out and keep the weight I worked for 3 YEARS off! Then, I take all my winter stuff and put them in plastic bins that fit under the bed. But if I don’t clean under my bed, then I’m stuck with a bunch of stuff from winter! So it kinda MAKES me clean my closet. Plus, there’s a donation box for at risk and homeless teens on the same parking lot as my work, so I can drop stop off any day. I know I was given a lot of stuff, so it’s only right to give back and help those in need. And as far as my bed goes, I JUST got a new duvet, and I want to redecorate my whole room now! It’s a good thing my hubby had an OCD mother, who made them clean every Saturday; otherwise, he’d think I was mental! But when you think about how much time you spend in bed, why NOT make it the most cozy room in the house? Thx for this article. It was just the push I needed to SPRING into action!

  19. I actually enjoy Spring cleaning, also I’m 34 weeks pregnant so I’m nesting also and the urge to get everything done is strong.

  20. Great tip!! Nothing is better for sleep than a nice clean room and sweet smelling bedding!! And just the right pillow too!! Crossing my fingers to win one too!!

  21. I always start upstairs with the bedroom. I love cleaning there since we spend s lot of time there. I love putting the spring curtains and bed covers on. Always brightens the room up.

  22. yes, i need to do some spring cleaning, my dogs dont help much with this, i love crawling into bed with some nice, crisp clean sheets. however, since my dogs sleep with me, they dont stay that way long.

  23. Boy howdy do I need to Spring Clean my room, a nice refresh would do me so much good!! And of course pillows would be a big part of that refresh, helping with sleep and just that good feeling you get when everything looks nice.

  24. It’s hard for me to dust since I’m allergic to everything but food. So I vacuum, change sheets, swiffer dust with mask, and use Lysol then febreezz on everything in room.

  25. Wonderful tips! Spring is my favorite season although spring cleaning is not. But by reading this I will most definitely clean more sufficiently.

  26. I have already began doing my spring cleaning and yes you are right you do sleep better in a clean bedroom that smells of spring.

  27. 😀 When can you start? 😀 I started this Monday. I’m getting older, so this will be a step-by-step process.

  28. Never thought of the framework being cleaned – oops!!! Like the idea of cleaning the entire bed each spring. We do flip the mattress too!

  29. It snowed today but spring cleaning is around the corner. We also are doing a deep cleaning on our entire house!!

  30. Awesome post, thank you for the reminder that we do not need to try to take on too much at one time!!! It’s easy to become overwhelmed and give up quickly.

  31. Ready to get down and dirty and clean like a champ! New pillows, sheets, and bedding would be the icing on the cake.

  32. Already did my bedroom since I just put in hardwood floors. Getting ready to do the living room next. Ty for the chance for a body pillow.

  33. Wow spring cleaning and me just cannot become friends because I can dust as high as I can reach but due to I’m wheelchair-bound I miss a lot of high areas and sometimes it can get a little embarrassing when family members come over and pointed out but I cannot help that but I’ll soon spring cleaning is getting rid of the old and welcome in the new because I can wash the windows wash the walls that way when I open the windows the fresh air can come in and be my house is natural air freshener because fresh air smells incredible and I just put you in the best of moods

  34. I really do need to do some spring cleaning in our bedrooms and now I’m ready thanks for the article

  35. I love spring cleaning!!! Its like the best feeling ever. Opening up windows and leaving the door open. Letting the fresh air in and sweeping out the weight of the passing winter. Like starting new and fresh! Oh and having a fresh new body pillow to rest on at the end of a long day of spring cleaning is the greatest part.

  36. Spring the perfect time for some spring cleaning and opening my windows to let the fresh air in and spending some quality time with my family and and friends

  37. Already started my spring cleaning..
    Room by room on nice days..
    Can’t wait to open all Windows n let that fresh breeze flow through..
    Ready to win a nice comfy body pillow to relax in my sunroom

  38. Bedroom has already been Spring cleaned except for my closet which I have to tackle next to swap out winter clothes for summer clothes…

  39. I love the Spring air! I have already started my spring cleaning & organizing. It would be awesome if I won a body pillow to go with my new comforters.

  40. Great suggestions! I always start trying to spring clean and have a hard time staying focused.. always get sidetracked!

  41. I love spring. Time to get rid of the old, and bring in the new. New bedding, drapes. Buying new lamps. Great post.

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