Kitchen Cleaning Tips - Do it On a Budget

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Keeping your home clean doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Here are some frugal tips for cleaning your kitchen.

1. Get the Supplies – Check out your local Dollar store or Family Dollar. Although the products you will be buying will not be name brand, they will still get the job done the same. Also start early by looking for coupons in your Sunday paper. Cut all the cleaning ones out, you never know which ones you will use. Check out websites also. If you are in the market for a swiffer go to there website they have coupons that can be printed out. Check out other websites you may be surprised to find they have coupons also. So save up the coupons and you will save money and have a clean kitchen in the end.

2. Tackle the Refrigerator – The fridge can be a disaster zone in any families’ kitchen, kids in and out and you rummaging through to find something for dinner. Start with the freezer and simply take everything out and lay it on the counter. Go through all that food and see what is past the expiration date or what has been in there for a year and will never be eaten by anyone.

Throw to the side all the empty containers that the kids just left in there. Later simply wash those and do not spend the money on buying more. Then just wipe down all the space including the little crevices that no one will see (they can still be dirty). After the freezer is done, it is now ready to tackle the fridge. Do the same thing you did with the freezer and the fridge will be as good as new.

3. Cabinets and Cupboards – This may be time consuming but well worth it once everything is all done. Go through the cabinets and take everything out including the dishes. Wipe those cabinets clean with any multi-purpose cleaner that you have. You may also want to buy some cabinet liners to lie on the bottom to keep everything clean. You can get these at the dollar store along with most retailers that offer cleaning supplies. If you lie these down it will make your job easier next year.

After that is all done you can do the same thing with the cupboards and pantry. If you have a pantry full of food take it all out the way you did with the refrigerator. If you have food that you will never eat but is still good, you can always donate to your local soup kitchen.

4. Do a Wipe Down – The last step is to wipe everything down. Take that multi-purpose cleaner to every nook and crevice you have in that kitchen. Do not forget about those floors. Small things can fit in small places so make sure to clean under the fridge and anything else that things could slide under. This may be the one time a year that you do the cleaning the old-fashioned way, on your hands and knees.

Fill a bucket with hot soapy water and get to it. If you are down on the ground, you will not miss any spots. This is time consuming but not to bad on the budget. You can use the multi-purpose cleaner on just about anything and just add some soap to the bucket and get out an old rag.