National Clean Your Room Day Timeline

May 2010

One of the earliest blog posts was written about Clean Your Room Day

Although the creator of this day of cleanliness is unknown, one of the earliest blog posts about May 10 was written on May 2010.

1870s

The feather duster was invented

A farmer in Iowa invented the feather duster by taking turkey feathers to factory and requesting that they make a brush out of this.

1800s

The origins of spring cleaning in America

The predecessor for Clean Your Room Day is spring cleaning. This originated from having to clean homes during spring because using fireplaces and rudimentary heaters during winter would leave homes with a layer of soot.

0 AD

Religious cleaning customs

Various religions practice cleaning rituals before important holidays. It is known that Jews would clean their homes before Passover, and those in the Greek Orthodox church clean their homes before Lent. Now we have another tradition specific to our rooms!