Sign Up! Get Your Spring Cleaning Done in 20 Minutes for 20 Days -- Apartment Therapy Spring Cleaning 2017

If you've ever wondered why spring cleaning came to be such a staple of the homekeeping zeitgeist, you should know that climate and cleaning have a long and storied relationship. It isn't arbitrary that we take on a massive deep clean of our homes in the springtime, it's almost destiny. The mild weather of spring simply makes cleaning easier. You can leave the windows open and scrub and dust to your heart's content, without worrying about bugs flying in or climate-controlled air escaping.