Spring Home Maintenance: Take one step towards better health!

Spring is not just the most beautiful season of the year. It is the right time to look forward to a better health and hygiene. And there could be nothing better than giving your home and your loved ones a pleasant surprise of spring cleaning. Unfortunately, for some of the householders this can turn into a daunting task, when things are not done in appropriate manner. No need to be intimidated. 

Read on some useful spring cleaning tips here to proceed:

Check For The Cleaning Supplies:

Before you start with the process of cleaning your house, make sure you have the right supplies. It is advisable to make a list of the chemicals, detergent, oven cleaning spray, furniture polish, mould remover products, and other accessories like gloves, microfiber cloths, etc.  You might a number of things like mops, buckets, dustpan, a cobweb remover, a broom, step ladder, and so on. So make sure you have them before hand.

Start With Your Bathroom:

Start with an area which is not only difficult to do, but also needs cleaning greatly. For this, you will need some strong cleaners; a CLR (Calcium, and limescle Remover) would work ideally for the glass and shower tile. Just wipe off your bathroom cupboards, emptying them before. Put those unwanted and empty products to the trash box and with help of a disinfectant, clean the space inside and outside. Last, you can wipe down the walls.

Kitchen Cleaning Is A Must:

From your appliances to the cabinetries in your kitchen, everything needs to be cleaned very nicely.  First sort out things, including eatables, drinks, etc. Discard the out of date products and then start cleaning the appliances. Once you are done with them, start cleaning the kitchen cupboards from inside and outside. Check for the top of the kitchen cupboards, you can opt for grease cleaning, if needed. Similarly, the splash back needs a degreaser to sparkle like new. Also, don’t forget to clean the light fitting in the kitchen.

Bedroom And Living Room Cleaning:

Bedrooms are often ignored, but you don’t need to repeat the same mistake. Start cleaning under the bed, removing bed sheets, pillow covers, and other stuff. Vacuum the entire room and then clean the inside of wardrobes and drawers. Also wipe off the skirting boards and walls.

Similarly, for the living spaces, dust the picture frames, remove the cobwebs, vacuum the entire space and also throw out those unwanted materials.

So, for now have fun with your spring cleaning!

How To Repair A Broken Storm Door Closer

Security and Storm are the two words that need attention. But, when they are used together, it’s all about special attention. To protect your home from storms, these days people are picking up storm security doors. They are the best when it comes to securing and protecting your home from storm.

Make sure that the doors are in good repair as front and back doors are the one, that fight against heavy winds. The excessive opening of the door leads to the breaking of the storm door closer.

Some other reasons for a broken storm door closer  are as follows;

• Rusting on internal springs
• Unadjustment of springs that stops the door closer from closing properly
• Improperly installed bolt that makes the door, unable to close
• Uncleaned tracks with debris makes the door closure harder to open and shut the door
• Lack of providing the lubricant timely to the door closer

To maintain the broken storm door, it’s best if you go for “do-it-yourself” process. Take out a day when you are free, collect some tools and materials to make your storm door back to work!

All you need is to follow the simple steps which are further subdivided;

First,

• While starting the work, make sure you lock the storm door
• Remove the broken bracket of closer and mounting screw
• Remove the pin from the bracket by releasing the piston arm
• Throw off the old bracket

Second,

• Replace the jamb door with a new storm door
• Mark with places with a marker where you want the holes to be drilled
• While lining up the plates, make sure that steel plate should be parallel to the door frame edges
• With the help of wood putty, fill in the damaged holes, woods, crevices or cracks and then, install the steel plate
• Once the area is repaired, paint it

Third,

• After drying the paint, place the steel plate with the help of screws
• Then, attach the storm door closer to the door with screw number 10
• Closer bracket should be united with the storm door with the aim of enough space available to work properly.

Fourth,

• With the help of the piston pin, connect the new bracket and piston arm
• After connecting everything, take a test of the door to get assure about the opening and the closing

Thus, above given steps were the perfect “DIY” to get rid of broken storm door closer and repair it faster.

Home Décor: 6 Celebrities to Draw Inspiration From

Celebrities with a superior taste for home décor may be a difficult breed to find, but it isn’t rare. There are many celebrities that have a great taste for home décor, celebrities from whom we can be inspired to decorate our homes to look just like the homes of the celebrities. 

Celebrities have millions of dollars they spend at beautifying their homes, so if you want the taste of their home décor, you must be willing to shell a great deal. Money can help you buy a beautiful house, a great interior designer and all the furniture and accessories that you will need to give your home that celebrity style décor.

When we talk of celebrities that spend money smartly at decorating their homes, there are a few names that we can detail. But for your knowledge and inspiration, we have listed below 6 celebrities who love to spend their money wisely when it comes to their homes. 

·         Cindy Crawford

In addition to drawing inspiration for looks from this Hollywood bombshell, you can also draw inspiration from her house. Cindy’s house perched nicely on the cliffs of Malibu was designed by Michael S Smith. The house comprises of a workout house and a guest house, and has been fitted with amazing blend of modern and antique furniture. The color palette and different shades of wood used is youthful and update, so the house despite the antique tinge, looks pretty current.  

·         Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller has a really masculine looking house, if you are looking to upgrade yours on the same lines, then Ben is surely a good inspiration for you. Ben’s house has really inviting architecture and interiors. The beams on the ceiling are stained, which looks perfect with the dark furniture in the house. The rooms have gorgeous arched doorways that symbolize how masculine the space is. Ben has used bold blue color that again blends well with the dark furniture. 

·         Adam Levine

Not just everyone can give a nod to a purple sofa and a red carpet but if that is similar to your taste then Levine’s house can be a great inspiration for you. At first the combination may seem questionable, but when we saw it from Levine’s prospective, we realized that the combo was basically something that was ought to work for him because it is as rebellious and funky as him. 

·         Christina Aguilera

House parties can never be civilized, if you want your house to be ready for a house party all the time, then Christina Aguilera’s shades for home are sure inspiration for you. It isn’t my type of house, just because it’s so untamed and unpredictable. However, it its colorful, crazy and gaudy and luxuriousness has no limit here. 

·         Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore has been known for designing her home by herself, which makes it all the more special and inspiring. It’s only fitting to see the America’s sweetheart live in an adorable, quirky and assorted house that is filled with shades of vintage, femininity and antiques. 

·         Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore has a great blend of vintage and antique pieces loaded in her casual and colorful house which is elegance personified. The shades of elegance make her house really unpretentious, which doesn’t make it appear fancy – rather makes it look subtle and appealing like the actress herself. Given the kind creativity she has shown in designing her house, we can say she does have an alternate career, but it isn’t as rewarding so we won’t recommend it to her just yet.