Hi Friends!!
This time of year always feels like a natural invitation to reset our home. During the warmer months, you’ll almost always find me outside, hands in the garden, tending to whatever is growing. Rarely do I begin an indoor project when the sun is shining, and there are garden beds to weed. But in the quiet months of winter, when spring still feels several weeks away, my focus gently shifts inward.
Instead of feeling discouraged by the slower pace of the season, I see it as an opportunity to give the interiors of our home a little extra love. Sometimes that looks like a deep clean—washing baseboards and cabinet doors that are easy to ignore during busier seasons. Other times, it means pulling out a paintbrush and freshening up tired trim. And occasionally, it turns into a full purging session where closets are sorted and junk drawers finally brought back to order.
If you’re craving a fresh start, these five simple winter home reset ideas will help you fall in love with your home all over again—and approach it with more intention as a new season approaches.
1. Start with a Deep Clean
There’s something incredibly refreshing about a true deep clean. Not just the quick tidy before guests arrive, but the kind where you move furniture, vacuum behind it, wipe down baseboards, and wash cabinet fronts. Nothing refreshes your love for your home like a good cleaning session.
A winter home reset is the perfect time to:
- Wash walls and trim
- Clean light fixtures
- Wipe down doors and handles
- Vacuum under beds and sofas
- Shampoo rugs or carpets
A clean home instantly feels lighter. It creates a blank canvas for everything else you want to do.
2. Organize, Purge, and Declutter
After cleaning comes clarity.
Winter is ideal for decluttering your home because we’re naturally spending more time indoors. Instead of adding new decor to “fix” a space, try removing what no longer serves your family.
Focus on small, manageable areas:
- One closet at a time
- The kitchen junk drawer
- Bathroom cabinets
- Children’s toy bins
- Entryway storage
Ask yourself: Do we use this? Do we love this? Does this support the way we want our home to function?
Decluttering isn’t about making things completely minimal; it’s about making space for what matters.
3. Write a Home Project List
Before starting random projects, I like to pause and evaluate how our home is functioning. This is also how I come up with my Goals list for our house each year.
Take a notebook and walk room by room. Write down:
- What’s working well
- What feels unfinished
- What constantly frustrates you
- Small cosmetic updates that would make a big impact
Creating a clear home project list helps you prioritize instead of impulse decorating. It shifts your mindset from reacting to being intentional.
Not every project needs to happen at once. Winter is simply the season for planning and preparing.
4. Rearrange Your Furniture Layout
One of the most overlooked ways to refresh your home without spending money is rearranging your furniture.
Sometimes a space feels “off” not because you need something new—but because the layout isn’t serving the room well.
Try:
- Angling chairs toward each other for better conversation
- Pulling furniture slightly away from the walls
- Swapping rugs between rooms
- Moving a side table or lamp to a different corner
You might be surprised how a simple shift can make a room feel brand new. It’s one of my favorite no-cost home refresh ideas during winter.
5. Refresh a Room with Paint
If you’re ready for a bigger transformation, paint is always a powerful option.
Whether it’s freshening up white trim, adding color to a bedroom, or finally painting that hallway you’ve been putting off—winter is a wonderful time to tackle indoor paint projects.
A new paint color can:
- Brighten a dark space
- Add warmth during the colder months
- Create cohesion throughout your home
- Reflect your evolving design style
You don’t need a full renovation to transform your home. Sometimes a gallon of paint is all it takes.
Embracing the Slow Season at Home
Winter doesn’t have to feel like a waiting period for spring. It can be a purposeful, restorative season for your home.
By deep cleaning, decluttering, planning projects, rearranging furniture, or adding a fresh coat of paint, you’re not just changing your space; you’re tending to it.
And just like the garden beds resting outside under the snow, your home is being prepared for the beauty of the next season.
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