A weekly cleaning schedule that fits your week (free printable)
Three ready weeks, at 10, 20 or 30 minutes a day, built from the minutes CozyHaus gives every chore. Pick the one that fits your life, print it, and let the rest go.
The short answer
A weekly cleaning schedule works when every day has a short reset and one small block, sized to the time you really have. Below are three: 10, 20 and 30 minutes a day, each adding up to an honest weekly total.
Download the PDF (US Letter) A4
4 pages, about 190 KB: one page for each week, and one for the monthly jobs. No email needed.
How this schedule is different
Most weekly schedules give each day a theme and a round number, like “20 minutes”. Ours starts from the chores instead: every chore in CozyHaus has its own time, from 1 minute to plump the cushions to 35 for the whole bathroom. So each day below shows the chores and their minutes, and the week adds up to a number you can check.
Our one rule: plan by minutes per day, not by room per day. A Monday-is-bathrooms week collapses when Monday is busy. A week where Monday holds 18 minutes of anything can bend.
The daily reset
A few things keep a home working whatever else happens. In a home with a dishwasher, they come to about 18 minutes a day by the app’s times:
- Load the dishwasher, 4 minutes, and unload it, 4
- Wipe the counters, 3, and the stove and grates, 4
- Make the bed, 2, and plump the cushions, 1
On a hard day, keep only the first two: dishes in and counters wiped, 7 minutes. Laundry rides along every few days, about 11 minutes to run a wash and put it away, and the kitchen floor gets a 4-minute sweep every other day.
Pick your week
Each week sits on top of the daily reset. Pick the one that matches the time you have now, not the time you wish you had. You can move up a size any week.
10 minutes a day
| Day | Chores (minutes) | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Clean the toilet (5); Wipe the bathroom sink and faucet (3); Fresh towels out (2) | 10 |
| Tuesday | Clear out old food from the fridge (6); Put the garbage bin out (3); Swap the kitchen sponge (2) | 11 |
| Wednesday | Change the sheets (10) | 10 |
| Thursday | Clean the toilet (5); Wipe down the shower and tub (6) | 11 |
| Friday | Empty the small bins (5); Water the plants (4) | 9 |
| Saturday | Vacuum all floors (25) | 25 |
| Sunday | Rest, or catch up | 0 |
The floor. Saturday is the one longer day, for the floors. Every other week, add Mop the hard floors (20) to Saturday or Sunday.
20 minutes a day
| Day | Chores (minutes) | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Clean the toilet (5); Wipe the bathroom sink and faucet (3); Wipe down the shower and tub (6); Fresh towels out (2); Swap the kitchen sponge (2) | 18 |
| Tuesday | Vacuum all floors (25) | 25 |
| Wednesday | Change the sheets (10); Run a wash (5); Dust the bedroom (6) | 21 |
| Thursday | Clean the toilet (5); Wipe the bathroom sink and faucet (3); Clean all the mirrors (6); Empty the small bins (5) | 19 |
| Friday | Clear out old food from the fridge (6); Clean the microwave (10); Put the garbage bin out (3) | 19 |
| Saturday | Mop the floors (20) | 20 |
| Sunday | Wipe switches, handles and remotes (8); Dust the bookshelf (5); Water the plants (4); Shake the doormat and sweep the entry (5) | 22 |
The bigger weekly jobs, spread so no day takes much more than 20 minutes. Sunday doubles as the catch-up slot.
30 minutes a day
| Day | Chores (minutes) | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Clean the toilet (5); Wipe the bathroom sink and faucet (3); Wipe down the shower and tub (6); Fresh towels out (2); Swap the kitchen sponge (2); Wash the bath mat (3); Clean the toilet brush and holder (4) | 25 |
| Tuesday | Vacuum all floors (25); Vacuum under the sofa cushions (8) | 33 |
| Wednesday | Change the sheets (10); Run a wash (5); Dust the bedroom (6); Vacuum under the bed (10) | 31 |
| Thursday | Clean the whole bathroom (35) | 35 |
| Friday | Clear out old food from the fridge (6); Clean the microwave (10); Put the garbage bin out (3); Empty the small bins (5) | 24 |
| Saturday | Mop the floors (20); Shake the rugs outside (8) | 28 |
| Sunday | Wipe switches, handles and remotes (8); Dust the bookshelf (5); Water the plants (4); Shake the doormat and sweep the entry (5); One job from the monthly list (about 10) | 32 |
Everything weekly, plus the jobs CozyHaus plans every two weeks, like the bath mat and the rugs. Thursday gets the whole bathroom, which in the app comes every two weeks; at 30 minutes a day there’s room for it weekly. Sunday has space for one job from the monthly list.
Once a month and a few times a year
The jobs that don’t fit a week. Instead of a calendar to fall behind on, page 4 of the printable has a space to write the date each time you do one, so a glance shows what’s due. Several have their own guide: the dishwasher filter, the shower head and the duvet and pillows.
| Chore | How often | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Clean the dishwasher filter | Every month | 8 |
| Clean the washing machine | Every month | 10 |
| Wash the shower curtain and liner | Every month | 5 |
| Clear the shower and sink drains | Every month | 8 |
| Wash the mattress protector | Every month | 5 |
| Wash out the kitchen trash can | Every month | 10 |
| Wipe down the baseboards | Every month | 15 |
| Dust the blinds and curtains | Every month | 10 |
| Clean the oven | Every month | 25 |
| Deep scrub the shower and grout | Every month | 25 |
| Clean the windows | Every month | 30 |
| Descale the coffee machine | Every month | 5 |
| Descale the showerhead | Every 3 months | 10 |
| Wash the duvet or comforter | Every 3 months | 15 |
| Vacuum the mattress | Every 3 months | 15 |
| Deep clean the fridge | Every 3 months | 30 |
| Wash the pillows | Twice a year | 15 |
| Rotate the mattress | Twice a year | 10 |
| Vacuum the fridge coils | Twice a year | 10 |
| Replace the smoke alarm battery | Every year | 5 |
| Clean the dryer vent duct | Every year | 30 |
If you miss a day
Move it to Sunday, or let it go. Next week it comes round again. Nothing doubles: missing Tuesday’s vacuum doesn’t mean two vacuums next Tuesday. A schedule that punishes a missed day is one people stop using, and the point is a home that works, not a perfect week.
Fitting it to your life
A small apartment
Start with the 10-minute week. Fewer rooms means vacuuming takes less than our 25 minutes, so Saturday may be short. With no hard floors, skip mopping.
Working full-time
Do the reset in the evening, when the dishes are there anyway. If weekdays are full, the 20-minute week also works as four weekday blocks and a longer Saturday, with Sunday off.
Kids or pets
Floors and dishes grow first. Add Wash the pet bowls (3) to the daily reset, sweep the kitchen daily, and vacuum twice a week instead of once.
Sharing a home
Split by day, not by chore list: one person takes Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the other Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and swap every month so nobody owns the bathroom forever. Or each person picks the chores they mind least, and you share out the rest.
Themed days, room days or one big hour?
There are three common shapes for a weekly schedule, and each suits different people.
- A task per day. Clean Mama, one of the best-known cleaning routines, gives each weekday one kind of job: bathrooms, dusting, vacuuming, floors. It’s easy to remember.
- A room per day. Kitchen Monday, bathrooms Tuesday. Good for a big house, hard to rescue after a missed day.
- One weekly hour. FlyLady’s Home Blessing Hour puts the weekly basics into one hour, a few minutes per job. Good if you prefer one push to daily blocks.
Ours is closest to the first, with one difference: each day is sized in minutes, so you can see before you start how long it will take.
Questions people ask
How long should weekly cleaning take?
By the app’s times, the 20-minute week on this page comes to about 4.5 hours, daily reset included: about 18 minutes of reset and 21 of weekly jobs a day. A bigger home or a pet adds to that.
What should I clean every day?
The dishes and the kitchen surfaces, and the bed. Everything else can wait a few days without a problem.
Is it better to clean a little every day or all at once?
Either works if it happens. A little every day keeps the dishes and the counters from piling up, which is where most mess starts. One big session suits people who’d rather not think about it during the week. The printable works both ways.
How often should I clean the bathroom?
In CozyHaus, the toilet and the sink every 4 days (5 and 3 minutes), the shower wiped weekly (6), and the whole bathroom every two weeks (35).
Sources
- Chores, minutes and how often: the CozyHaus chore catalogue (125 chores) and the basics it starts a home with.
- Clean Mama, A manageable, realistic cleaning routine for any schedule
- FlyLady, the Weekly Home Blessing Hour
Let your phone keep the schedule
CozyHaus plans the chores that fit your home, a few small ones a day, and shares them with everyone who lives there.
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