If you, like me, live in a country where winter is almost over, with spring just around the corner, you might want to start preparing your home for summer. I am not saying that you need that much time, but this is the best way to start with optimizing your home slowly. At the same time, you can use this time to enjoy nice spring weather and warm sun. Nice, sunny weather somehow lures us to spend more time outside, and even preparing our home for summer doesn’t seem like work. So, take a look at some ways you can get your home ready for summer in no time.

As we like spending time outside, in our garden or yard, we should make it even more appealing by tidying up our garden beds and planting some new flowers or greenery. That can take a while. After that, you should focus on cleaning the patio as well as the furniture. Even though we perhaps might not see that the gutters are full of leaves, we shouldn’t skip cleaning them. They can create quite a mess if not taken care of. You can move on to examining the exterior and touching it up a bit where necessary. Moreover, as your BBQ surely require a deep clean, you should do it thoroughly. Also, washing the windows will completely change how your home looks. Something as simple as washing windows can change the appearance of your home to a great extent.

1. Tidy up your garden beds

Many people can’t wait for spring to come so they can put on their garden gloves and start gardening! It’s a soothing and relaxing activity and as such it affects our mental state in a positive way. It boosts our mood almost instantly. The fact is that our garden needs cleaning and touch up after harsh winter weather. There are probably dead leaves to remove and the soil needs refreshing with raking and fertilizing. Be careful not to damage bulbs nestled in the ground. Take a close look at the edges around the beds - they might also need some touch-up or reorganising. When you finish with that, you can think about planting some new plants, flowers, shrubs or generally greenery. Make a planting plan before actually planting. A luscious garden sets a calm atmosphere.

1. Clean the patio area

Next on your to-do list should be the patio area. This is the area where we spend our time, relaxing, enjoying the sunrise or sunset, sipping coffee or a glass of cold bubbly while listening to the birds chirping and enjoying that warm summer breeze on our face. So. basically, it is the esse