Starting Fresh in the New Year – Five Ways to Freshen Up Your Home

Published on January 15, 2016

The gyms are full, weight loss companies are busy with new customers, and you may notice extra families filling the pews at church. It’s the time again – the New Year is here.

New Year is a time when we all get a blank slate to start fresh and better ourselves. But what about the home? Below are five ways to give your home a fresh start, and you a healthier home, to begin 2016.

1) Germicidal Ultraviolet Light Systems

Germ-a-what-the-what-what? Germicidal Ultraviolet Light Systems safely produce the highest UV light intensity available to help destroy germs. The system helps decrease concentrations of airborne bioaerosols (bacteria, fungi, viruses, pollen, and other gross things you don’t want floating around in your breathing air) by 50% in as little as 45 minutes. These lights can even keep more germs from accruing in your home and in your heating and air conditioning system.

2) Essential Oil Diffuser

People have used essential oils for thousands of years to improve interpersonal and emotional wellbeing, along with physical wellbeing. In recent years, more and more parents are using essential oils to treat colds and viruses in their little ones, especially when a baby is too young for medication. Parents are also using essential oils to safely clean their homes and keep harsh chemicals out of the air their family breathes. Essential oils like lemon, thyme, and lemongrass are just a few oils that you can use to purify your home and leave it smelling yummy instead of with the odor of harsh chemicals.

3) Clean Those Closets

Out with the old, in with the new. Cleaning out your closets is a wonderful way to find more space for all your new clothing from the holidays. and decluttering is always good for mental health. You can also carry the goodwill into the New Year by donating clothes, shoes, and anything other gently worn or used items to local shelters. Did your children get a lot of toys? Go through their old toys and donate gently used toys to children’s shelters.

4) Humidify

Humidifiers don’t just save your health, they can save your wallet. Below are a few reasons that 2016 is the year of the humidifier:

Humidifiers help moisturize your nasal passages, helping with congestion and sinusitis relief and keeping troubling nose bleeds and respiratory infections away.
Improve dry, itchy skin and help clear up severe skin diseases by sleeping with a humidifier.
Hardwood furniture and floors can get too dried out and split due to lack of moisture in the air. Add it back with a humidifier.
Adding a humidifier puts moisture back in the air and helps you feel warmer at lower temperatures, so you can stop cranking up the heat and save money on your energy bills.

5) Clean Your Carpets

Carpets can collect air pollutants, cause dust mite infestations, and even develop mold growth, according to CBS New York. Regular vacuuming isn’t enough to rid your home of these toxins, but a professional carpet cleaning service gets rid of these bacteria through special shampooing formulas and/or cleaning with steam. After having people tracking in who even knows what all through the holiday season, right now is the perfect time to clean those carpets and start fresh.

So take five to give your home a fresh start for the year to come!

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