Setting up your schedule
- Turn on the rooms you have and want on the sheet. Kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room and laundry are on to start with; entry and hall, home office and outdoor are one tap away.
- Add jobs the default list does not cover, such as feeding a pet or cleaning a car seat, in Your own tasks, and pick how often they repeat.
- Choose the layout. The weekly checklist is a fresh sheet each week; the monthly overview lasts four to five weeks.
- Pick the day your week starts, the paper in your printer and a color, then download the PDF and print it at 100 % or actual size so the boxes keep their size.
What the default list covers
Every room starts with a short list split by how often a job comes round. The tasks are general on purpose, so they fit a flat as well as a house. Two examples from each list:
| Room | Daily | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | Do the dishes, Wipe the counters | Mop the floor, Clean the sink | Clean the fridge, Clean the oven |
| Bathroom | Wipe the sink, Hang up towels to dry | Clean the toilet, Clean the shower or tub | Wash the bath mat, Clean hair out of the drains |
| Bedroom | Make the bed, Put clothes away | Change the bed sheets, Dust the surfaces | Vacuum under the bed, Sort the wardrobe |
| Living room | Tidy up and put things away | Vacuum or sweep the floor, Dust shelves and surfaces | Vacuum the sofa, Wash the cushion covers |
| Laundry | Sort the dirty laundry | Wash, dry and fold, Put clean laundry away | Wipe the washer door seal, Clean the detergent drawer |
| Entry and hall | Put shoes and bags away | Sweep or vacuum the floor, Shake out the doormat | Clear out the coat closet, Wipe the front door |
| Home office | Clear the desk | Dust the desk and shelves, Wipe keyboard and mouse | Sort files and drawers, Tidy the cables |
| Outdoor | None by default | Sweep the patio or balcony, Take the bins out | Weed beds and pots, Clear leaves from the paths |
The sheet names the job only. It does not say which products or tools to use, so follow the care labels and the instructions that came with your appliances, floors and furniture.
Weekly checklist or monthly overview
On the weekly checklist, each daily task has one box under every day of the week, and each weekly task has a single box in the This week column, so you can do it on whatever day suits you. Monthly tasks sit in a block of their own below the table, grouped by room, with a box to tick once in the month. Write the date of the first day next to Week of, and start a new sheet when the week is over.
The monthly overview fits a whole month on one sheet. The columns are weeks 1 to 5, and the small letters above each week follow the start day you chose. Daily tasks get a tiny box for each of the seven days, weekly tasks one box per week and monthly tasks one box in the Month column at the end. It suits anyone who would rather print once a month and see at a glance which weeks went well.
Making it fit your home
A list that asks too much gets ignored, so trim it before you print. Switch off rooms you don't want to track, then cross out single tasks that don't apply with one line of the pen. Jobs the list lacks go into Your own tasks. They all share the frequency you pick under Your tasks repeat, so choose the one that fits most of them.
The same goes for a frequency that does not match your life. A household with a dog may want the floor swept every day; someone who rarely cooks may need the dishes only a few times a week. Cross out the printed task and type it under Your own tasks with the frequency you want, or write the change on the sheet by hand.
Sharing chores in a household
One sheet works well for a whole household when everyone can see it. Agree on who does which task and write the initials next to it, or let each person use a different pen color for their ticks, so it is clear at the end of the week who did what. Rotating the less popular jobs every week keeps things fair: the person who cleaned the bathroom this week takes the bins next week.
If nobody wants to choose, let chance decide. The wheel spinner or the random name picker assigns a chore to a name in one spin, and the team generator splits a household into pairs for bigger jobs. For short bursts of tidying, set the online timer to 10 or 15 minutes and see how many boxes you can tick before it rings.
Printing, reusing and placing the sheet
Print on plain paper if you like a fresh sheet each week; the ticks from last week then serve as a small record you can keep or throw away. To use one print for many weeks, laminate it or slide it into a clear sleeve and tick the boxes with a dry-erase marker. Try the marker in a corner first, because not every marker comes off every surface cleanly.
Hang the sheet where the work happens: on the fridge with a magnet, on the inside of a cupboard door or on a board in the hall.
Frequently asked questions
Is the cleaning schedule free?
Yes. Print it every week or every month, for your own home or a shared flat. There is no signup and no watermark; one small line with our web address sits at the bottom of each page.
Can I change the chores?
Yes. Switch rooms on or off, and type extra jobs into Your own tasks, one per line, up to 20. Choose whether your tasks repeat daily, weekly or monthly, and they print in a group of their own after the rooms. Anything on the default list that you don't need can be crossed out with a pen.
What is the difference between the two layouts?
The weekly checklist has a tick box for every day next to each daily task and one box in a This week column for each weekly task; monthly tasks get their own block underneath. The monthly overview covers weeks 1 to 5 on one sheet: daily tasks get a small box for each day, weekly tasks one box per week and monthly tasks one box in the Month column.
Why does my schedule have more than one page?
Each room is a block that is never split by a page break, so when the next room does not fit, it moves to the next page. The more rooms and tasks you add, the more pages you get. Every page repeats the title, a page that continues the table repeats its column headings, and the page number is printed at the bottom.
Why are some characters missing from my tasks?
The PDF uses a plain font that covers English and most Western European letters, but no emoji and no other scripts such as Greek, Cyrillic or Chinese. Those characters are left out, a few rare accented letters print without the accent, and a note under the text field tells you when that happens. The preview shows the text as it will print.
Should I print it in landscape or portrait?
Landscape gives the day columns more room, which makes the boxes easier to tick and suits a fridge door or a board. Portrait fits more rows on a page, so a long list often needs one page less, and it slips into a binder. Both work on US Letter and A4.