Back to starting this on Friday for anyone who wants to start early. I won't be home most of the weekend and into next week, so will try and finish up the master closet as my all house cleaning. Honestly with doing the branches each month, it is keeping the house is great shape, IMHO.

Think of your home as a tree and each room is a branch of that tree.

First, break the house up into branches (manageable areas), which can be DEEP cleaned in a week's time.

For each branch, compile a list of all the tasks you'll need to do to get that room to SPARKLE! This includes cleaning, dusting and vacuuming the areas behind and under furniture, washing windows and curtains, etc. (if possible in your schedule, it can be done in babysteps each day)

Also, put together a Weekly Cleaning List to keep things looking good. Each week, finish your Weekly Cleaning THEN focus on doing some deep cleaning in this week's branch.

Cycle through the branches, one per week, to maintain a high level of cleanliness throughout the house.

Here's the schedule of Branches we'll be following:

Week 1: Entry/Living Room
Week 2: Dining Room/Laundry Room
Week 3: Bathrooms/Front Porch
Week 4: Kitchen/Back Porch
Week 5: Children’s Room/Guest Room + Closets for those rooms
Week 6: Family Room/Room of choice
Week 7: Master Bedroom/Master Closet
Week 8: All House Cleaning

Some sample "Choice" Rooms:
Office, Pantry, Craft Room, Garage, Attic, etc.

Make your master and individual branch lists work for YOU. The lists we share here are just our own examples; yours should be designed to suit your own home and situation.

If the branch you're working on needs decluttering, focus on that first. It's much easier to clean a room that doesn't have piles and boxes everywhere. Even if the whole house needs decluttering, this is a good way to focus on a room at a time on a regular schedule.

This isn't a competition. Just go at your own pace, as that will be exactly right for you. We are all here to support and encourage one another.

Start with a new branch each week. If you don't finish all the tasks on your branch list for the week, that's OK--you're already ahead of where you were before, and the unfinished tasks will still be there for you when you cycle back to this branch. If you finish early one week, you can go back to work on previous branches
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I think this is working out well for me this upcoming week.
Have an appointment for the carpets to be cleaned in the bedrooms and Family room! (don't have a "formal" living room).
That will make me happy to have this done.

Also working on my craft room. Found a bunch of kits for cardmaking I had. Going thru to see if I want to make them or not. Repackaging shelves. Hoping to do at least one of the card kits that I decide to do each week. I have got to either do them or toss them.

Hi Dianaro,
That's a tough one for me. I always put the crafts back in the bin because I am going to do them "someday". But I have been in a tossing mood overall for about a week so I am feeling pretty good.

I have started in the living room.

Fluffed and freshened the sofa cushions
Vacuum the living room
Pick up DS toys
Sweep and mop entry way
Vacuum stairs

Great explanation as to what branches are and how to work the system!! Thank you!

Hi curious
WELCOME to GON.

This is a good branch for me. The entry (front porch) definitely needs some doing over and decluttering.

Branch work has kept the LR neat, but I noticed today the windows could use a cleaning.

I swept the front porch yesterday before my technician and then the GFs for lunch. Some of the leaves are dropping off the oaks due to the dry weather. Hopefully some rain will fall soon.

The living room is going to be torn up this week due to carpeting cleaners, so will have a new fresh start!

Can wipe the hall fixtures, and ETE the front hall closet!
Have some winter objects in there that need moving, along with some donations from the craft sale.

Fluffed and freshened the sofa cushions
Vacuum the living room
Pick up DS toys
Sweep and mop entry way
Vacuum stairs

I added some clutter (from the truck of my car) to the entry way so will have to declutter the basket of stuff and then sweep, mop and vacuum.

Started putting accessories away so the carpet cleaners will just have the furniture to move without worrying about things breaking.

Doing great hudbud! Hope you will join us curious, I love the branches, gives me such a feeling of accomplisment.

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The only item left on last week's list was: replace bulbs in the entry light fixture, guess it's on this week's list now!

ENTRY

replace bulbs
sweep carpet

LIVING ROOM

wash sofa cover
sweep floor
mop floor
clean furniture with endust
water plants
file away paid bills

Lookin' good!

I could almost skip this branch, this time around! No entry to speak of (front door opens directly into the living room) and the living room only needs to be dusted and vacuumed! Easy branch!