Spring Clean Your Marriage
Every year, most people spend some time devoted to spring cleaning their home. Spring brings a sense of renewal and an opportunity to bring life and light back into the home. We spend time organizing and cleaning spaces that don’t usually get a whole lot of attention. This year, as you spring clean your home, take a little time to sweep out the cobwebs in your marriage, too. Spend some valuable time focused on adding a little sparkle back to your relationship. We’ve created a 7 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge to help you do just that — spring clean your home and your marriage, all while bringing a little more love into your home!
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The spring cleaning tasks in this challenge will help you make some progress on a few areas of your house that need a little extra attention. But the most important part of this cleaning challenge is the time you spend together. The time you pour into your relationship is what brings more intention to your marriage!
A huge shoutout to Messes to Memories for creating these adorable printables.
I bet you’ve heard the saying that “no one has ever started an argument with their spouse while they were dusting, vacuuming, or washing the dishes.” So true! Cleaning together only brings good vibes to your home. And when your home feels clean and fresh, it’s so much easier to feel happy, motivated, and connected.
So what do you say? Are you ready to spring clean your HOME and your MARRIAGE?
The Spring Cleaning Challenge
This Spring Cleaning Challenge is so easy — you’re going to love it! Cleaning has never been so fun. Each day of the week, you’ll have one HOME challenge and one MARRIAGE challenge. Complete the house cleaning challenge together, then take some time to knock out the marriage challenge. Some marriage challenges you’ll do together (you know we love our quality time with our spouses!), and some you’ll do on your own for your spouse.
House Cleaning Challenge
Our house cleaning challenge includes the fridge, the pantry, your car, the medicine cabinet, and your closet. These are all important areas in your home that you both use often but are easy to neglect when it comes to cleaning and organization. Now you get to tackle them together!
You choose how to knock out the projects! The amount of time and energy you put into the house projects is completely up to you — just make sure you save a little extra time to freshen up your marriage.
Spring Clean Your Marriage
Why is it that some of the simplest things are so hard? If you think about it, the things that make a marriage great are all pretty easy — it’s the following through and doing them day after day that’s tough. That’s exactly why it helps to take a little time to spring clean your marriage. We love the book The 5 Love Languages (want to know why we love it?) — it breaks the important things down into 5 categories, things every person needs to feel loved. We’ve made sure this challenge includes a little something from each one!
So what does it take to freshen up your marriage?
- Quality time — a little, or a lot! Quality time isn’t just being in the same room; it’s engaging, getting rid of distractions, and really focusing on your partner. Create memories and have fun together!
- Words of affirmation — give a compliment when your spouse least expects it. Remind them how much you love and appreciate them. Kind, thoughtful words can make all the difference.
- Acts of service — selfless little acts with no strings attached: wash the dishes, make the bed, draw them a bath. What matters is showing you’re thinking of your spouse’s needs.
- Gifts — tokens of love and appreciation. It isn’t about the stuff; it’s about the thought behind it and what it symbolizes to the one receiving it.
- Physical touch — essential for a deep connection. Reach out and hold your spouse’s hand, give a long hug, linger for a kiss. Work through this challenge and you’ll have plenty of chances to practice. 😉
Now that you’re thinking about ways to spring clean your marriage, let’s talk about the cleaning challenge itself. For each house cleaning task, there’s a corresponding marriage challenge — and they cleverly relate! So when you clean out the fridge, take a few moments to write a thoughtful love note and leave it there for your spouse to find. You can use one of the cute love note stationery prompts from the printables!
One of the challenges is to choose something off your spouse’s to-do list and take care of it for them. When you do, leave a special little surprise for them to find!
We’ve included a few simple gift tags to make it easy.
It’s easy to make excuses for why you shouldn’t get out for a little date night. But after you clean out your car, take it out on the town and grab a bite to eat together!
These are just a few of the simple challenges that will help you polish your marriage until it feels shiny and new again. Every marriage challenge is designed to help you connect in a more meaningful way, and if you truly make the effort, you’ll find your marriage healthier and happier. Best of all, you can repeat this Spring Cleaning Challenge year after year — just pin it on Pinterest so you never lose track of it!
Spring Cleaning Tips
Once you’ve worked through the 7 Day Cleaning Challenge, you might just catch the cleaning bug! Our Spring Cleaning Kit helps you knock out all the cleaning and stay organized all year long. It gets everyone involved — husbands, wives, and kids — because cleaning should never fall on just one person. This kit makes it fun for the whole family!
A clean home is a happy home — and a little intentional love makes it a happy marriage, too.
More Ways to Refresh Your Marriage
Loved the marriage side of this challenge? Keep the momentum going with our full guide on How to Spring Clean Your Marriage, then try one of these:
- How to Spring Clean Your Marriage
- 28 of the Best Love Challenges for Your Marriage
- 100 Reasons Why I Love You DIY Book
- Open When Letters for Your Spouse
Spring Cleaning Challenge FAQs
It’s a week-long challenge where each day pairs one home-cleaning task with one marriage task, so you refresh your house and your relationship at the same time. Free printable love notes, gift tags, and prompts make it easy to follow.
Focus on the small things that build connection: quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, thoughtful gifts, and physical touch, the five love languages. This challenge works in one each day, so you cover them all over the week.
Just our free printable pack (love note stationery, gift tags, and the daily challenge list) and a willingness to spend a little intentional time on your spouse alongside your cleaning. No special supplies required.
Absolutely. It’s designed to repeat, so pin it and bring it back each spring. Your home gets a refresh and your marriage gets a little intentional attention year after year.
Most days you tackle the home task together, which is half the fun, and then the marriage task is sometimes done together and sometimes done quietly for your spouse as a surprise. It’s flexible enough to fit your week.
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I love this sweet idea! The cleaned with love cards are my favorite. I’m printing them off right now. Thanks, Carisa!!
You’re welcome! Have fun cleaning together! 🙂
Printing.this.off!! I LOVE it!!
I love this so much!! What a fun idea!
Ok, so THIS is genius!!!! Love working on both the marriage and the house at the same time! xo
This is so cute! After all the holidays and end of school year stuff its important to remember what is important!
Perfect timing! I totally need this as a little reset since we just had our second!
This sounds so fun! I love the idea of getting things done but still connecting with your spouse.
What a smart idea!
I am doing this starting TONIGHT. Not even waiting until tomorrow! Thank you for this fun challenge. I can’t wait to see if any of my friends want to do this with me!
Fun! I love the cute love notes for the fridge!