Post-Holiday Cleaning Checklist

05 Jan Post-Holiday Cleaning Checklist

When the holiday season wraps up, you should prioritize certain tasks: safely storing decorations, decluttering your home (and refrigerator), and reorganizing your living spaces. Post-holiday cleaning can have positive health effects. Furthermore, hiring a company that offers professional, one-time cleaning services can help your home become polished, spotless, and renewed.

Smart Choice Cleaning is the top cleaning company in Chantilly, VA, and Northern Virginia. For over 18 years, we’ve served clients throughout the region with excellent services such as carpet and upholstery cleaning, tile and grout cleaning, scheduled maid services, and more. Our team uses the best products and equipment along with their in-depth knowledge to remove the toughest stains and blemishes. They will leave your home safe and sanitized of any harmful bacteria and substances.

Below, we describe how to clean up from the holiday and when to call cleaning service professionals in:

Carefully Remove Decorations

We recommend that you save holiday decorations—pleasant and nostalgic as you may find them—for one season: the holidays. Tradition stipulates that decorations come down on Twelfth Night, the 5th or 6th of January. Even if you care little about tradition, such a date gives you a clear marker to remove decorations before the new year gets going.

You can safely remove and store your garland, ribbons, and Christmas lights by wrapping them around leftover wrapping paper tubes. Also, take down holiday ornaments and wreaths then wrap them in tissue paper or newspaper. Place them in boxes and store them in a cool, dry place.

Removing decorations facilitates the cleaning process. It removes delicate items from danger and provides access to any messes that accrued during the gatherings and parties you had over the holidays. Doing so also facilitates Smart Choice’s professional cleaning services, as our team members can focus on their sanitizing tasks.

Declutter and Reorganize Your Space

After all the holiday parties and sleepovers, your house may have built up quite a lot of clutter. Thus, after taking down your decorations, attack that clutter and reorganize your things to return your home to a neat state. 

Doing so involves packing away any extra furnishings—which you may have brought out for additional seating and tablespace—as well as the fine dinner and tableware. Also, dispose of or store excess food and beverages from your festivities.

Getting rid of excess or waste allows you to move into the new year fresh, clean, and organized. Of course, Smart Choice’s efficient one-time cleaning services also help return your home to a spotless, clean condition.

Check for Stains

Stains can damage or blemish your carpets and furniture. So, following the holiday festivities, survey your floors for stains. Pay particular attention to the areas that received the most foot traffic during the holidays.

Although many DIY remedies exist for spills and stains around your home, you should rely on a professional cleaning service like Smart Choice. We specialize in carpet and upholstery cleaning and can take care of stains for you.

Have High Traffic Areas Deep Cleaned

Finally, after removing decorations and returning items to their proper places, schedule your home’s deep cleaning. You should aim for your kitchen, living room, guest bedrooms, and tough-to-clean bathrooms to receive particular attention. And to get the best value service available, trust Smart Choice for your one-time cleaning service.

Our team uses the highest-quality equipment and products with appropriate knowledge and skill. We guarantee that your floors, carpets, counters, walls, and/or furnishings will receive a thorough cleaning that creates a pristine shine and polish.

Smart Choice Cleaning: Quality One-Time Cleaning Services in Chantilly, VA

By the time New Year’s rolls by, we’re all going to be left with quite a cluttered and unorganized house. To get you and your family restarted for 2022, order a one-time cleaning service from Smart Choice Cleaning of Chantilly, VA. Our team of experienced professionals performs a variety of cleaning services, such as carpet cleaning, upholstery cleaning, tile and grout cleaning, and more. If you’re looking to clean up your home this holiday season, contact Smart Choice at (703)-455-1440 to schedule a one-time cleaning service today!