{"id":1490,"date":"2016-04-07T08:55:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:39:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T17:39:24","slug":"spring-cleaning-tips-to-spruce-up-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2016\/04\/spring-cleaning-tips-to-spruce-up-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Cleaning Tips to Spruce Up Your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outdoor spring cleaning tips are essential this time of year. Winter leaves behind dull surfaces, chipped concrete, and brown lawns. These tips will help you make your home sparkle this spring!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you are looking for spring cleaning tips, you usually encounter advice to help you get organized, clean up, and reduce clutter inside your home. But winter has taken its toll on the outside of your home, too. These spring cleaning tips will help you get the outside of your home looking pretty in a jiffy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Smooth It Out<\/strong><br \/>\nShoveling and salt can affect your sidewalk. Once the snow melts, it may reveal cracked, chipped concrete. You can fix this yourself with just a few simple supplies you can find at your local home improvement store. Check out this sidewalk repair guide that tells you exactly what to buy and how to use it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Wash and Check It<\/strong><br \/>\nWinter may also leave behind dull, dirty surfaces on and around your home. Is your siding looking dingy? Deck looking dirty or dull from the sun? First, wash these surfaces and see if that improves how they look. If not, consider staining your deck or replacing parts of your siding. Doing these things now can help ensure that by the time cookout season is upon us, your home and deck will look great for guests!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Grow Some Green<\/strong><br \/>\nIs your lawn more brown than green, with bare muddy patches and areas of dead grass? Now is the time to spread some grass seed so that the spring showers will help it grow. If you\u2019ve never grown grass from seed before, this simple lawn-planting guide will help you get started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Make It Colorful<\/strong><br \/>\nAre your flower beds looking bare? If so, brighten them up with your favorite flowering plants. And flowers aren\u2019t just for the garden, either! Consider installing window boxes on the first floor windows, and plant some flowers in there. Or, buy pots of flowers that you can use to decorate the front porch or back patio or deck.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Get Your Hands Dirty<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you\u2019re dealing with spring cleaning tips, you\u2019re bound to get a little dirty! Once you\u2019ve planted flowers, there\u2019s still one more detail you need to do to make your garden look great. Last season\u2019s mulch probably looks dingy and sun-dulled by now. Purchase some fresh, new mulch for your garden. Since fresh mulch is generally darker than older mulch, it\u2019ll really help the flowers\u2019 colors pop!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Add a Fun Finishing Touch<\/strong><br \/>\nAdd some details to your outdoor space that are fun and whimsical. Consider a garden gnome or outdoor statuette of your favorite animal. Hang bird feeders from trees, or place a bird bath in your backyard. Hang wind chimes or a pretty outdoor mobile. Light up your space with tiki torches or solar-powered string lights. The possibilities are endless!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Take Pictures<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is especially important if you\u2019re thinking of putting your home on the market anytime soon. Once all these details are completed and your home looks its absolute best, take photos! That way, when you decide to sell your home, you\u2019ll already have pictures of it looking great. That\u2019s even more helpful if you eventually sell during a winter month, as people will want to see what your home looks like during the warmer months!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.coldwellbanker.com\/spring-cleaning-tips-to-spruce-up-your-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spring Cleaning Tips to Spruce Up Your Home<\/a> by Nikki Hess | Coldwell Banker Blue Matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outdoor spring cleaning tips are essential this time of year. 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