Use this Winter Home Maintenance and Safety Checklist and take preemptive measures to maintain the integrity of your home and to help protect your family. You love your family and your home – protect both and you’ll enjoy a beautiful space for years to come with your loved ones.
DECIDE ON YOUR HOME PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR
This month, use the extra time spent indoors to review home maintenance projects you’d like to accomplish this year. Be sure to write them down. Studies show that you’re more likely to achieve your goals if you write them down. Use this book that offers ideas, suggestions, and how-to tips for home maintenance and other home projects. You’ll find over 300 home projects and thousands of photos in this helpful resource.
CLEAN KITCHEN CABINETS AND HARDWARE
Holiday cooking and entertaining can leave the kitchen with splatters of grease and other remnants that made their way to your kitchen cabinets and hardware. Carve out time and give your kitchen cabinets and hardware a good wipe down. For wood cabinets, try these wipes, and here are multi-purpose wipes if you have another type of cabinet material.
UPDATE YOUR HOME INVENTORY LIST
Accidents and disasters can happen in the home. Be prepared with a current home inventory list. When an accident occurs, it can be a stressful time. The last thing you want to do is spend a lot of time and energy trying to remember all the items you lost in your home when filing a home insurance claim.
If you don’t have a home inventory list, start one now. If you do have one, make sure it’s updated. Use these excellent tips from State Farm Insurance on creating a home inventory list.
CONSIDER UPGRADES TO YOUR LANDSCAPING
Good landscape design can add up to 20% of your home’s value. Take some time and think about ways to improve your landscape design this Spring and Summer.
Outdoor lighting, garden pathways, decks, flower beds around trees, and water features can make an impact when improving your landscape design. The “Encyclopedia Of Landscape Design” offers many styles and ideas to help you create your perfect outdoor space.
CLEAN AND ORGANIZE YOUR CLOSETS
While it’s cold outside, take advantage of your indoor time to clean and organize your closets. Be ready before Spring arrives with clean and organized closets. Use this guide to give you ideas to have the ultimately organized closets.
PROTECT YOUR PIPES FROM FREEZING
Frozen pipes (and bursting) can cause a lot of damage to your home. Take preventative measures and protect your pipes from freezing.
WASH BLANKETS, THROWS, AND COMFORTERS
Your family room blankets have probably had a lot of use during the holidays and cold fall and winter months.
Take time and wash all of them. You’ll love the softness and scent of freshly laundered blankets while you’re on the couch watching your favorite Netflix series!
