If there’s one room in your home that needs attention and cleaning every single day, it is your kitchen. Whether you’re exhausted from the day or looking to leave the mess for the next day, there’s something you need to understand. A messy kitchen means crumbs, and crumbs means pests.
One of the best ways to motivate yourself to clean your kitchen at night is to remind yourself of this: leaving a mess out for the next day is like dragging on a problem when you already have the solution.
Get to those dishes and wipe down those counters!
You’ll be glad you did.
Read on to discover 6 super easy and actionable ways to tidy your kitchen even when you’re pressed for time.
1. Pick a Corner
One of the simplest ways to clean a dirty kitchen in a short period is to start from a corner and then move on to other parts of the kitchen. Clorox wipes are a great way to remove tough grease stains from your kitchen. If you prefer a natural cleaning option, then we recommend Schmidt’s Cleaning Vinegar. We recently tried it on our kitchen counters and loved the scent. Schmidt’s Cleaning Vinegar has essential oils — amber and aloe — to help minimize the smell of vinegar.
2. Wash As You Go
Getting the entire day’s worth of dishes in one sitting can be a task, especially if you’re doing them without a dishwasher. That’s exactly why doing them in smaller chunks, spread throughout the day can be a great idea. Yes, it will feel as though you’re constantly washing, but it helps when you’re exhausted at night and only have little to no dishes to wash. Dry them as you go and place the items where they belong.
3. Minimize the Mess
The best way to ensure that you don’t actually have to put in a lot of effort while you clean your kitchen is to reduce the number of things you have or use. You can start by getting rid of the plastic cups and gift mugs you’ve picked up along the way.
4. Work Smart
If you don’t like having to spend much time doing the dishes, then we suggest soaking the ones with food residue in soap and water. Doing this as soon as you finish using the dish will make it easier when removing the leftover food.
5. Organize Your Dishes Accordingly
Sometimes it’s not only about how you clean your kitchen. In fact, most times it has to do with how you organize your space. Make sure you have your everyday items placed closest to the sink. This way, whenever you need something, it’s within arm’s length and is easy to put away after.
6. Use Multipurpose Tools
Multifunctional tools can be useful in your kitchen. Not only does it make for an easier cleanup, but it also minimizes clutter. Kitchen shears are great to have. If you have a great knife, you can do without one.
How often do you clean your kitchen? Tell us any tips you’d like to add!
I try to clean my kitchen once a day and then I tell my family to stay out. So I have to clean many times a day
These are great tips that I most definitely need!! I tend to make a bigger deal out of the cleaning process than it needs to be.
I hate waking up and having to clean up a dirty kitchen so these quick tips are perfect for me! Minimizing is key!
Almost my case all the time lol Always in a hurry, always…Great tips actually. Thanks a lot.
I love using all natural cleaning products! When I cook I tend to clean as I go so it is easier.
Loving this tips. I have a dishwasher and I always put the dishes at night and get them out in the morning. And I use wipes but Lysol ones. Don’t like to use Clorox and get stains on my clothing.
I’ll keep these in mind. My kitchen always seems to be messy, ugh. I try to clean it nightly, but sometimes it doesn’t happen.
Cleaning the kitchen is probably one of my least favorite things to do. I do have a dishwasher, so that’s nice, but sometimes you still have to do dishes by hand, and that’s what I hate the most.
A clean kitchen sets the tone for the whole house! I love your tips.
These are great tips. Soaking the dishes is such a good idea. It always saves so much time when they have soaked for a bit!
Yes! These are all great tips to clean your kitchen when you’re pressed for time. I love the simple tips that will help more of us keep that kitchen clean and organized.
What great quick tips to clean a kitchen with limited time. The reminder of, “leaving a mess out for the next day is like dragging on a problem..” is enough of a reminder to motivate me to NOT to leave it 🙂
These are great tips. Cleaning the kitchen can take such a long time. It’s definitely easier when I wash dishes all day instead of waiting till the last minute.
I would love to overhaul my whole kitchen. But for now time does not allow. And our whole family has been so tired lately. So our newest solution is that we all clean the kitchen together as soon as we finish eating to make it end quickly. It has definitely made lighter work for us and we love the together time. And you are right. We are so glad once it is done for the night.
You have some solid advice here, thanks for sharing 🙂
These tips will be useful for me when I move to my new apartment! I hate cleaning the kitchen and bathroom! Hope it will be a bit easier now! 🙂
very very useful sharing from you, personally i really gained the tips & it really helpful in time saving 😀
Thanks so much for this great sharing
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Cleaning kitchen is one of the headache task for me when I cook. Glad you have shared some clever tips.
It feels like we’re constantly cleaning our kitchen. We recently downsized from 3500 sq ft to 1100 sq ft and with the smaller space find we need to clean much more frequently because a little mess looks bigger in a small space.
Great tips! A clean kitchen is a great way to start the day and I love doing this before we all go to bed at night.
Kitchen is that room in the house that you need to clean it every day! Thank you for these awesome tips!
I always make it a point to do “CLAYGO” or Clean-As-You-Go. It makes it easier for me if there is less to wash and dry after I am done cooking. I also remind my sons to do the same.
Our kitchen is definitely a challenge. It is easy to keep the other parts of the house clean, but the kitchen accumulates a mess so quickly! Thanks for the tips!
Oh yeah, organising my dishes and ware in similar fashion makes the cleaning easier. You handle one type of order at a time and voila, the dishes are done and now, you are moving on to your remaining tasks.
These are some great tips! Mostly it’s hard to find the right amount of time to do a deep cleaning, but I will definitely use your tips!
I definitely clean as I go – which makes life a bit easier, that’s for sure!
Cleaning is one of my struggles but I still need to do it, right? lol! I try to minimize the mess most of the time.
These are awesome and helpful kitchen tips. I use some of these ways most of the time. I also make sure to wash the dishes before bedtime. Thanks for sharing.
Love the tips above and honestly… I clean as I go so that my home is never a mess anywhere. Especially the kitchen…. before I head out the door I make sure. everything is in its place and when I come home… its organized and welcoming 🙂
I’ve found wash as you go to be so critical. There are some days, I’m like OMG how did my kitchen get like this but I find washing as I go to really help reduce the amount of stuff.
I needed that .
Great ideas for kitchen cleaning. For us, we cook a lot, so the kitchen is always busy. Keeping it relatively clean on daily basis is very important.
Wash As You Go!!! This is our biggest tip!
As Food Bloggers our kitchen can get very very messy when we are creating new dishes, taking photos or videos at the same time!!
So important for me to learn and pick up …
I like the wash as you go method. I cannot stand doing dishes so this helps me greatly.
I am always on the move so I am so happy I found this post. Thank you for the tips.
I am terrible at cleaning my kitchen! lol. The best advice I think is definitely clean as you go. Makes it so much easier! haha. I just need to do it.
Love all your tips! So important to have the house clean, even if it’s in small blocks of chores! That’s how we do it!
Keeping the kitchen clean is such a chore sometimes. These are great ideas to help mitigate that!
We reset our space every night. I just love having a clean space to get up to every morning. Our kitchen is small so we have to.
My kitchen is kind of a disaster right now so this is mega helpful. Thanks so much for sharing this with all of us!
Great plans to organize the cleaning of my kitchen! Now can I print this and post it on a cupboard? With any luck my teenage children will follow your instructions and my kitchen my start to look like teenagers do not constantly make huge messes in it.
I make sure the kitchen is clean every night before bed. Every now and then I forget a dish or two. But I also clean as I go. Even while cooking, if there’s downtime while waiting for something to melt/boil/bake I will work on the dishes I’ve accumulated so far.
using multipurpose tool is clever, smart thinking for sure
I need to do this every night so I can start the day with a clean kitchen!
I have yet to master domestic life. I wish I could clean as i go. i think I will make that a goal so I don’t have this huge mess every night. Love the all natural alternative too.
I would add a #7: Hire someone to do it for you. 🙂
Your kitchen looks so pretty and I love the decor. Thanks for sharing this.
I clean my kitchen every single day, I can’t stand waking up to dishes in the sink and crumbs on the counters!
I like that you have a plan to tackle the kitchen chores! Mine needs some work.
Much needed blog especially for the working lady like me who always gets late in the morning due to end cleaning stuff left in the kitchen after breakfast
Omg, kitchen is the house place where always gets messy so quick, thank you for your tips.
Great tips, especially the first one as I prefer a natural cleaning option. I agree that leaving a mess out for the next day is like dragging on a problem when you already have the solution.
That’s smart to keep the kitchen clean. My mom always clean it all each week or two. Maybe sometimes wait a month and spend time to clean everything. Sharing this with her, thank you for sharing it. I like the wash as you go because it helps in situations when you have new guests and forgot to clean the dishes, I always recommend it.
You’re welcome! Thanks for sharing with your mom 🙂 Washing as you go makes it easier to clean up at the end of the day.
Great tips for cleaning the kitchen. That’s my least favorite area to clean.
Great tips! Agree that it’s often not about how you clean your kitchen, but how you organize your space!
thank you! Yes, it’s all about where you place things and how accessible they are, too.
I deep clean once a week. I too like to organize and soak my dishes in soap and water. It really does cut time in half.
I keep my kitchen always clean ☺ These are some very useful tips. Thanks for sharing with us 💕
These are wonderful tips to use. It is always nice to wake up to a clean kitchen.
Thanks for these tips. I need them especially at this time of the year under current situation
My kitchen has to be cleaned! If it is not clean then I got a little crazy. So I have become in an expert in cleaning it quickly!