Katie Wells, founder of Wellness Mama, has released a comprehensive room-by-room guide for non-toxic spring cleaning. The checklist emphasizes simple, natural supplies and decluttering to refresh homes without harsh chemicals. It includes tips for involving family members in the process.
Katie Wells, a certified nutrition consultant and founder of Wellness Mama, shared her natural spring cleaning checklist in a blog post dated March 12, 2026. The guide aims to simplify deep cleaning during the warmer season, using everyday items like baking soda, vinegar, and hydrogen peroxide to avoid toxic products.
Wells recommends starting with whole-house tasks, such as opening windows for ventilation, dusting high points like door frames and ceiling fans, and working from top to bottom to prevent dust resettling. She advises enlisting children to handle their own rooms and using the opportunity to declutter by donating unused items.
The room-specific checklists cover living areas, kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, and laundry rooms. For the living room, tasks include dusting furniture, cleaning electronics with screen-safe products, and vacuuming under cushions. In the kitchen, focus shifts to wiping grease from walls and backsplashes, deep-cleaning the oven and refrigerator, and running the dishwasher empty with vinegar. Bathrooms require scrubbing showers for soap scum, cleaning grout with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, and restocking supplies. Bedrooms involve washing bedding, airing out pillows, and organizing drawers. The laundry room checklist addresses cleaning the washer, dryer vent, and lint trap while decluttering expired products.
Wells notes her shift from homemade cleaners to high-quality natural options like Branch Basics concentrate and Homebiotic spray for mold. She cautions against new microfiber cloths due to their plastic shedding into waterways, preferring cotton rags or old T-shirts instead. Comments on the post praise the eco-friendly approach but raise concerns about microfiber recommendations, with Wells responding that updates are underway to remove them.
The post includes a printable checklist and encourages printing it for annual reuse, turning cleaning into a family routine with music and fresh air.
