With summer just around the corner, it’s high time to begin preparing your home for BBQ season. If you’re a social creature, then you’re likely going to be thinking of entertaining your friends and family from home, and you want it to be looking its best. You should try and make your space feel cooler and more relaxed by introducing furniture and furnishings of light colors while removing dark pieces and painted feature walls in favor of light or cream pieces and shades. If you have some pieces that are dark, then think about covering them in white linen tablecloth, and making less of a focal feature of them.
Natural Light
You need to harness as much natural light as you possibly can. This involves opening up your blinds or drapes every morning and letting the light of the day filter into each room. If you do have heavy curtains, then think about moving them aside and having white or cream blinds fitted into the window space instead. This means that you can still have plenty of privacy, but you won’t be obscuring quite as much light. If your budget permits, then consider installing larger windows or sliding glass doors to allow more light to seep in.
Cool Space By A Window
Since temperatures are set to soar in the summer, think about creating a cool area by the window, and push a wicker chair with a cotton cushion up to the
Clean The Floors
Your carpets can accumulate some serious dirt and grime over the winter and retain unpleasant smells and pet hair, so harness some spring and summer energy and begin to scrub the floors in your home. If you have
Declutter
Set a full day aside to go through your home, and remove items that you don’t want anymore. Clutter can make a room feel stifling and busy, so throw away possessions that don’t have a purpose anymore, are broken or damaged, or don’t hold any sentimental value to you. You’ll find that your home looks and smells cleaner once you’ve taken unnecessary trinkets, clothes, papers, toiletries and so on out and wiped down surfaces. Polish pieces of furniture, and try to use environmentally friendly products wherever possible.
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