Top 10 Ways to Get Your House Ready for Spring!
- Wash Your Windows! One Super Easy Recipe – Mix 1 part white vinegar and 1 part hot water.
- Flip Your mattress and change your quilts and/or comforters. Add Spring colors and brighten up your bedroom!
- Clean your lights and ceiling fan blades. Get the dust out! Use a water and Murphey’s Oil Soap or something similar to get rid of cobwebs and built up dust. This is a good time to get the corners and ceilings.
- Lay Down Mulch. Laying new mulch is a great way to get started on your spring lawn work.
- Put out flowers! Nothing says spring like flowers. You can get bright colored tulips or wildflowers at your local grocery or even a florist for little to nothing.
- Clear out Clutter! This is a great time of the year to get rid of those broken or old toys. Clothes that don’t fit or are out of style. Extra stuff that you haven’t used in at least three months. Donate at your nearest Goodwill and get a receipt you can write off on your taxes!
- Clean Your Window Treatments. Take down curtains and have them cleaned professionally or follow the directions. You can dust the blinds with a soft cotton cloth covered with furniture polish.
- Brighten Up the Bathroom. Throw your shower curtain in the wash. Clean out shower door tracks with steel wool. Clean out old makeup, soap, beauty supplies.
- Clean filters. Outside air-conditioning units, clothes dryers and refrigerators all have filters that need to be cleaned regularly. There may be others in your house too, call a heating and air expert if you don’t know how to do this. This is a biggie when it comes to your health.
- Clean Your Carpets & Upholstered Furniture. This is the best time of the year to have your carpets cleaned and your upholstered furniture cleaned. You can rent a steam cleaner yourself or you can hire a professional to do the job quickly and thoroughly. There are lots of good coupons floating around out there right now.
What are your best tips for spring cleaning?
