I steam clean the heck out of everything, including the mattress and box spring.
Because I have dogs, I'm always worried that someone is smelling the dogs. So before I steam the floors, I spray them with water/vinegar/baking soda and then steam everything up. It neutralizes odors and it's natural.
I steam clean the shower and bathroom floor (white tile with white grout) and I steam clean the windows and window frames.
My big problem here is dust. Lots and lots and lots of dust because of where I live.
I find that a microfiber cloth is the best thing in the world for picking up dust and I don't spray anything onto it. Just the cloth acts like a magnet and grabs everything.
I take the window screens down every week and wash them unless the windows are closed (air conditioning and heating seasons). Spring and Fall are a lot more work for me but it's worth it to have breezes come through the house.
I have no curtains, no carpets, no ceiling fans. But I vacuum the walls. If I see a dustbunny on the corner of a ceiling, I take a terry cloth cleaning rag and throw it up. It hits the dust bunny and grabs it. Beats pulling out the vacuum when I'm needing to tackle only one thing.
I don't burn candles. The soot is filthy and with ten-foot ceilings, I am not about to climb up there to clean them. I use wax melters. Great fragrance, no soot, and works as a night light.
I launder towels with very little detergent, 1/4 cup borax, and vinegar in the rinse cycle. They come out soft as can be. Most people use too much detergent; less is more.
For sheets and pillow cases, I do exactly as I do for the towels but I add half a squirt of Dawn dishwashing liquid. Dawn cuts grease like nobody's business and washes the sweat away. No dull, discolored, faded sheets.
As much as I love bleach, I no longer use it the way I used to. The smell hangs in the air too much and messes up my sinuses.
I am a sucker for cleaning products and cleaning in general but I've laid off the chemicals for the most part. In the bathroom, I can't stand the idea of steam cleaning the toilet. The mere thought makes me gag. I use the Clorox wipes (generic brand) to clean the seat and under the rim and all that disgusting stuff. I have a toilet wand that has a soapy thing I attach to it. After I clean the toilet, the soapy thing goes in the garbage and just the wand remains which I wash in the sink before putting it in the stand. Toilet brushes are the nastiest, nastiest, nastiest things on the planet. If you use them, take them out of the bathroom. I also throw bleach tablets into the toilet tank.
I also have a septic so I have to be careful but I do pump out my septic once a year (overkill - I know) because I'd rather have my house the way I want it than have the septic the way the bacteria want it.
I remove bathroom fans and vacuum once a month and I remove the AC vents and vacuum them at the beginning of the season.
I have radiant floors so I don't have baseboards or any of that stuff.
I paint every room once every three months but I don't paint the entire room; only the areas that have signs of "traffic". I use a flat paint throughout the entire house, including the kitchen and baths, because painting is the easiest way to clean a wall and flat paint requires no back-rolling or other special techniques.
I pressure wash the exterior, outdoor paths, and decks once a year after all the planters are filled and the gardens are weeded and mulched.
The fridge, ovens, stove, and barbecue grills are cleaned weekly. I take the racks out of the ovens and off the grill and put them in a big, black, plastic garbage bag and spray the heck out of them with Easy Off Oven cleaner. The stuff stinks even if it says it's fume-free. I leave everything in the bag overnight and then the next day, I just steam clean them and they're back to new.
I clean my washing machine (front loader) monthly and I leave the door open unless I have guests. I use straight vinegar on a cleaning rag to clean that rubber gasket area. My machine has a "clean machine" cycle and I use it with baking soda.
I would say that I spend a good 3.5 hours a day, every day, cleaning this house and even so, I can't keep up with the pollen or the dust. But it's 2,300 square feet, ten rooms, and 1,800 square feet of outdoor living spaces so I have to stay on top of it as I don't have any help.