Rescuing Your Home from the Holidays

The holiday season can be tough on your home. Getting it back into shape can be even tougher. Part of that can be attributed to the overwhelming list of what you need to do. But the biggest barrier is often finding the time and motivation to start knocking out your to-do list. If you don’t feel like tackling all the projects yourself (and we don’t blame you) you might want to think about hiring a pro.

1. The Easy Way to Clean

Cleaning a room or two isn’t a big deal. Giving your home a room-by-room deep cleaning is. And after a month of entertaining and holiday traffic your home could probably use a good scrubbing. Instead of spending a day doing it yourself, take a break and hire a cleaning service to give your home the floor-to-ceiling cleaning it deserves. You’ll be pleased with the results, and even more pleased to know that most homeowners only spend between $162 and $202 to have their homes professionally cleaned.

2. Rejuvenate Your Carpets

Nothing makes a room look more rundown than dirty, worn out carpet. And while you keep them vacuumed and stain-free, they’re probably not as clean as they could be. Most experts recommend having them professionally cleaned at least once a year (twice if subjected to heavy traffic). Now, you could rent a steam cleaner and do the job yourself. But when you factor in the rental fee, cost of cleaning solutions, and time it’ll take you to do the job and compare it to the cost of hiring a pro, you might find that it makes more sense to pay a pro to do the job for you.

3. Super-Size Your Storage

People like stuff. We accumulate a lot of it over the holidays. Over time we amass more stuff than we have space for. When that happens our houses become claustrophobic and we start threatening to throw stuff away. And while you could certainly benefit from getting rid of a few things, you could really benefit from adding a closet or two, because if there’s one thing a home can never have too much of, it’s closet space. Whether you’re looking to expand an existing closet or add built-ins to your family room, adding closet space is an investment that pays dividends right away. And with an average cost of $2,054, it’s a project that could be more accessible than you think.