Refresh Your Home For Spring

Welcome springtime into your home.  Spring is clearly the most lovable of the four seasons.  Let the natural light shine through into your home - it's an instant mood booster.  

Refresh your home with the following tips:

• There's always a selection of trends that can be enjoyed by everyone.  Colorful accessories are an easy and affordable update.   Add a bowl of lemons or bunch of fresh seasonal flowers to a room.  One can also change your candles for a fresh breezy laundry scent or something citrusy.
• Botanical and floral prints continue to be a favorite, and the humble pineapple is this season's trendy motif.  Green upholstery is also set to become a key trend, particularly plush velvet in eye-catching shades of forest green, pine and emerald.  
• Capture the subtle hues of spring with a fresh coat of paint.
• Plants inside your home can have plenty of health benefits, so add some foliage and watch spring bloom indoors.  It’s an easy and low-maintenance way to add a freshness to a room without any fuss.  
• Steam clean the carpets as dust is collected over the winter months, particularly under the beds.
• Flip your mattress – this should be done every 6 months or so.
• Reduce clutter in your wardrobes - store all those winter clothing items away.   Box it, bag it up, sell it, or donate it.
• Clean the filters in your air-conditioning units and vacuum cleaner.
• Give your bathrooms a good spring clean - take off the toilet seat and apply a paste of baking soda and water to the inside and outside of the toilet, particularly under the rim. 
• In the kitchen use a lemon half dipped in baking soda to scrub your stovetop, oven door, countertops, and refrigerator top.   Citrus is a natural degreaser, and abrasive baking soda will scrub the grime away.   
• Replace the doormat with a new one.

Refresh and revitalize!