With Spring around the corner, there is no better time than now to spruce and disinfect your home for Spring. As someone who declutters their home every 6-weeks, spring cleaning is one of my favourite past time activities. I feel like its the one time in the year that I could truly clean my home top to bottom. With the coronavirus currently spreading the fear of God around, I thought I share tips on how to spruce and disinfect your home for Spring.
As someone who just bought their first property, I am excited to share simple tips on how to refresh your home in time for Spring. I feel moving into my new home just before Spring is the best thing ever, there are so many things I want to decorate my home with. Lately, I have been looking at updating the current radiators with these unique traditional radiators that match my new decor and come in various colours.
How to Spruce and Disinfect your home for Spring
The start of Spring signifies rebirth, an opportunity to start again and that’s how I view spring cleaning. This year spring is a little different to the usual but I am still excited to use the ‘social distancing’, quarantine and isolation as a time to spruce up my home. Moving into a new property means I will be busy trying to figure out what my new decor should be plus a lot of online shopping.
If, like me, you want to spruce and disinfect your home for spring, then follow these simple tips that I always follow. Sprucing up your home for a new season doesn’t always have to cost money but it’s also an opportunity to either repurpose or replace some worn-out items. Below I have listed simple ways to spruce up your home and a few natural products you can use to disinfect your home.
Spruce your home with;
- Change the curtains or wipe the blinds – depending on what you have in your home, sprucing can be as simple as wiping down the blinds or changing the curtains.
- Add flowers to your home – I am someone who buys flowers almost weekly as I love having fresh flowers in my home. I do have a few orchids as well but they bloom so infrequently.
- Update your wall art – if like me you have more art pieces than walls then it pays to change it up every season. I have a few seasonal pieces but the majority is about travel and life quotes.
- Change your cushions – again, I have way more cushions than chairs because cushions are accessories that can spruce up your living room decor.
Disinfect your home with;
- Soap – good to have in your home to remove dirt, germs and viruses
- Vinegar – a natural disinfectant kills mould and can be used to clean various items around your home.
- Tea tree oil – natural antibacterial, antifungal and antiseptic and needs to be diluted down to be used as a cleaner.
- Hydrogen Peroxide – natural stain remover and great for carpet stains.
- Baking Soda – great cleaner especially when mixed with vinegar.
With the majority of us working from home the next couple of weeks, there is no better time to spruce up your home in time for Spring than now. Being able to disinfect your home at the same time is not only healthy but great for your family too.
LauraSideStreet (@laurasidestreet) says
Tea tree oil is amazing isn’t it – such great tips as it’s really important to keep the home clean especially at this time
Laura x
bavariansojourn says
Congrats on the new house! I am looking forward to doing a good deep clean and sort of my house over the next few weeks. It’s going to be tricky with three kids but needs must! 😀
Angela Ricardo Bethea says
Those are some great tips to keep in mind. It’s important to disinfect and clean your house as often as possible to avoid problems in the future.
Natasha Mairs - Serenity You says
Lovely tips here. I love to use tea tree oil and also lemon when I am cleaning up my home.
Di says
Oooh I’d forgotten about the tea tree oil! Time to add some to hand lotions I think! I’m definitely in spring cleaning mode! Throwing out carpet and in with wood flooring!
Jenni - Odd Socks and Lollipops says
I am hoping to have a big sort out over the next couple of weeks, I have several small projects to do around the house too which will be a better use of the space – and I will make taking the opportunity to do a deep clean too
Mellissa Williams says
I always makes sure to have some new flowers to put around the house. I’m going to be taking advantage of the time spent inside to do a deep clean.
StressedMum (@stressedmum01) says
I do find that depending on the season infuences what I use for cleaning and room fragrances and candles, I do changing colour schemes as well with cushions and throws and adding flowers always helps
Rebecca Smith says
Great tips! I am going to be doing a deep clean of this house next week as we are actually moving out of it so will definitely follow your tips.
Boo Roo and Tigger Too says
The longer days make me want to throw open the curtains and ensure lots of light comes into the home as possible. Adding freshly cut flowers helps too
Jenni says
We are currently renovating and will need a serious deep clean once we’ve finished
Rhian Westbury says
We’re going to be doing a full clean and disinfect once we’ve done our renovations in our new house, but I am really looking forward to it. Congrats on buying your first home x
ChelseaMamma says
I have lots of plans for the house now I won’t be at work for the forseeable future
Becky says
I think I will be teaching my children how to spring clean while school is closed! Thank you for the tips x
Anita Faulkner - Writer says
I will absolutely be doing some extra sprucing over the coming weeks. Just used vinegar and soda crystals on a washing machine cycle this morning actually, to clean it all out. Great tips. Xx
Helen says
I love adding fresh flowers to the main rooms in the house – they make such a difference to the atmosphere of each room 🙂