Spring has finally sprung, so you know what that means. Longer days and lighter layers mean it’s finally time to organize all the winter clothes that somehow have taken up residence all over your home. In fact, now’s the perfect time to get organized and freshen up your place before summer. There’s only one problem in that you don’t know where to start. After months of hibernation, you just realized how much stuff you accumulated and now have no idea what to do with it. In this guide, you find tips to make spring cleaning worth doing.
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Create a Cleaning Strategy
With so many things to do, it’s easy to be confused on where to start. Cleaning can be very time-consuming, depending on the task, so it’s important to plan things out ahead of time. An effective cleaning strategy can help you complete everything efficiently and in a timely manner. It’s recommended you check off the smaller tasks, like sweeping and dusting, first before tackling things such as cleaning the gutters.
Declutter
Clutter not only affects your physical space, but it can also take up mental head space as well. Having a bunch of children’s toys, trinkets, and clothes thrown everywhere can make your house seem smaller than it is. No one deserves to feel uncomfortable in their own house, which is why it’s essential for you to declutter. To start, you’ll want to organize everything. Label a few bins and boxes that are for trash, recycling, and donation. Anything you don’t need and even forgot you had should go into these boxes. One thing we should also mention is that decluttering can also mean parting ways with furniture you no longer need.
Another way to declutter, and a rather unique one at that, is to expand your closet. Investing in a custom closet is also a great way to add some additional space in your home. However, custom closets can cost up to $10,000 or more depending on the size you’re looking for. If you’re on a tight budget, this may seem out of your budget. To get the money you need, you can consider taking out a personal loan. Personal loans can be used to purchase pretty much anything, but there’s a time and a place to take them out. Your best course of action is to review an in-depth guide that goes over when it’s a good time to take out a personal loan.
Clean Around Your HVAC Unit
One part of the house that surprisingly doesn’t get a lot of attention is where the HVAC unit is located. The HVAC unit is what provides heating and cooling for your house, but there are things that can put the machine at risk. Funny enough, HVAC problems occur due to a lack of maintenance. Twigs, leaves, rocks, and acorns can get caught in-between the ventilation part of your HVAC unit. This can cause it to malfunction and even raise your utility bill by a significant margin. All you need to do to prevent this is do a little landscaping every now and again.
Blessing Iyamadiken loves the art of storytelling and enjoys creating all types of content from news to entertainment. She is also a feminist and very passionate about Gender Equality. In her spare time, she loves to read or binge on Netflix.
