Who doesn’t love Spring and Summer? The outside becomes our playground, the clean, fresh air is a welcome change from being indoors all winter. I love to open all the windows and let the air flow through our house. This time of year, like most people, is my preferred time to clean out my home, car and garden. I like to start clean and fresh with everything! Like spring, all these are new, or a least like new!
The Cars
I always start with our cars. We take this opportunity to completely empty the car and trunk, including 
console and glove compartment. I am amazed at the amount of stuff that accumulates in our car during the winter months. Hats, gloves, clothes, socks, toys, books, paperwork, trash, yuck! After, we take it all out, we vacuum and shampoo the carpet, wipe down the seats, dash, doors, console, and vents. The windows are washed inside and out, then we finish with a wash and wax. The kids think its a special treat when we wash the cars at home, they love helping out! To keep it fresh, I keep some dryer sheets under the seats and in the pockets of the seats. I love to the put the good old fashioned air freshener trees, my favorite is cherry.
Outside Your Home
This year we moved into a house so we spent a couple of weekends cleaning up the yard and gardens. Raking, pulling weeds, laying down grass seed, cutting back the gardens. I love being outdoors in the Spring and Summer seasons. It is important to keep your yard fresh and clean, so you can truly enjoy it. It is not fun to sit around clutter and weeds. Our back patio got really dirty from snow and rain. We cleared everything and power washed it, made it like new. Now we will just need an outdoor shop broom to keep it clean. We washed down all the patio furniture. We also brought out the kids summer toys, bucket, shovels and balls. We washed it all and organized it in a set of outdoor drawers. I keep a container in our shed for outdoor cleaning. I stock it with scrub brushes, all purpose cleaner, window cleaner, paper towels and cleaning erasers. It is a perfect “go to” when I need to freshen up the patio.
Kitchen, Bath and Closets
Moving to the biggest task: the house. We have wood floors so we pull all the rugs out, shake em, hang em outside to air out. I sweep everywhere, then polish the wood. This is when I move the big furniture and sweep it all out. This summer we are getting the vents cleaned out, I will be so happy to know that they are clean! I wipe down everything in the kitchen, this includes our washer and dryer. I like to clean them inside and out. If you are feeling really ambitious you can take off the door of your dryer and clean out the lint that can build up inside. I use a vinegar water mix to clean the microwave and dishwasher. For the microwave: in a microwave safe container add 1 part water, 1 part vinegar and microwave for 3 minutes. Wipe down with ease.
The bathroom always needs refreshing constantly, through out the year, especially with little boys. We are always wiping everything down in there, using super strength cleaner. To keep the air fresh we stash a baking soda in the cabinet along with spice filled pouches for a natural air freshener. Another must have is the unbeatable combination for freshness, Cottonelle tissue paper and Cottonelle Flushable Wipes. In our house, they are a staple.
I finish off with the closets, everything comes out, only 75% is allowed back in. I look to purge and getting of stuff is wonderful! I also put dryer sheets and baking soda on the top shelves of each closet, ensure freshness all Summer long.
So there you have it, now go, get fresh!
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“I was compensated for this post. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own.”
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