Is there anything worse than a dirty bathroom? Towels on the floor, toothpaste in the sink, and a frightening toilet can make you not even want to open the door, let alone use your bathroom.
Cleaning a bathroom feels like SUCH a chore that you have to really set aside time to do, but it doesn’t have to be! You can make this one of the easiest rooms to keep clean. Especially if you just got hit with the “omw” text and only have a few minutes to make it look habitable.
Speedy bathroom cleaning checklist.
Here’s your step-by-step for a fast bathroom refresh! Ready? Go!
1. Toilet squirt
Your first task is to squirt a little toilet bowl cleaner in the toilet. We’ll come back to this in a bit, but for now just add the cleaner and close the lid. Let that guy marinate for a minute.
2. Laundry
Next are the towels (and clothes). Having a place to hang them is a must. If you don’t, put this on your list of tasks to do when you have more than fifteen minutes.
If towels are soiled, toss them in the hamper.
If the hamper is in the bathroom, make sure it has a lid. If there is no lid, then move the hamper to another location out of sight–perhaps a walk-in closet. This makes a huge visual difference in the space.
And, since you’re putting the towels away, why not put out some fresh ones…something that will be appreciated by your visitors.
3. Counters
With the easy part done, it’s time to tackle the countertops. How big is your array of items and, more importantly, do all those items really need to be there?
If you have items strewn around that really do have other homes, put them away first. This allows you to see what you have left.
Take a minute and look around again and see if there is anything else you can put away. Make a mental note of any type of storage items that might help you eliminate the countertop clutter in the future. Baskets and small plastic containers that can be put under the sink or in a closet are ideal.
You have two goals when cleaning your bathroom counter: to make sure everything is presented neatly, and that the displayed items are clean. Keeping these two goals in mind will help you dramatically reduce your cleaning time.
4. Shower and tub
The shower and tub are next. As with the countertops, toss out what’s no longer needed (like those empty bottles of shampoo) and store what you don’t need to have at arm’s reach.
If you have a tub, close the shower curtain and be done with it. If you have a shower, give it a good rinse out and maybe a quick clean.
If you have time, go ahead and clean out the tub as well. This wouldn’t be a thorough scrub: just a quick wipe and rinse. Cleaning the tub and shower is the bathroom chore that takes me the longest, personally, so we’re not going to worry about it in our speed clean.
5. Finish toilet
Tackle the toilet next. Give it a quick wipe on the outside–especially the lid–and then a quick swish around the inside (which should be fairly easy to clean, since you put in the toilet bowl cleaner earlier).
When I’m doing a quick toilet clean, I just use a little handful of toilet paper to wipe away the dust and mystery liquids. Takes five seconds and the toilet looks a million times better.
6. Floor
Finally, there’s the floor. A fast wipe with a damp rag will do on most days. If you have bath mats, you can toss them into the dryer for a quick fluff. If the mats are dirty, into the hamper they go. You can either leave the floor with no mats or replace with clean ones.
When it comes down it, you can give your bathroom a good clean in only fifteen minutes. Who knew it was that quick and easy!
Declutter the bathroom for quicker and easier cleaning.
My tippy top tip to make cleaning a breeze is to declutter the area! And it doesn’t have to be hard. Here’s a list of 25 easy items you can declutter from your bathroom right now.
