Spring Forward: Preparing Your Home for the Spring Season

With March approaching, you know what this means, right? Spring is almost upon us. This season is known by many as a time of growth, renewal, and new beginnings. So, with the season ushering in new growth and prosperity, it might be time to refresh and rejuvenate your living spaces.

As a homeowner or soon-to-be homeowner, you can enact a few spring cleaning and maintenance steps to make your home look its best. If you’re not quite sure how to do this, we can help. Our team at Country Classics has shared home spring cleaning tips, spring clean-up landscaping ideas, home organization strategies, and a spring cleaning home maintenance checklist.

This information gives you everything you need to prepare your home for this new season.

Spring Cleaning Checklist

Not many of us enjoy spring cleaning, considering it involves effort, time, and money, but this cumbersome task doesn’t have to be monumental and can, in fact, be enjoyable.

With a whole house spring cleaning checklist, you can get tasks done while feeling a sense of achievement as you tick off each ‘to-do.’ Think about it this way: a cleaner home leads to a clearer headspace and an improved lifestyle.

To help you with this, we’ve shared a spring cleaning list for a home declutter below.

Living room: A living room is a safe haven for most, but a cluttered one can make one feel antsy. You can clean windows, declutter your bookshelves, dust, and vacuum upholstery – we know you’ve been putting this off – and change out your throw pillows.
Kitchen: Since you spend a lot of your time in your kitchen, it makes sense that it needs the most spring cleaning. Start cleaning out the pantry and removing expired goods, then move to the refrigerator, where you do the same thing. Then wipe down cabinets, deep clean appliances, and mop your floors.
Bedrooms: Our bedrooms are another place where clutter accumulates. During the spring, clean and declutter, rotate and wash your bedding, donate unused clothes, and organize your closets so that everything has a place and isn’t on the floor.
Bathrooms: It's likely a homeowner's least favorite chore during a spring clean, but a sparkling bathroom is not only hygienic but also enticing. Make sure you scrub tiles and walls, clean drains, wipe down faucets, replace old towels, and discard expired toiletries.
Garage: A garage can be the most cluttered and dirty place in a home. So to get it spic and span during a spring clean out, organize tools, store winter gear, and sweep out dust and debris.

Organizing Storage Spaces

It might not seem like it, but home storage areas can accumulate a lot of clutter during the winter. If you want to declutter, we recommend doing so before spring by going through boxes and cupboards to sort out your items.

You should also create designated spaces for seasonal belongings to bring order to an otherwise cluttered storage space. You can even take it a step further by using labels to help you easily navigate between storage spaces year-round.

Essential Spring Maintenance Tasks

Before looking into spring renovation ideas, you need to know that a few essential spring maintenance tasks go beyond cleaning. If you want to prevent costly repairs down the line, you might want to complete these essential tasks:

Inspect your HVAC systems: You should consider replacing air filters, scheduling an HVAC tune-up, and checking for any issues to ensure your system runs efficiently as temperatures rise.
Clean the outside gutters and downspouts: Remove debris and check for blockages to prevent water damage and ensure proper drainage.
Check for roof damage: Look for missing or damaged shingles and schedule repairs if needed to avoid leaks.
Test household smoke and carbon monoxide detectors: Make sure all safety devices in your home are functioning properly, and replace batteries as necessary.
Inspect windows and doors: Check seals and weather stripping to keep energy costs low and improve indoor comfort.

Revitalizing Your Outdoor Space

Is there a better time than spring to revitalize your outdoor space? We think not, considering it's the season where growth kicks off. If you’re not sure how to complete an outdoor space makeover, you might find the below spring landscaping ideas and tips helpful:

Plant seasonally: When we say you should plant seasonally, we mean you should look into choosing plants that thrive during the spring. Some of the best plants to consider for your garden include tulips, pansies, daffodils, and herbs like thyme, basil, and rosemary.
Prep your garden beds: Before you plant, you should prep your garden beds. This might sound hard, but it's not. Simply remove weeds, turn the soil, and add compost if needed to enrich the soil. If you don't do this, your plants might not thrive as they should.
Care for your lawn: It might seem like a no-brainer, but lawn care is essential during the spring. One of the best lawn care tips we can give is to add fertilizer to enjoy lush green grass. However, you should also routinely rake up leaves and reseed bare patches.
Outdoor furniture: Before spring is in full swing, your outdoor area could use new or refreshed furniture. We recommend cleaning or replacing patio furniture and adding fresh, colorful cushions and decorative pillows to brighten your space.
Lighting: To create a cozy and natural ambiance in your outdoor area, use string lights, lanterns, or solar-powered garden lights.

Bringing Spring Indoors with Refreshed Home Decor

Another part of preparing your home for the spring season is incorporating spring decor trends.

Now we know that you might not want to spend a fortune on updating how your home looks inside, so pick and choose from the ideas below that seem the most feasible to you for your spring refresh:

Switch to lighter textures and ditch heavy fabrics: You can change out thick blankets, curtains, and bedding for more breathable and airy fabrics.
Add greenery and fresh flowers: Is your home even appropriately decorated in the spring if it doesn’t feature fresh flowers or some form of greenery? To incorporate these decor elements in your home, you can place vases with blooms in different rooms and add potted plants for a natural touch.
Rearrange your home’s furniture: It won't cost a thing to rearrange the layout of your home with your current furniture. You would be surprised at how much of a difference this can have without you needing to complete a major renovation.

Have a Home to Spring Clean with Country Classics

Spring is a season of renewal for existing homeowners and an exciting time for potential buyers. A fresh start can be especially appealing to those considering purchasing a home. We hope that the spring cleaning ideas we shared for a home give you a better idea of how to go about spring cleaning your home.

If you haven’t found a house yet, at Country Classics, we can help you find the home of your dreams, and you can decorate, declutter, and clean it all in time for spring. Contact us here, and let our team get started on matching you with a community you’ll love!