Spring marks a season of renewal and fresh beginnings. It’s the perfect time to revitalize your home and embrace a new start. Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new with open arms!
- Gardens
- I know it’s warming up and that is surely inspiring all kinds of gardening hopes and dreams. Before you get out the rake and clear the flower beds wait until the weather is consistently above 50 degrees.
- Beneficial pollinators have hibernated the winter under leaves and in branches. Cleaning them out too soon removes their protection from late frosts.
- Basically you should wait to clean out your garden beds until it’s just about warm enough to plant tomatoes.
- No Mow May. “The start of the growing season is a critical time for hungry, newly emerged native bees. Floral resources may be hard to find, especially in urban and suburban landscapes. By allowing it to grow longer, and letting flowers bloom, your lawn can provide nectar and pollen to help your bee neighbors thrive.” – beecityusa.org
- De-Clutter
- For every new item you purchase, give 1 or 2 things away. This helps by forcing you to evaluate what items you may not be using as much anymore.
- Take one room or area to de-clutter at a time, don’t try to do your whole house at once. Gather all the items to give away.
- Donate items to local shelters, a battered womens shelter, or goodwill.
For example: we just went though our spice cabinet and smelled all our spices, if it wasn’t very fragrant we tossed it. While making a list of spices to replace. - Throw out any old or expired beauty products
- Put away winter clothing.
- Store your coats, boots and snowpants in totes under your bed or in a guest room closet.
- While removing these items from your closet, go through your clothes and pull out anything you haven’t worn in over a year and anything that doesn’t fit anymore. Donate.
- Wash your windows
- . Winter dirties up your windows pretty good. With the snow or rain, there are likely waterspots and built up grime on windows.
- Change air filters
- clean your dryer vent out as well.
- Clean your dishwasher
- The natural way: Fill a bowl with a cup of white vinegar and place on the top rack of your dishwasher. Then run the dishwasher on the hot cycle.
- For extra cleaning power (I know mine needs this) sprinkle baking soda on the bottom of the dishwasher and run with the vinegar.
- Refresh your door mats
- Buy a new outdoor mat or rug. I’m really loving lemons this spring, so I went ahead and ordered this rug for my just outside my back door.
- You can also just powerwash or spray off your current doormats.
- Wipe down
- light switch covers, door handles and spot clean baseboards and trim.
- If you have kiddos at home, this is a big one, because they are always leaving little fingerprints behind.
- Toss Expired Meds
- Go through your medicine cabinet and get rid of any expired medications.
- Pharmacies usually have a spot where you can safely dispose of unused or epired prescriptions and medications.
- Sharpen Knives
- Get your knives professionally sharpened (or do it yourself if you have a sharpener)
- Decorate for Spring
- Add a touch of spring with a new front door wreath or a table centerpiece.
- This doesn’t have to be expensive, you can even DIY your own wreath.
- Dust
- your lamps, and artwork, as well as book shelving and any fan blades.
- Launder
- throw blankets and throw pillow covers get grimy over the winter. I wash my blankets and pillow covers every 2 months or so, but if you haven’t done it in awhile now is the time.
- Launder or dry clean your duvet covers and pillows.
I hope this inspired you with new ways to refresh and rejuvenate your home for spring. Let the fresh air flow by opening the windows, and delight in your clean, organized space! Want to get your skin ready for spring now? Check out my Soring Skincare routine here.
Happy cleaning.
-Beck
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