Spring is always a great time for home organizing projects. While Tidy Nest has been busy on-site helping our clients get ready for spring, we wanted to share some easy spring tasks that you can tackle on your own!
Here are our Top 10 Tips to get your home ready for Spring:
1. When switching out your winter clothes, use weather-tight bins to ensure your clothing is protected from moisture, dirt and pests.
2. This is a great time to identify the items you didn’t wear this season and donate or give to someone else who will enjoy them.
3. Add cedar & lavender sachets to your closet and storage bins to get rid of any musty odors. These are easy to DIY, or to find at an Arts & Crafts store or from Amazon.
4. Go through your pantry and discard any expired items and donate any non-perishable items you don’t use.
5. Take everything out of your refrigerator, discard any expired items, wipe everything down and add some baskets or see-through containers to corral loose items like kids’ snacks, fruit or that hot sauce collection.
6. Edit your food container collection, recycle anything that doesn’t have a top!
7. Find your sunscreen from last summer and check the expiration date. If it’s expired, you can actually use it as shaving cream, unless it looks and smells funky...then toss it!
8. Wipe down all your winter boots and shoes and store them in shoe containers to avoid dust and mold. Be sure to add one of your cedar & lavender sachets to keep the shoes smelling fresh. You’ll add years on to your shoes’ lifespan!
9. Pull out all your outdoor garden supplies, wipe everything down and take stock of what you have / don’t have so you’re not overbuying on that first trip to the nursery!
10. Clean out your car! Replace the snow brushes for the picnic blanket, throw away all those old receipts and food wrappers, and remove all the contents from your car console.
From your home, to your garden and your car, you’ll find yourself more inspired by the spaces you’ll be frequenting this Spring!
Happy Organizing!
-Tidy Nest Team