How to Prepare Your Home for the Fall Season

Fall is the time of the year when the days are shorter and the air is cooler. Come September you need to start planning your fall color and decorating scheme. However, before you decorate for the fall season, you need to clean your home from top to bottom. Here are some tips on how to prepare your home for the fall season.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Natural cleaning supplies
• Vacuum
• Rug cleaner
• Furnace filters
• Time management skills
• Organizational skills

1. Remove the ceiling light fixtures and wash them, change the light bulbs before you screw the fixtures back on. Next Clean the ceiling fans and remove the spider webs on the ceiling.

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   Clean your windows inside and out. When the windows are clean, the natural light will warm your home throughout the fall season.

3. Wipe down your kitchen counters, cabinets and clean out the refrigerator.

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   Polsih wood

   Polish your wood furniture and wood cabinets. Check your wood floors, are there scratches? If so clean, wax and buff your natural wood floors.

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   Disinfect bathrooms

   Disinfect bathrooms with equal parts of white vinegar and water. This is a natural way to clean.

6. Remove your bed linen including your mattress pad and launder. Dry clean your comforter, pillows and drapes.

7. Wrap, pack and fold all summer clothing, shoes, bedding, bath, kitchen and décor items. Store these items in heavy plastic containers with locking lids. Place the containers in your basement or garage this will allow you more room in closets and drawers for your fall and winter attire.

8. Deep clean all of your carpets. By cleaning your carpets, you will remove dirt, dust, and pet dander.

9. Check your furnace filter. It is best to change the filter seasonally such as spring summer fall and winter. To help remove dust and allergens, purchase an allergen-reducing filter.

Tips & Warnings

• Prepare your home for the fall season by cleaning and packing up summer attire and décor items. Start the first week of September. Then you can concentrate on decorating your home for autumn season.
• Clean on a day when you are able to open the windows. Air ventilation is advisable when you are using cleaning products.
• Allergy suffers wear a mask when cleaning.

Resources

• Autumn Activities for your Home and Family

[goldiec]

on 9/20/2009 Good tips on How to Prepare your Home for the fall season! The air is starting to get really chilly in the early morning where we live. I call it crisp! We've been working on our windows and soon we will have to turn the heat on! 5*

[cincin1]

on 9/16/2009 Great article with great tips.

[carolzn]

on 9/12/2009 Good tips about fall house cleaning. Thanks.

[velosity]

on 7/26/2009 Excellent recommendations for a fall cleaning schedule!

[Gardengates]

on 7/26/2009 It's been so scalding hot here I really look forward to being able to open the windows and clean out all this stifling, dusty heat and dust! Good tips. Thanks.