The Ultimate Household Chores List for Every Room

This household chores list can help you stay on top of your cleaning and better plan your days! Grab the free printable list of chores PDF now and learn how to put it to good use!

Why You Need a Household Chores List

You may be wondering how a list of household chores can help you? Like you need another to do list, right?!

But actually having a printed checklist of chores has a number of benefits like these:

• A household chore list helps you plan your time. I find it easiest to plan my productive time when I have a complete list of all of the things that I need to get done (cleaning or otherwise). And I use that list to set my intentions for each day.
• Use your list of chores to quickly assign tasks to your family. You can easily pick off a chore from the list and delegate to your kids when you need some help around the house.
• Having a printed chore list means you have one less thing to remember. Much like a brain dump can help you get all of your to-do’s and important things to remember out of your head and on to paper, a chores list can help you not forget things that you need to get done around the house.

Daily Chores List

The key to keeping a clean home is to clean every day. I know that sounds worse than getting a root canal, but smaller daily household chores really can make a big difference in the overall cleanliness of your home. Here’s a list of daily chores that you can add to your cleaning list:

• Make all the beds
• Put all dirty clothes in the hamper
• Put away any clean clothes
• Wipe down and declutter the kitchen counters

• Load and unload the dishwasher
• Wash dishes
• Make sure there are no dishes left in the sink at night
• Sort paper clutter – Organizing important mail, filing away kids’ school papers, trashing junk mail, etc.
• Take out trash
• Wipe down the dining table
• Sweep under the dining table/eating areas
• Sweep the kitchen
• Meal prep
• Feed the pets
• General tidying up

Weekly Chores List

These jobs can be done weekly to help you maintain a nice and tidy house:

• Vacuum, sweep, or mop all floors
• Dust shelves, picture frames, tabletops, and other flat surfaces
• Wash bed linens and bath towels
• Sweep and mop under the dining table
• Wipe down appliances in the kitchen
• Wash all kitchen linens – kitchen towels, dish cloths, cloth napkins, etc.
• Scrub the kitchen sink
• Sweep/mop the kitchen floors
• Change out kitchen towels and dish rags
• Spot clean dining chairs (if needed)
• Spot clean rug and couches (if needed)
• Wipe down all mirrors
• Clean the toilets
• Clean bathroom counters and faucets
• Sweep/mop bathroom floors
• Vacuum bedroom floors
• Dust all bedroom furniture
• Clean off nightstands
• Water the plants
• Pay bills and sort paper clutter – I’ve got an awesome guide for creating an at home filing system for your family paper work here!

• General decluttering
• Laundry
• Organize and declutter mudroom and/or entryway
• Dust mudroom or entryway furniture

List of Monthly Chores

Here are some ideas for monthly cleaning jobs to add to your household chores list:

• Wipe down cabinet and drawer fronts
• Dust all window blinds
• Dust all light fixtures
• Clean window sills
• Shampoo rugs if needed
• Clean out and organize the fridge and freezer – I’ve also got an awesome free printable freezer inventory sheet you can use to keep your freezer organized after you’re done!
• Clean baseboards
• Change air filters
• Clean the garbage disposal
• Clean the insides and outsides of kitchen and bathroom trash cans
• Organize and declutter bathroom countertops and drawers

House Chores by Room

Instead of focusing on what chores need to be done daily, weekly, and monthly, you may find it easier to separate your list of chores by room instead. This is sometimes referred to as “zone cleaning” and it can help the gigantic task of keeping your entire house clean feel not so overwhelming, because it allows you to focus on only one room at a time.

If this Zone Cleaning system seems more your style, then here’s a household chores list separated by rooms or “zones” to help you get started:

Kitchen Chores List

For a giant list of kitchen chores that can be done daily, weekly, and monthly check out this post: Kitchen Cleaning Checklist – And you can even grab this super cute free printable kitchen cleaning checklist:

And here are some kitchen cleaning jobs to add to your list of household chores:

• Do the dishes – I try to make sure every night before I go to sleep that the dishes are done and the sink is completely cleaned out.
• Wipe down the countertops
• Spot clean food splatters with a quick-clean mop if needed
• Change the trash bag if needed
• Organize the pantry shelves
• Sweep the pantry floor
• Put away any paperwork or mail from the day
• Put away any other items that are out of place in the kitchen
• Clean and disinfect the kitchen sink and garbage disposal
• Clean and disinfect kitchen countertops
• Wipe down cabinet and drawer fronts
• Clean and organize the refrigerator and freezer
• Clean the inside and outside of the microwave
• Clean the stovetop and outside of the oven, and run the self-cleaning cycle on the oven if needed
• Wipe down outside and inside of trash can
• Dust top of cabinets
• Clean baseboards of cabinets
• Clean backsplash
• Wash dish towels and rags
• Change water filters on coffee maker and fridge if needed

Living Room Chores List

Be sure to grab these free printable living room cleaning checklists too!

• Sweep/mop/vacuum living room
• Spot clean rugs, curtains, and upholstered furniture
• Dust living room furniture
• Fold blankets and fluff pillows
• Declutter and organize the living room storage areas (like bookshelves, hutches, etc)
• Clear off coffee and end tables
• Vacuum upholstered furniture
• Dust fireplace mantel and clean off hearth (if applicable)

Bedroom Chores to Do

• Wash all bed linens
• Make the bed and straighten throw pillows and blankets
• Sweep/mop/vacuum bedroom floors and rugs
• Dust all bedroom furniture, picture frames, and decorative items
• Clean and deodorize the mattress
• Declutter nightstand and dresser tops
• Remove all trash from the bedroom
• Put away toys in kids’ rooms
• Sort through and organize dresser and nightstand drawers
• Declutter and organize the closet
• General tidying up
• Change the bed sheets as needed
• General decluttering in the bedroom – And you can check out this post to help you with bedroom clutter and grab this free printable checklist: How to Declutter Your Bedroom – Free Checklist!

Dining Room Cleaning List

Our dining room is fairly easy to clean, probably because we don’t have a lot of “stuff” in there. Hopefully this is an easy room for you to clean as well:

• Sweep/mop/vacuum dining room floors
• Dust and polish dining room table and furniture
• Spot clean dining room chairs and rug
• Dust decorative items and wall art in the dining room
• Organize and declutter any dining room storage areas (buffet, hutch, etc.)
• Refill any dining supplies like napkins, plastic cutlery, etc.
• Clean baseboards in the dining room
• Dust light fixtures, curtain rods, etc.
• Check bottoms of chair legs for felt sliders if needed (to prevent damage to your hard floors)

Bathroom Chores List

The bathrooms can be one of the most daunting places to clean in any house… for me personally, I would rather go to the dentist than have to clean the shower.

And since these rooms can be overwhelming to clean, I’ve devoted an entire blog post to cleaning jobs for the bathroom! And be sure to grab these cute free printable cleaning checklists too:

Be sure to hop over to that bathroom cleaning post for more ideas, but here are some general cleaning jobs for the bathroom “zone”:

• Wipe down bathroom counter and faucets
• Rinse toothpaste and other debris from the sinks
• Put dirty clothes in the hamper
• Put away out of place items
• Empty and clean the trash can
• Clean sinks and vanity top
• Windex mirror
• Clean toilet
• Wash towels, washcloths, and bath rug if needed
• Sweep/mop bathroom floors
• Hang bath mat to dry
• Check toilet paper and hand soap supply
• Clean shower/tub
• Spot clean splatters on cabinets
• Wash/spot clean shower curtain or glass

Laundry Room Chores List

Good news… the laundry room is one of the smaller rooms in the house, so there’s not as many household chores to do in this area of the home (at least that’s how it is in my house). Here are some common chores for the laundry room:

• Wipe down outside of washer and dryer
• Sweep/mop/vacuum floors
• Put away any clean clothes
• Run a cleaning cycle on the washing machine
• Check stock of supplies (detergent, dryer sheets, etc.)
• Clean or dust baseboards, door, and trim
• Dust or wipe down any countertops or shelves
• General decluttering

How to Use the Household Chores List PDF

It’s one thing to have a cute and colorful list of household chores hanging on your fridge… But it’s another thing to actually put it to good use to help you stay on top of your home cleaning and upkeep.

Here are some ideas for how to use the printable list of chores that I’ve got for you at the end of this post:

• Laminate the list of household chores to hang on your fridge. – This is a great way to keep your daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning jobs top of mind… every time you open the fridge you’ll be reminded to complete your chores for the day. And once laminated, you can use a dry erase marker to check things off your chore list.
• Print one copy of the PDF for each week. If you don’t have a laminator or if you prefer having a fresh chore list for each week, you can also print off multiple copies of the printable cleaning list. Then, you can hang the list on a clipboard in your family command center or on the fridge.
• Add the free printable chore list to your planner. You can add specific chores to different days of the week in your weekly planner to help keep up with your cleaning list. Or just add the household chores PDF to the back of your planner as is.
• Use the list of chores to get help around the house. When you’re starting to feel overwhelmed, simply tell your kids to each pick one chore from the chore list and get it done. This allows them to choose how they want to be helpful, and it also helps to alleviate your workload. Win win!

Printable Chore Checklists

I LOVE creating printables to help around the house! Some people read books, do crafts, or watch Netflix in their free time… but I enjoy making PDF templates that help make Mom Life easier! Here are some of my awesome printable chore lists:

Free Printable Household Chores List – Just click the link below to grab a super cute printable list of common household chores! Then hang the list on your fridge or add it to your planner as a reminder of the cleaning jobs that you want to get done!

Click HERE for the Household Chores List!

Weekly Cleaning Schedule Templates – These cleaning list templates are actually fillable, which means you can type directly in to the PDF to customize your own Weekly Cleaning Schedule! Then, hang the checklist on the fridge or add it to your planner to stay on track of your household chores!

I hope these chore lists help you to be a little less overwhelmed with all of the house work!

How do you keep up with your cleaning schedule? Do you have a list of jobs that you use, or are you more of the “just wing it” type? Leave me a comment down below! I’d LOVE to hear from you!

And happy cleaning (if there is such a thing!).