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How to Update Your Home for the Winter Season
Winter is just around the corner, and as homeowners, we must prepare our homes for the frosty days. We will spend more time indoors, so having a cozy and warm house would be ideal. Therefore, here is a list of ways to update your home for the winter season and prepare for the cold weather.
Organize and Re-Organizing
First, you should reorganize your space with new cabinets to keep your highly used items, firewood, or winter stuff from cluttering the space. That would help you stay organized during the winter months. It would also help warm your house more quickly since fewer things would block the heat from passing through. Thus, increasing the warmth of your home faster.
Also, if you have any spare room in your house, it can become much more helpful to use it as storage space than keeping it empty or being a dumping area for various items. If you reorganize this space to work better for you, it will also become more functional. After all, there is plenty of things you can transform an empty room into.
Here are some ideas:
- Fitness room or home gym. Bring some weights, a bike, and a treadmill, and make your workout possible even during the winter.
- Crafts room or Hobby room. Turn your room into a way of calming down after a hard work day.
- Home office or Home Library. Create the perfect spot to work in peace or read a novel in silence. This way, you can have a silent place to calm your thoughts and escape when you need it the most.
- Playroom. Nowadays, many people enjoy playing video games. This new type of hobby can make you put off some stress from your daily routine and improve your mood on a cold winter night.
Check the heating system
Another way to update your home for the winter season is to check that your heat-producing systems work perfectly. Also, your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors could use a checkup. You can do that yourself, or you can contact an expert that can do a general checkup. You don’t know how cold it will be and how much time you will spend inside your house. Therefore, having a warm home will be helpful during the winter season.
At the same time, if you are thinking of selling, checking the heating system is an excellent way to prepare your home for sale. Buyers will ask for a home inspection, so having everything in working order is a must.
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Update your home for the winter season with more heat
Besides the classic heating system, having extra heat providers around the house is never a bad idea. Having a backup in case of system flaws can be a lifesaver. Here are some additional heating ideas:
- Electric heaters. A cheap and portable option for small areas inside your house where you need heat.
- Natural gas heaters. Most houses use natural gas, which has become the most common way of raising a house’s temperature. But make sure the panel and thermostat work perfectly.
- Air-conditioners. They can also be a helpful way of bringing the temperature of your place up. But you should be mindful of their usage because of their cost.
- Cover up your tile, hardwood, or concrete floors. Rugs make hard and cold floors a bit warmer and more comfortable. You could also use carpets, or a soft faux sheepskin or two, to give your house a cozier feeling.
- The fireplace. If you have one bringing warmth and joy to your house, you should stock up on firewood and keep it in a dry place. Do not forget that, after all, one of the best solutions to a freezing night is having a fire burning and your friends around it, roasting marshmallows, and telling stories.
Seal heat leaks
A thing you should also check, and watch out for, are heat leakages. Seal up cracks or scratches on your house’s walls. A well-insulated home means lower utility bills and a warmer, cozier home. Also, having your home evaluated by a constructor could be beneficial, as a specialist’s advice on house matters is always a much-needed and appreciated thing. The guidance will ensure your house works in perfect condition and help you not lose any heat produced from the heater or the fireplace, thus keeping a consistent temperature.
If you have a basement, this is another area you should update. So, consider upgrading it as it is underground, so it’s a room prone to growing mold. The less humid winter air enters, the lower the risk of mold creation.
Redecorate
Let’s not forget that winter is the season of the Christmas holidays. Therefore, now is an excellent time to make some decorative items from scratch with things you have at home. Don’t worry. There are many creative ways to repurpose old items and give them a new meaning. For instance, you can upgrade your old pillows with some new, more festive pillowcases. At the same time, you can use your blankets to cover your armchair and make your reading nook more welcoming. Not to mention that you can use some candles and ornaments that you have in the home to make table or fireplace decorations.
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Update the lighting
You should also not forget that winter is a cloudy season, where there is not a lot of sunlight. Therefore, you could replace your lamps with brighter ones. That way, your home will be bright and cheerful, no matter the weather. Natural spectrum light bulbs provide the same broad spectrum as natural sunlight.
At the same time, you could place some candles around your home. If you choose scented ones, their benefits will double. You will have joyful flames spreading warm light and a beautiful smell to fill the rooms.
Repaint the House
One more way to make your home more comfortable and update it for the winter season is to repaint it. That is a cosmetic renovation that is perfect if done in the winter season. That will make any room bright, giving it a significant change. Also, upgrading a room’s walls and using colors with different chromatic scales can provide the space with a refreshingly fantastic change that can be very cheap. Just remember to keep the temperature in the room at 15 degrees Celsius, and you will be fine. Winter can be a better time for painting than summer, as the high heat can cause the paint to take longer to dry.
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Final words
As you can see, there are many ways to update your home for the winter season. All you need is a bit of creativity, and your home will become the coziest and most welcoming home there is. Meta Description: If you want to know how to update your home for the winter season, you will find some valuable and creative ideas here.
