Winter has been tougher than normal this year during the pandemic, so the arrival of spring is more welcome than ever. Now you can open your windows and let in some fresh air while you clean and revive your home and garden with these tips from Kurzner Group.
Making Your Home Healthier
Start your spring cleaning by flinging open those windows and airing out your rooms. Fresh air and sunshine are the best disinfectants, so make sure your home gets plenty of both. To get rid of all the dust mites and whatever else is lurking in the fabrics, strip the beds and wash all the linens, bedspreads, blankets, and comforters. Consider sending heavier comforters and curtains out for professional cleaning. This is also a good time to have carpets, rugs, and upholstery professionally cleaned. Deep clean and disinfect surfaces, such as tile or wood floors, countertops, and furniture, to complete the clean sweep.
Cleaning the Air
Having your ductwork professionally cleaned is a good way to rid it of any germs, mold, or bacteria lurking there. An excellent way to clean the air is to add plants to your interior space. In addition to removing carbon dioxide and adding oxygen to the air, plants can remove some pretty nasty toxins, such as xylene, benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene. Some plants that are exceptionally adept at cleaning your inside air include:
- Pothos or Devil’s Ivy (Epipremnum aureum)
- Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)
- Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
- Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
- Ficus/Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina)
Moving the Action Outdoors
Entertaining outdoors is an exciting way to get back to a somewhat normal social life. Even with social distancing, having friends and family over to share time and food together brings joy back into your life. You could even try and reconnect with old friends from high school and invite them over to catch up! After all the stress of the pandemic, you want a beautiful, peaceful, calming space to relax and enjoy what nature has to offer, and your yard may need some TLC before you send out the invites.
If you enjoy gardening, you can do some of the work yourself, such as amending the soil and planting shrubs, flowers, and perhaps a fruit tree or two, but if you have no idea where to start, hiring a professional landscape architect can save you time and money and put your mind at ease. A professional design optimizes your space, creating areas for gardens, hardscapes, and entertaining. Getting a 3D rendering of the proposed transition allows you to envision your outdoor space’s look after the transition. You can have fun picking out furniture and other decorative items to embellish your space and make it as comfortable and pleasing to the eye as possible. Be sure to get ideas and quotes from several contractors and check out online reviews before you move forward with your plans.
Thinking of the Future
Once your home and garden are clean, refreshed, and redesigned, perhaps you’re considering putting it on the market. If that’s the case, call the experts at Kurzner Group to get all the help you need!
The Kurzner Group understands that buying or selling real estate in Atlanta can be complicated or easy, frustrating or rewarding, fruitless or profitable. Our goal each day is to make real estate easy, rewarding and profitable for our clients, whether they are buying or selling a home. We even think it should be fun! Call 678-869-9000.
