Weekly Cleaning Schedule Template: The Benefits of scheduling a clean home

Are you looking to make a weekly cleaning schedule template? This calendar of household chores is a great stay-at-home mom cleaning schedule printable (great for working moms as well)– and I even have some charts for cleaning the house. Do NOT miss this house-cleaning schedule! I think you’ll find a lot of benefits — I know I did!

How I Created My Cleaning Schedule Template

I had just moved to California after my first child had turned one. My whole world had been turned upside down, and there was no mommy to help me. I was working full time (brand new to that), as well as supporting a husband in a very busy job. I was constantly feeling the pressure to keep a clean house, or that nothing was getting done. I was just about to lose my mind when I asked myself what my mom would do.

I reminded myself that my mom had a daily cleaning schedule with different tasks for each day. Bathrooms on Tuesdays, vacuuming on Thursdays, dusting on Fridays.

That day I sat down and divi’d out my chores, and from that day on I haven’t looked back.

And now, with working more and my husband less, we let this cleaning schedule guide us in what we do on a daily basis. It works out smashing and we have a cleaner home!

One of your goals could be a weekly house cleaning schedule or a daily house cleaning schedule {and you groan}. I know, cleaning schedules sound like a lot of horrible work. They’re just no fun and who wants that kind of rigidity?

I am SO passionate about cleaning schedules, that I did a whole podcast about mine — it’s pretty short and I think it will help give you some ideas!

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House Cleaning Schedule Printable Template pdf

Don’t worry about writing it all down — you can get the printable right here:

Weekly House Cleaning Schedule

I went years without one, but when I started to go back to work part-time (my first kid was 1) I felt like the system I had grown up with my mom doing would also work for me and could really help me keep a clean home.

I was tired of feeling REALLY overwhelmed by thinking all things needed to be clean all the time. I should say that I do think things need to feel “organized” all the time (and that’s just me, and I don’t expect others to live up to it) but I don’t need to have spotless everything all the time. It’s just not realistic with 3 kids. My whole course The Organized Home is based on a realistic lifestyle of organization.

I thought about what my mom had done on a monthly basis when we were growing up and I adjusted her monthly cleaning schedule for what would work for ME.

Then we moved, and I adjusted it for that house, and then we moved again and I adjusted it for THIS house.

My cleaning checklist template gets tweaked a lot depending on where we live and what is going on in our lives.

And now, I have made my free printable cleaning schedule template available to you — at the bottom of this post!

House cleaning schedule app

I use TickTick. All of my cleaning tasks are scheduled through TickTick, it’s a great way to help me stay on task. The good news most of them are shared with Drew, so if I am working and he’s at home, he can look to see what needs to be done instead of me leaving notes. It may well have saved our marriage. 

Plus, it syncs, so when I do something like clean the bathroom sinks, it ticks off, and if he does something like the kitchen floor, it ticks off. Here’re screenshots of how it looks on my desktop, and also how it looks on my phone.

Ok, and while we’re at it, I think there is something magical about to-do lists. 

It is lovely to just look at your phone, and it TELLS you what you need to get done. I really think that if you are feeling overwhelmed, to-do lists might be just the ticket. All of the tasks are able to be scheduled by the days of the week — so once I cross it off, it just reschedules itself for the next time it’s due! For deep cleaning tasks you can schedule those out further too.

There are a lot of great to-do apps out there, I would encourage you to find something that works for you! I don’t just use them in cleaning. I also use them at church, with my PTO jobs at school, and my business. I feel a huge weight lift when I need to do something, and I just type it and schedule it in the to-do lists. I feel like it will get done.

I am compulsive about getting the things on my to-do list done — and I should probably be more willing to let things fall when they need to — but to-do lists have been my saving grace.

You could also easily use a paper planner (it’s just not as automatic, but it is more intentional –which is why I enjoy it for some things).

On days when I hardly know which way is up, I just look at my phone (and TickTick prioritizes things so that the most important — which you tell them — is on the top) and start “ticking” off the things I need to get done. Sometimes when I am REALLY overwhelmed I will set a timer for an amount of time I think I can handle and just plow (like my 10-minute tidy challenge). It’s amazing how many things you can get off a to-do list when you’re able to focus.

I find that being able to “check” things off helps me to find the motivation to clean.

If you look closely, you’ll see that my 4 things are on my list every day (the screenshot from above only has the jobs I share with my husband, so they’re not there). TickTick just re-schedules them every day for me once I tick them off.

Anyway, think about if a to-do list will work for you?

Will you use it? Because USING it, is the most important part!

Using your weekly cleaning schedule

The reality is that this schedule won’t clean your house for you — so I wanted to give you a few things to make it work:

• Print it out and use stickers — just like when you’re little — it will give you a sense of accomplishment
• Give yourself a reward (like date night) if you do it all week long
• Set alarms on your phone to make sure stuff is getting done!
• Keep a realistic schedule. You won’t be able to clean the entire house in one week!

My Weekly Cleaning Schedule

I’d just suggest finding the system that WILL work for you. People’s brains are just TOO full anymore and cleaning jobs don’t always make the list. There are too many things to think about. This just helps organize them. You can see my other weekly cleaning posts on that tab up there. Or, here is each day of the week is outlined:

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

Or, you can see them all here!

Yes, I am just this anal. I have found a way to embrace it. 🙂

I also think you can adjust this type of schedule can really work for you too! I’ve seen thousands of readers pin this post and make changes in their homes successfully. The goal is that at the end of the week you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment so you’ll want to keep going.

Weekly Cleaning Schedule for Working Moms

I think you really need to tailor the schedule to yourself. Your weekly cleaning tasks may be different than mine depending on your home and family. I work Thursdays, you can see that my schedule has some stuff on Thursdays, but it’s lighter things that I won’t be screwed if I don’t get them done.

I have a whole post on making a cleaning schedule work for you — and for working moms, I think that post is doubly important! It’s nice to create your own cleaning schedule and see things being accomplished.

In an effort to be extra helpful, I am making it available to you  in case you are wanting to replicate it. You can see my kid’s specific tasks are here too. We are all on the schedule, and as soon as my kids get electronic devices, you can bet your bottom dollar I’ll be showing them how to-do lists can help them be more productive and feel more relaxed at the same time. Regular house cleaning I find is easier than trying to do everything in one day.

So, can daily cleaning checklist schedules work for you? Could you adapt this to work in your own life? I think you can! Tell me below! 🙂